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TV Production Basics
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. To move the camera and its mount laterally to the right or left.
Associate Director
Studio Production
Talent
trucking
2. An audio setup that allows the talent - wearing a small earpiece - to hear program audio or receive instruction from the director or someone.
Technical Director
CU
Tally light
Interruptible Feedback
3. Camera and video cable with a central insulted conducting wire and a concentrically arranged outer wire.
Coaxial Cable
Lens
Lens
Aspect Ratios
4. The part of the lens that allows light to pass through.
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
How to focus a camera like a pro
Iris
Graphics Operator
5. The original television standard approved in the United States in the 1940s. The letter stand for National Television System Committee.
HDTV
NTSC
Lens
O/S
6. large room at least 20 feet by 30 feet without any posts obstructing its space. Best located on the ground floor. The space where all acting or performing takes place.
Production
Long shot (head to toe)
Aspect Ratios
The Studio
7. The period of time - after individual program segments have been produced and recorded - when elements of a program are assembled.
trucking
Pan
Pedestal mount
Post-Production
8. The place in a studio complex where people who are about to appear on a TV show can wait.
O/S
dolly
Green Rooms
trucking
9. 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.
NTSC
CU
Green Rooms
Field Production
10. A television format with more lines of resolution and a wider aspect ratio than standard-definition NTSC television.
HDTV
Analog
Editor
Art Director
11. 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.
Pan
Green Rooms
Producer
crane
12. 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.
Tripod
Teleprompter Operartor
Art Director
Rule of thirds
13. A person who deals with the look of sets and other artistic aspects of a television program.
Servo
Grunts
Art Director
Medium Shot (head to toe)
14. Camcorder is essential because this is when you are filming outdoors or not in a studio. 'real world' shooting
CU
Field Production
Pan
Pan
15. 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.
White Balance
Interruptible Feedback
Camera Operators
Associate Director
16. Additional framing space in a camera picture on the side toward which a subject is looking or moving
AGC
Lead room
Pre-production
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
17. 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.
Headroom
Iris
CU
Associate Director
18. To move the camera and its mount laterally to the right or left.
trucking
CU
Performer Tips
Interruptible Feedback
19. A view of the subject from a comfortable distance between a wide shot and close-up.
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Set Production Designer
Coaxial Cable
Tilt
20. The period of time - after individual program segments have been produced and recorded - when elements of a program are assembled.
Control Room
Pan
Lens
Post-Production
21. 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.
ECU
ECU
Tilt
AGC
22. A person who sets mics in a studio or location setting and/ or operates the audio console.
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Talent
Production
Art Director
23. 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.
crane
VTR
Headroom
HD
24. 1) To pivot the camera vertically by pointing the camera mounting head up or down. 2) the shot produced by tilting a camera.
Angle of Elevation
HD
Tilt
dolly
25. Makes sure camera match - lighting
Rule of thirds
CU
Headroom
Video Shader
26. The space between the top of a subjects head and the upper edge of the camera frame.
long lens
Rule of thirds
Pre-production
Headroom
27. The ratio of the height of a television screen to its width.
Aspect Ratios
Tally light
HDTV
Technical Director
28. A person who oversees several production.
Technical Director
Executive Producer
Macro focus
Firewire (IEE-1394)
29. punched switcher
Long shot (head to toe)
Technical Director
Talent
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
30. A device used to record video and audio information onto a magnetic tape. Stands for videotape recorder
How to focus a camera like a pro
Production
Lead room
VTR
31. The person who frames the shots for a production. Must have knowledge of camera - lens - angles
Coaxial Cable
Digital
Camera Operators
Iris
32. The part of a tape recorder or player that pulls the tape through the machine at the proper speed.
Technical Director
Green Rooms
How to focus a camera like a pro
Servo
33. ...
Rack focus
How to focus a camera like a pro
Grunts
Rule of thirds
34. combination of studio and field production. Sports - parades
Green Rooms
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Standard Definition
Remotes
35. large room at least 20 feet by 30 feet without any posts obstructing its space. Best located on the ground floor. The space where all acting or performing takes place.
Studio Production
Pre-production
The Studio
O/S
36. To move the camera and its mount closer to or farther from the subject.
HDTV
dolly
Master Control
O/S
37. The area where all video signals are mixed. The director and technical director (and other crew members) control all program elements from this location.
Standard Definition
Associate Director
Control Room
Technical Director
38. The person in charge of the creative aspects of a production and all the procedures that occur in the studio or field.
Set Production Designer
Field Production
Director
dolly
39. Over the shoulder
HDTV
Graphics Operator
Headroom
O/S
40. A camera view of the subject from a relatively great distance usually showing the subject in its entirety.
ECU
long lens
Tally light
Executive Producer
41. The directors key assistant in charge of all production concerns on the floor. Example: communicate with talent
Stage Manager
Teleprompter Operartor
Post-Production
Post-Production
42. helps with routine stuff - anything the director needs - timing of production
Aspect Ratios
Associate Director
Lighting Director
Engineer
43. small red indicators on a camera to let the talent and camera operator know that the camera is on the air or recording
Green Rooms
VTR
Performer Tips
Tally light
44. 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.
Associate Director
ECU
Master Control
Analog
45. creates great depth and interest
Grunts
Associate Director
Foreground
Pre-production
46. A television format with more lines of resolution and a wider aspect ratio than standard-definition NTSC television.
Master Control
HDTV
long lens
Macro focus
47. A person who sets mics in a studio or location setting and/ or operates the audio console.
O/S
Standard Definition
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Post-Production
48. The person who makes sure the script is appearing on the right part of the prompter screen so the talent can read it properly.
NTSC
Production
Teleprompter Operartor
Talent
49. small red indicators on a camera to let the talent and camera operator know that the camera is on the air or recording
Iris
White Balance
Performer Tips
Tally light
50. A feature found on some zoom lenses that allows the operator to focus on objects very close to the lens.
Macro focus
Headroom
Performer Tips
Horizon Line