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Audio Video Production Basics

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. control tab is used for...
Modifying text
Packets
Omni
When movies are shown full screen on a 4/3 tv

2. animated story boards are called...
Animatics
Removes in-point.
Wide shot
Full screen

3. What shot is used on newscasters?
J
Medium close up
Omni
4 pin to 6 pin firewire

4. What does option are do?
Wide shot
It renders the footage.
SMPTE
More informative - less artistic

5. HDTV standard ratio is...
Nope
16/9
The arrangement of visual elements
Lavaliers

6. tttt means...
9 times
Wide shot
Medium close up
All tracks forward

7. Overscan is...

8. location pics must be
NOW
It restores all windows to standard layout view.
Fcp
More informative - less artistic

9. Shortcut to link is...
Removes in-point.
30 frames.
Apple l
When and where the movie is set.

10. What is the aspect ratio of an image?

11. Overscan is...

12. Shortcut for log and capture
When and where the movie is set.
Apple 8
P
When you show the footage of you crossing the axis

13. f9 is a shortcut for...
Insert clip
Its displayed width/it's displayed height
More informative - less artistic
View entire sequence

14. animated story boards are called...
In the browser
80%
Animatics
Decibells

15. To start capturing footage you depress what button
The arrangement of visual elements
NOW
Command and apple are the same.
More informative - less artistic

16. What is 'pan and scan' on a 4/3 ration tv?
Shortcut for saving
ESC
Full screen
Overwrite clip

17. HAPS stands for...
Humans - accessibility - power - sound
P
Part of the footage you can't see on screen.
The arrangement of visual elements

18. slug means ______ in fcp.
Black
When and where the movie is set.
Full screen
Modifying text

19. Composition is...
10 sec.
Modifying text
Command and apple are the same.
The arrangement of visual elements

20. a location scout must be a...
Start & stop on an end shot
No
Local
You right click above the patch panel.

21. Command and what key are the same?
Apple 8
A cutaway
Command and apple are the same.
Lavaliers

22. Side glances give...
Visual weight
Locking mechanism
Long shot
More informative - less artistic

23. mounted cam 'following' is...
Lucinda Grande.
-6
Animatics
Tracking pan

24. XLR cables have a...
Objective
Locking mechanism
Command and apple are the same.
Wide shot

25. What mics do newscasters typically use?
-6
When movies are shown full screen on a 4/3 tv
Lavaliers
Medium close up

26. the max volume you should start with on a project is...
Apple l
-6
You right click above the patch panel.
In the browser

27. XLR cables have a...
NOW
9 times
Lavaliers
Locking mechanism

28. What program should you close before connecting cam with firewire?
It restores all windows to standard layout view.
Overwrite clip
Fcp
Patch panel

29. Make sure of what before plugging in your fire wire
That the cam is off
9 times
No
Cross dissolve

30. Shortcut for log and capture
Group shot.
80%
Apple 8
10 sec.

31. n is a shortcut for...
Decibells
Medium close up
16/9
Snapping

32. What is 'pan and scan' on a 4/3 ration tv?
Full screen
-6
Start & stop on an end shot
Tracking pan

33. mounted cam 'following' is...
Tracking pan
Overwrite clip
It renders the footage.
90%

34. What mic is used to get dialogue on movie sets?
Shotgun
16/9
50mm
Turning on wireframe

35. Default transition is...
Overwrite clip
A cutaway
Cross dissolve
Its displayed width/it's displayed height

36. Crossing the line means...
10 sec.
Passing over the imaginary axis
Packets
Shortcut for saving

37. Crossing the line means...
Apple l
Patch panel
Passing over the imaginary axis
No

38. The cable you use to ingest footage is...
When and where the movie is set.
When you show the footage of you crossing the axis
Medium close up
4 pin to 6 pin firewire

39. the max volume you should start with on a project is...
Medium close up
Objective
-6
Tracking pan

40. Do mics record sound in stereo?
No
Objective
Long shot
Command and apple are the same.

41. After capturing footage press
Decibells
Packets
Shortcut for saving
ESC

42. Action safe percentage is...
90%
Its displayed width/it's displayed height
Professionals
P

43. a shortcut for the pen tool is...
P
Composition.
50mm
Shotgun

44. f10 is a shortcut for...
Overwrite clip
It renders the footage.
Shotgun
Command and apple are the same.

45. Make sure of what before plugging in your fire wire
When and where the movie is set.
Brings the speed changer up.
Locking mechanism
That the cam is off

46. What does the establishing shot tell you?
When and where the movie is set.
Insert clip
More informative - less artistic
Start & stop on an end shot

47. Composition is...
Apple 8
Projectors
Mounted camera move
The arrangement of visual elements

48. What mics do newscasters typically use?
The arrangement of visual elements
Professionals
Lavaliers
Animatics

49. Overscan does not apply to...
Projectors
Long shot
Brings the speed changer up.
NOW

50. Letterboxing is...
When movies are showed in widescreen on a 4/3 tv
Mounted camera move
Local
Brings the speed changer up.