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TV Production Basics
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1. An electronic adjustment of a camera to compensate for differences in color temperatures so that a pure white object will appear on-screen as pure white.
Technical Director
NTSC
Servo
White Balance
2. The person in charge of the creative aspects of a production and all the procedures that occur in the studio or field.
Director
Angle of Elevation
Firewire (IEE-1394)
long lens
3. A camera view of the subject from a relatively great distance - usually showing the subject in its entirety.
Set Production Designer
Post-Production
AGC
Long shot (head to toe)
4. A series of digital television formats developed by the Advanced Television Systems Committee.
Editor
Set Production Designer
ATSC
Macro focus
5. A method of representing video or audio signals that uses discrete 'on' and 'off' pulses. The value of a digital signal at any point can be either 'off'(0) or 'on'(1)
Digital
Servo
Servo
Tripod
6. The place in a studio complex where people who are about to appear on a TV show can wait.
Green Rooms
Digital
White Balance
Graphics Operator
7. To move the camera and its mount laterally to the right or left.
Director
White Balance
trucking
Control Room
8. people who deliver lines
Technical Director
Executive Producer
White Balance
Talent
9. Indicates that the camera is level
Grunts
ECU
Horizon Line
NTSC
10. The person who makes sure the script is appearing on the right part of the prompter screen so the talent can read it properly.
Technical Director
Field Production
Teleprompter Operartor
Editor
11. The person who assembles raw footage into a final program.
Editor
Rack focus
Macro focus
Technical Director
12. Interns - Cable Pullers - 2nd Assistant Directors
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Grunts
Engineer
Editor
13. A series of digital television formats developed by the Advanced Television Systems Committee.
ATSC
O/S
crane
Headroom
14. 1) To turn a camera horizontally by rotating the camera mounting head. 2) The shot produced by panning a camera. 3) A rectangular floodlight
Pan
AGC
Rule of thirds
Standard Definition
15. Close up- A view of a subject from a relatively short distance. A close-up of a person - for instance - might include only the person's face.
How to focus a camera like a pro
Lens
Executive Producer
CU
16. The primary engineering control center where all video and audio signals are ultimately channeled; program input - camera controls and transmitter distribution often are handled from this location.
Master Control
Green Rooms
Tripod
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
17. Indicates that the camera is level
Rule of thirds
Horizon Line
Iris
CU
18. Planning the project
Master Control
Pre-production
How to focus a camera like a pro
crane
19. A method of representing video or audio signals using a 'wave' of continuously.
O/S
Interruptible Feedback
Headroom
Analog
20. Sincerity - Organize--don't memorize cue cards - On camera clothing - Make-up and hair
Performer Tips
Lead room
Aspect Ratios
Pre-production
21. Sincerity - Organize--don't memorize cue cards - On camera clothing - Make-up and hair
Green Rooms
Performer Tips
The Studio
Tilt
22. With the advent of high- definition television - this term is used to refer to NTSC television and ATSC formats that have a 4:3 aspect ration.
Technical Director
Servo
Headroom
Standard Definition
23. A camera mount - usually used in studio productions - that facilitates smooth movement of the camera across the studio floor and limited range of camera height adjustment.
Interruptible Feedback
Macro focus
Studio Production
Pedestal mount
24. The person who frames the shots for a production. Must have knowledge of camera - lens - angles
Producer
Technical Director
Camera Operators
Performer Tips
25. focual length determines how wide or narrow the viewing range (field of view) is. The longer the lens the more narrow the field of view - shorter lens gives wider shots
Lens
Editor
Pedestal mount
AGC
26. people who deliver lines
ECU
Talent
Angle of Elevation
Medium Shot (head to toe)
27. Extreme close up- A very close shot of a person or object - used to intensify drama or show close detail.
Macro focus
ECU
Aspect Ratios
Camera Operators
28. A person who sets mics in a studio or location setting and/ or operates the audio console.
Interruptible Feedback
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
NTSC
trucking
29. A device used to record video and audio information onto a magnetic tape. Stands for videotape recorder
ECU
Rule of thirds
VTR
Performer Tips
30. Program creation that takes place in a controlled environment meant for it - as opposed to production that takes place in the field
Studio Production
Associate Director
Video Shader
Pan
31. An audio setup that allows the talent - wearing a small earpiece - to hear program audio or receive instruction from the director or someone.
Long shot (head to toe)
Master Control
Interruptible Feedback
Editor
32. A digital interface that allows the simultaneous transfer of audio and video information.
AGC
Camera Operators
Firewire (IEE-1394)
trucking
33. The part of the lens that allows light to pass through.
Production
Rule of thirds
dolly
Iris
34. Interns - Cable Pullers - 2nd Assistant Directors
Video Shader
ATSC
Grunts
Field Production
35. combination of studio and field production. Sports - parades
Remotes
crane
long lens
Rack focus
36. The primary engineering control center where all video and audio signals are ultimately channeled; program input - camera controls and transmitter distribution often are handled from this location.
Digital
Grunts
Master Control
White Balance
37. The original television standard approved in the United States in the 1940s. The letter stand for National Television System Committee.
NTSC
Remotes
Production
O/S
38. A camera view of the subject from a relatively great distance - usually showing the subject in its entirety.
O/S
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Editor
Long shot (head to toe)
39. Over the shoulder
HDTV
O/S
dolly
Rule of thirds
40. The period of time - after individual program segments have been produced and recorded - when elements of a program are assembled.
Post-Production
Talent
Angle of Elevation
Green Rooms
41. The period of time - after individual program segments have been produced and recorded - when elements of a program are assembled.
Standard Definition
Grunts
Post-Production
dolly
42. The directors key assistant in charge of all production concerns on the floor. Example: communicate with talent
Pedestal mount
Post-Production
Associate Director
Stage Manager
43. The part of a tape recorder or player that pulls the tape through the machine at the proper speed.
ATSC
HDTV
AGC
Servo
44. A person who oversees several production.
Executive Producer
Rack focus
Technical Director
Editor
45. A feature found on some zoom lenses that allows the operator to focus on objects very close to the lens.
Engineer
Macro focus
Aspect Ratios
VTR
46. A principle of composition that divides the TV screen into thirds - horizontally and vertically and places objects of interest at the points where the lines intersect.
Rule of thirds
Angle of Elevation
Production
Digital
47. The stage during which all the shooting for a program is undertaken.
Analog
Production
Angle of Elevation
VTR
48. A camera view of the subject from a relatively great distance usually showing the subject in its entirety.
trucking
ATSC
Tally light
long lens
49. Pointing the camera down or up
Field Production
Lens
Technical Director
Angle of Elevation
50. A person who creates words - drawings and some visual effects that are incorporated with a production.
Lens
Horizon Line
Producer
Graphics Operator
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