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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.
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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. A camera view of the subject from a relatively great distance usually showing the subject in its entirety.
long lens
Stage Manager
Pedestal mount
Interruptible Feedback
2. 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.
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Post-Production
White Balance
Remotes
3. The person who assembles raw footage into a final program.
Producer
Pedestal mount
Green Rooms
Editor
4. people who deliver lines
Talent
VTR
Post-Production
Editor
5. helps with routine stuff - anything the director needs - timing of production
Associate Director
Graphics Operator
Teleprompter Operartor
O/S
6. A television format with more lines of resolution and a wider aspect ratio than standard-definition NTSC television.
Post-Production
HDTV
Field Production
Remotes
7. To move the camera and its mount laterally to the right or left.
Angle of Elevation
Executive Producer
Camera Operators
trucking
8. The ratio of the height of a television screen to its width.
Master Control
HDTV
Aspect Ratios
Producer
9. Interns - Cable Pullers - 2nd Assistant Directors
Pedestal mount
Grunts
dolly
Editor
10. 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
ECU
Technical Director
Rack focus
11. A person who sets mics in a studio or location setting and/ or operates the audio console.
Associate Director
Lighting Director
Talent
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
12. Camera and video cable with a central insulted conducting wire and a concentrically arranged outer wire.
Rule of thirds
Coaxial Cable
Control Room
long lens
13. helps with routine stuff - anything the director needs - timing of production
Tally light
Tripod
Associate Director
Interruptible Feedback
14. ...
How to focus a camera like a pro
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Horizon Line
Field Production
15. The directors key assistant in charge of all production concerns on the floor. Example: communicate with talent
Stage Manager
The Studio
Remotes
The Studio
16. A device used to record video and audio information onto a magnetic tape. Stands for videotape recorder
Editor
Art Director
VTR
Pan
17. A method of representing video or audio signals using a 'wave' of continuously.
Lens
trucking
Analog
Engineer
18. Additional framing space in a camera picture on the side toward which a subject is looking or moving
Lead room
White Balance
CU
Remotes
19. A feature found on some zoom lenses that allows the operator to focus on objects very close to the lens.
Associate Director
Macro focus
Coaxial Cable
Editor
20. A method of representing video or audio signals using a 'wave' of continuously.
Analog
How to focus a camera like a pro
Lighting Director
Pedestal mount
21. Camcorder is essential because this is when you are filming outdoors or not in a studio. 'real world' shooting
Digital
NTSC
Field Production
Executive Producer
22. ...
Executive Producer
Standard Definition
Green Rooms
How to focus a camera like a pro
23. punched switcher
Rule of thirds
HDTV
NTSC
Technical Director
24. A television format with more lines of resolution and a wider aspect ratio than standard-definition NTSC television.
Rack focus
Talent
HD
Graphics Operator
25. small red indicators on a camera to let the talent and camera operator know that the camera is on the air or recording
trucking
Tally light
Camera Operators
Director
26. The person who determines the environment where the production takes place.
Set Production Designer
Director
Rule of thirds
Tally light
27. 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.
HDTV
The Studio
Long shot (head to toe)
ATSC
28. 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.
The Studio
Studio Production
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Pedestal mount
29. A camera view of the subject from a relatively great distance usually showing the subject in its entirety.
HD
Set Production Designer
long lens
White Balance
30. Indicates that the camera is level
Foreground
Horizon Line
CU
Executive Producer
31. creates great depth and interest
Studio Production
Camera Operators
Foreground
Director
32. Planning the project
Producer
CU
Long shot (head to toe)
Pre-production
33. 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.
The Studio
Graphics Operator
CU
crane
34. 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.
Long shot (head to toe)
Camera Operators
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Rule of thirds
35. The stage during which all the shooting for a program is undertaken.
Lens
Production
Horizon Line
Talent
36. Interns - Cable Pullers - 2nd Assistant Directors
Graphics Operator
Grunts
Headroom
Field Production
37. The stage during which all the shooting for a program is undertaken.
Production
Tally light
ECU
Director
38. 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
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Lens
The Studio
Iris
39. 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.
NTSC
Remotes
CU
Pedestal mount
40. The place in a studio complex where people who are about to appear on a TV show can wait.
Lens
Green Rooms
trucking
Post-Production
41. A camera shot that starts with one object in focus - then changes to focus on another object.
Rack focus
Headroom
Camera Operators
Tripod
42. A camera shot that starts with one object in focus - then changes to focus on another object.
Pre-production
Standard Definition
Tripod
Rack focus
43. A series of digital television formats developed by the Advanced Television Systems Committee.
Digital
Long shot (head to toe)
ATSC
The Studio
44. The person who makes sure the script is appearing on the right part of the prompter screen so the talent can read it properly.
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Teleprompter Operartor
VTR
Control Room
45. The person who oversees the lighting of the set and makes lighting changes - if they are needed - during production.
Post-Production
CU
Lighting Director
Director
46. 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
Control Room
Lens
Foreground
Camera Operators
47. An audio setup that allows the talent - wearing a small earpiece - to hear program audio or receive instruction from the director or someone.
Interruptible Feedback
Macro focus
AGC
Engineer
48. Program creation that takes place in a controlled environment meant for it - as opposed to production that takes place in the field
Post-Production
Studio Production
Producer
Aspect Ratios
49. 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.
VTR
crane
Technical Director
Engineer
50. people who deliver lines
Analog
Post-Production
Talent
Engineer