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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. punched switcher
Post-Production
Technical Director
Editor
Post-Production
2. A camera view of the subject from a relatively great distance - usually showing the subject in its entirety.
Long shot (head to toe)
Technical Director
Studio Production
Macro focus
3. A device used to record video and audio information onto a magnetic tape. Stands for videotape recorder
Master Control
CU
Pan
VTR
4. punched switcher
ECU
Technical Director
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Standard Definition
5. small red indicators on a camera to let the talent and camera operator know that the camera is on the air or recording
Tilt
Servo
Tally light
Lighting Director
6. A camera view of the subject from a relatively great distance usually showing the subject in its entirety.
Talent
Aspect Ratios
long lens
Pre-production
7. The person who determines the environment where the production takes place.
Servo
VTR
Set Production Designer
Camera Operators
8. A person who oversees several production.
Director
Horizon Line
Remotes
Executive Producer
9. 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.
Rack focus
CU
Rule of thirds
Master Control
10. 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
Rule of thirds
Analog
NTSC
11. A camera shot that starts with one object in focus - then changes to focus on another object.
Rack focus
HDTV
Teleprompter Operartor
Lighting Director
12. To move the camera and its mount laterally to the right or left.
Technical Director
The Studio
trucking
Lighting Director
13. creates great depth and interest
crane
Pre-production
Lighting Director
Foreground
14. A feature found on some zoom lenses that allows the operator to focus on objects very close to the lens.
CU
Macro focus
Grunts
Rack focus
15. 1) To turn a camera horizontally by rotating the camera mounting head. 2) The shot produced by panning a camera. 3) A rectangular floodlight
Camera Operators
Pan
Standard Definition
Post-Production
16. A three legged camera mount - sometimes equipped with casters to facilitate camera movement.
Lead room
Tilt
Lighting Director
Tripod
17. A television format with more lines of resolution and a wider aspect ratio than standard-definition NTSC television.
Long shot (head to toe)
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
HD
HDTV
18. The area where all video signals are mixed. The director and technical director (and other crew members) control all program elements from this location.
Production
Control Room
long lens
Coaxial Cable
19. A digital interface that allows the simultaneous transfer of audio and video information.
Remotes
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Producer
ATSC
20. Interns - Cable Pullers - 2nd Assistant Directors
Headroom
Grunts
Associate Director
AGC
21. The part of a tape recorder or player that pulls the tape through the machine at the proper speed.
Servo
AGC
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Art Director
22. small red indicators on a camera to let the talent and camera operator know that the camera is on the air or recording
Graphics Operator
Tally light
Coaxial Cable
AGC
23. The person who makes sure the script is appearing on the right part of the prompter screen so the talent can read it properly.
Video Shader
Rule of thirds
The Studio
Teleprompter Operartor
24. 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.
long lens
Master Control
dolly
Lens
25. 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
White Balance
Interruptible Feedback
Iris
26. Camera and video cable with a central insulted conducting wire and a concentrically arranged outer wire.
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Rack focus
Coaxial Cable
Pre-production
27. 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.
trucking
Servo
CU
Director
28. The person who oversees the lighting of the set and makes lighting changes - if they are needed - during production.
AGC
Graphics Operator
Post-Production
Lighting Director
29. A method of representing video or audio signals using a 'wave' of continuously.
Lead room
Analog
Lighting Director
Teleprompter Operartor
30. 1) To pivot the camera vertically by pointing the camera mounting head up or down. 2) the shot produced by tilting a camera.
Servo
Lens
Tilt
Field Production
31. Over the shoulder
ATSC
O/S
Pan
Aspect Ratios
32. helps with routine stuff - anything the director needs - timing of production
Associate Director
VTR
Master Control
Grunts
33. A person who sets mics in a studio or location setting and/ or operates the audio console.
Engineer
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Lens
NTSC
34. The person who assembles raw footage into a final program.
Editor
Director
Pan
HD
35. The person who determines the environment where the production takes place.
Long shot (head to toe)
Editor
Set Production Designer
Pan
36. 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.
Graphics Operator
The Studio
ATSC
Rule of thirds
37. Over the shoulder
crane
HDTV
O/S
CU
38. Indicates that the camera is level
Horizon Line
Tally light
Stage Manager
Rack focus
39. The part of a tape recorder or player that pulls the tape through the machine at the proper speed.
Director
Servo
Tripod
Tripod
40. people who deliver lines
Technical Director
Tilt
Talent
Aspect Ratios
41. Extreme close up- A very close shot of a person or object - used to intensify drama or show close detail.
Interruptible Feedback
ECU
Studio Production
Executive Producer
42. The space between the top of a subjects head and the upper edge of the camera frame.
O/S
Director
Pedestal mount
Headroom
43. The person who makes sure the script is appearing on the right part of the prompter screen so the talent can read it properly.
Foreground
Teleprompter Operartor
Set Production Designer
Engineer
44. The directors key assistant in charge of all production concerns on the floor. Example: communicate with talent
Horizon Line
Stage Manager
Coaxial Cable
Technical Director
45. 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.
Lighting Director
White Balance
Associate Director
Producer
46. The person who frames the shots for a production. Must have knowledge of camera - lens - angles
Tilt
Tripod
Camera Operators
Editor
47. A television format with more lines of resolution and a wider aspect ratio than standard-definition NTSC television.
HD
Talent
Angle of Elevation
Tripod
48. 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.
Master Control
crane
Pedestal mount
Graphics Operator
49. 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.
Studio Production
White Balance
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Digital
50. combination of studio and field production. Sports - parades
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Stage Manager
ECU
Remotes