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TV Production Basics
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. A view of the subject from a comfortable distance between a wide shot and close-up.
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Lens
long lens
2. small red indicators on a camera to let the talent and camera operator know that the camera is on the air or recording
Producer
Rack focus
Tally light
Camera Operators
3. helps with routine stuff - anything the director needs - timing of production
Studio Production
VTR
Pan
Associate Director
4. Indicates that the camera is level
Horizon Line
Pan
Lead room
Tripod
5. Camera and video cable with a central insulted conducting wire and a concentrically arranged outer wire.
Lens
Iris
Stage Manager
Coaxial Cable
6. Additional framing space in a camera picture on the side toward which a subject is looking or moving
Lead room
Lighting Director
Pedestal mount
Macro focus
7. A person who oversees several production.
Post-Production
Interruptible Feedback
Executive Producer
Lead room
8. A feature found on some zoom lenses that allows the operator to focus on objects very close to the lens.
Standard Definition
Servo
Macro focus
Pre-production
9. The original television standard approved in the United States in the 1940s. The letter stand for National Television System Committee.
Set Production Designer
NTSC
Camera Operators
Studio Production
10. Automatic gain control. An internal control device - for either audio or video signals - that automatically increases or decreases the strength of the incoming sound of picture to maintain optimum strength.
AGC
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Producer
Lens
11. 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.
Tally light
White Balance
Analog
Executive Producer
12. Pointing the camera down or up
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Angle of Elevation
Talent
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
13. Camcorder is essential because this is when you are filming outdoors or not in a studio. 'real world' shooting
Tally light
Digital
Field Production
NTSC
14. A person who deals with the look of sets and other artistic aspects of a television program.
Lens
Art Director
Green Rooms
Camera Operators
15. The period of time - after individual program segments have been produced and recorded - when elements of a program are assembled.
Lens
Technical Director
AGC
Post-Production
16. 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
dolly
Angle of Elevation
Rule of thirds
17. A camera view of the subject from a relatively great distance - usually showing the subject in its entirety.
Coaxial Cable
Director
HDTV
Long shot (head to toe)
18. An audio setup that allows the talent - wearing a small earpiece - to hear program audio or receive instruction from the director or someone.
Set Production Designer
Tilt
Interruptible Feedback
Field Production
19. Over the shoulder
O/S
Executive Producer
Rack focus
Performer Tips
20. To move the camera and its mount closer to or farther from the subject.
dolly
Executive Producer
Tripod
Art Director
21. A three legged camera mount - sometimes equipped with casters to facilitate camera movement.
Graphics Operator
Lighting Director
Tripod
Control Room
22. To move the camera and its mount laterally to the right or left.
Macro focus
trucking
Grunts
Pan
23. A person who deals with the look of sets and other artistic aspects of a television program.
Digital
Technical Director
Art Director
Aspect Ratios
24. punched switcher
Technical Director
HDTV
Teleprompter Operartor
Aspect Ratios
25. 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.
Engineer
CU
Horizon Line
Set Production Designer
26. The person who makes sure the script is appearing on the right part of the prompter screen so the talent can read it properly.
Production
ATSC
Teleprompter Operartor
O/S
27. Sincerity - Organize--don't memorize cue cards - On camera clothing - Make-up and hair
VTR
Performer Tips
Standard Definition
Executive Producer
28. Camera and video cable with a central insulted conducting wire and a concentrically arranged outer wire.
Iris
HDTV
Performer Tips
Coaxial Cable
29. Sincerity - Organize--don't memorize cue cards - On camera clothing - Make-up and hair
crane
How to focus a camera like a pro
Performer Tips
White Balance
30. The area where all video signals are mixed. The director and technical director (and other crew members) control all program elements from this location.
Control Room
Field Production
dolly
Video Shader
31. The ratio of the height of a television screen to its width.
Aspect Ratios
Horizon Line
dolly
Graphics Operator
32. Interns - Cable Pullers - 2nd Assistant Directors
Grunts
The Studio
Technical Director
Headroom
33. A series of digital television formats developed by the Advanced Television Systems Committee.
Rack focus
Performer Tips
ATSC
White Balance
34. 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.
Standard Definition
Executive Producer
O/S
Teleprompter Operartor
35. 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.
CU
Post-Production
Tally light
Foreground
36. A camera shot that starts with one object in focus - then changes to focus on another object.
CU
Editor
Grunts
Rack focus
37. The person who oversees the lighting of the set and makes lighting changes - if they are needed - during production.
Headroom
Video Shader
Post-Production
Lighting Director
38. The part of the lens that allows light to pass through.
Production
Iris
Analog
Talent
39. The stage during which all the shooting for a program is undertaken.
Production
Rack focus
Angle of Elevation
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
40. A device used to record video and audio information onto a magnetic tape. Stands for videotape recorder
VTR
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
HD
Lead room
41. 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.
Pedestal mount
Pre-production
AGC
Graphics Operator
42. To move the camera and its mount closer to or farther from the subject.
HDTV
AGC
Art Director
dolly
43. A device used to record video and audio information onto a magnetic tape. Stands for videotape recorder
Angle of Elevation
Field Production
VTR
Aspect Ratios
44. 1) A large camera mount with an extended boom arm for a camera and a seat for a camera operator - all placed on a large four-wheeled base. 2) To move the boom arm of a crane up and down.
Long shot (head to toe)
Camera Operators
Iris
crane
45. A method of representing video or audio signals using a 'wave' of continuously.
Remotes
Analog
ATSC
Studio Production
46. A series of digital television formats developed by the Advanced Television Systems Committee.
Director
Stage Manager
ATSC
Graphics Operator
47. The creator and originator of a television program - usually in charge of elements such as writing - music clearance - financial considerations - and hiring the director.
Iris
Associate Director
Producer
ATSC
48. A camera view of the subject from a relatively great distance usually showing the subject in its entirety.
HDTV
Remotes
long lens
VTR
49. The place in a studio complex where people who are about to appear on a TV show can wait.
Green Rooms
Rule of thirds
Servo
Director
50. 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.
Performer Tips
Technical Director
Standard Definition
White Balance