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Video Production Vocab
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Subject
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performing-arts
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. The crew member most responsible for timing the shows is the _____.
Yoke
Assistant director
Servo
Upper/lower
2. When voice levels are peaked at 0db on an analog VU meter music should peak no higher than ____ when intended to be heard.
Yoke
Floor manager
-5db
Desktop
3. The average color temperature of sunlight on a clear day is ____ ______ calvin.
5 -600 degrees
Live on tape
30
Yoke
4. When uploading a document for Win Que where should you put the file at?
Floor manager
Next
Desktop
2/3
5. Each scene or act is shot - corrected - and polished one at a time
Program
Desktop
Production assistant
Scene-by-scene
6. A related shot used to cover mismatched shots in a singe camera production is called a ______.
-5db
Lens
Technical director or vision mixer
Cutaway
7. The instrument which provides an objective measure of the luminance in a TV picture is the_______.
Component
Waveform monitor
Back
Top
8. The VCR operator should call out 'speed' when the ____ indicator light remains on.
Videographer/Camera operator/photographer
Audio Mixer/sound mixer/sound supervisor
Servo
-20
9. Of the depth of field approxiamately ___ behind the subject.
Set designer
2/3
Red - blue - and green
Layered
10. Some directors imagine that they are using their cameras to show their audience 'things as they are'
Safe area
Illusion of reality
Video commands
Technical director or vision mixer
11. The triggers for the Kayak Valley are ______ -_____ -_____ -and_____.
Floor manager
Cut - dissolve - key - and fade
Z
30
12. Using the script format - dialog should always be ____/_____ case.
Producer
Layered
Upper/lower
Audio Mixer/sound mixer/sound supervisor
13. In order to create text to be rolled or crawled - the ___________button must be clicked BEFORE the text is created.-
5 -600 degrees
Roll/crawl compose
Director
Production assistant
14. Shows the scene from various viewpoints and begin to feel a sense of space as we build up a mental image of a situation although the camera is only showing us a small section of the scene in each shot
SMPTE
Camera as an observer
Time
Set designer
15. When uploading a document for Win Que where should you put the file at?
30
LS
Producer
Desktop
16. On the Grass Valley Kayak switcher the down stream keyer always keys over the _______ bus.
Single and Multi-Camera production
Assistant producer
Cutaway
Program
17. The method of timing a script by giving time remaining is called ____ timing.
Producer
Audio
Red - blue - and green
Back
18. The inverse square law would suggest that ______ the ____ is the most efficient method of making a mahor change in light intensity
Safe area
Desktop
Bus
Moving the light
19. Text and graphics are composed using a _____ system
Desktop
Layered
Set designer
Camera assistant
20. All camera movements are designed by direction of movements of the ____.
Desktop
Lens
Program
Depth of field
21. The axis extending straight out from the camera lens is called the _ axis
Editor
LS
Z
7.5
22. Text and graphics are composed using a _____ system
Layered
Depth of field
Video commands
Top
23. The inverse square law would suggest that ______ the ____ is the most efficient method of making a mahor change in light intensity
Moving the light
Director
Waveform monitor
Camera's role
24. To insure safety - it is most important that the ____ bolt on the lighting instrument always be kept tight.
Yoke
Z
-5db
-20
25. Come in all sizes. Can consist of one person with a camera or network dramatic need a lot of people
Cameo
Production crew
Fresnel
Bus
26. When we frame much tighter than head and shoulders this shot is an ____
Iris
30
XCU
Audio Mixer/sound mixer/sound supervisor
27. The floor manager holds his/her arm in a T shape to indicate __ seconds remaining.
Aspect
Cutaway
Fade
30
28. The axis extending straight out from the camera lens is called the _ axis
Flat
30
-20
Z
29. When one camera is used to cut a hole in another camera picture to insert lettering the process is called ____.
LS
Flat
Keying
Linear and non-linear service
30. Generally sits next to the director in the control room and is responsible for operating the television production switcher.
Assistant Director
Assistant producer
Technical director or vision mixer
-20
31. Single- Camera production - in which one camera is used to shoot a segment or an entire show. Multi-Camera production a production switcher links two 3 or more cameras - and their outputs are selected or blended as required by the director
Bus
Gray
Upper/lower
Single and Multi-Camera production
32. The agency which sets industry standards for broadcasting TV equipment in the U.S is the_______.
XCU
Moving the light
Live
SMPTE
33. What kind of control panel is on the right side of the Chyron
Properties
30
Component
Gray
34. Responsible for assisting the camera operator in setting up the camera.
Camera assistant
Linear and non-linear service
Assistant producer
Camera's role
35. Responsible for conceiving - designing - and organizing the scenic treatment for a production
Scene-by-scene
Set designer
Properties
Depth of field
36. Camera is the 'eye' This is the objective role or the camera can be used in a subjective role. Camera represents the talent's point of view
37. The message # displayed on the chyron CG screen is usually the number of the ____ page.
Fresnel
Live
Next
7.5
38. Sound effects info should be placed on the _____ side of the shooting script.
Audio
Live on tape
Moving the light
Upper/lower
39. A TV picture which is washed out with no distinct black result from the ______ being to high
Pedestal
Fresnel
Lens
30
40. The set unit commonly used to represent a wall is called a____.
Flat
Production crew
7.5
Next
41. TV is linear service which is broadcasting of a program where the network or station decides when the program will show. Non-linear service is making programs available for on-demand service
Videographer/Camera operator/photographer
Live
LIVE
Linear and non-linear service
42. Some directors imagine that they are using their cameras to show their audience 'things as they are'
Production assistant
Illusion of reality
Upper/lower
Mode Box
43. On the Grass Valley Kayak switcher the down stream keyer always keys over the _______ bus.
Video commands
-20
Program
Bus
44. What kind of control panel is on the right side of the Chyron
-5db
Cameo
Video commands
Properties
45. The purpose of interlaced scanning is to prevent_____.
Floor manager
-5db
Flickering
Waveform monitor
46. When uploading your prompter file you will be prompted to save the file you deleted (the blank script). Do you click yes or no?
Component
Z
Layered
No
47. The additive color mixing - the primary colors are ____ -____ - and _____.
Time
30
Audio Mixer/sound mixer/sound supervisor
Red - blue - and green
48. Shows the scene from various viewpoints and begin to feel a sense of space as we build up a mental image of a situation although the camera is only showing us a small section of the scene in each shot
Top
Audio
Camera as an observer
Assistant Director
49. The instrument which provides an objective measure of the luminance in a TV picture is the_______.
Component
Waveform monitor
Set designer
Pedestal
50. A horizontal row of buttons on a video switcher is called a ____.
7.5
Producer
Live on tape
Bus