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Audio Video Production Basics

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Title safe percentage is...
P
That the cam is off
80%
It renders the footage.

2. The cable you use to ingest footage is...
4 pin to 6 pin firewire
All tracks forward
Local
When you show the footage of you crossing the axis

3. XLR cables are used by
Animatics
Professionals
Nope
Insert clip

4. Default transition is how many frames?
Its displayed width/it's displayed height
When movies are showed in widescreen on a 4/3 tv
Lavaliers
30 frames.

5. n is a shortcut for...
90%
Snapping
Projectors
Part of the footage you can't see on screen.

6. What does fcp not support?
Mp3
-6
Modifying text
In the browser

7. f10 is a shortcut for...
Shortcut for saving
Brings the speed changer up.
80%
Overwrite clip

8. how many times can you record on a tape before degration
Shortcut for saving
Lavaliers
9 times
When you show the footage of you crossing the axis

9. Pan and scan is...
Lavaliers
When movies are showed in widescreen on a 4/3 tv
When movies are shown full screen on a 4/3 tv
Audio Interchange File Format

10. Rule of pan...
Brings the speed changer up.
When and where the movie is set.
Start & stop on an end shot
When movies are shown full screen on a 4/3 tv

11. What is 'pan and scan' on a 4/3 ration tv?
-6
Group shot.
No
Full screen

12. mounted cam 'following' is...
The arrangement of visual elements
Overwrite clip
Passing over the imaginary axis
Tracking pan

13. Apple j does what?
Wide shot
Shortcut for saving
Apple l
Brings the speed changer up.

14. What shot is used on newscasters?
Medium close up
It renders the footage.
Local
Its displayed width/it's displayed height

15. What mics do newscasters typically use?
Insert clip
Lavaliers
16/9
The arrangement of visual elements

16. When you film something other than the main characters - What is it?
Omni
A cutaway
Tracking pan
SMPTE

17. Make sure of what before plugging in your fire wire
It renders the footage.
-6
Group shot.
That the cam is off

18. Overscan is...

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19. What is the shot called if it includes the entire human body?
10 sec.
Command and apple are the same.
Long shot
Animatics

20. a shortcut for the pen tool is...
Passing over the imaginary axis
You right click above the patch panel.
View entire sequence
P

21. Headroom is a principle of...
A cutaway
Composition.
Omni
Lavaliers

22. when can you cross the axis
Shortcut for saving
Tracking pan
Local
When you show the footage of you crossing the axis

23. how many times can you record on a tape before degration
Packets
Medium close up
Humans - accessibility - power - sound
9 times

24. Crossing the line means...
Passing over the imaginary axis
ESC
Audio Interchange File Format
Local

25. To start capturing footage you depress what button
Wide shot
When movies are showed in widescreen on a 4/3 tv
NOW
A cutaway

26. Option i does what?
No
That the cam is off
Removes in-point.
Professionals

27. What mic is used to get dialogue on movie sets?
Mp3
Passing over the imaginary axis
Modifying text
Shotgun

28. the max volume you should start with on a project is...
Removes in-point.
Cross dissolve
-6
Fcp

29. What do you press to play clip backwards?
Fcp
Mp3
J
All tracks forward

30. ideal lens for location scout?
Group shot.
Shortcut for saving
When and where the movie is set.
50mm

31. Default transition is...
Packets
80%
Shortcut for saving
Cross dissolve

32. animated story boards are called...
Apple l
Shortcut for saving
Animatics
Overwrite clip

33. Apple j does what?
Brings the speed changer up.
Local
The arrangement of visual elements
It restores all windows to standard layout view.

34. Pan and scan is...
Long shot
When movies are shown full screen on a 4/3 tv
When you show the footage of you crossing the axis
When and where the movie is set.

35. Crossing the line means...
Passing over the imaginary axis
Turning on wireframe
Decibells
It renders the footage.

36. Shortcut for log and capture
All tracks forward
Apple 8
9 times
Patch panel

37. What comes after 4-shot?
4 pin to 6 pin firewire
Shortcut for saving
Apple l
Group shot.

38. What is the function of Control you
In the browser
Apple 8
That the cam is off
It restores all windows to standard layout view.

39. The cable you use to ingest footage is...
4 pin to 6 pin firewire
-6
No
Cross dissolve

40. Letterboxing is...
Patch panel
A cutaway
Packets
When movies are showed in widescreen on a 4/3 tv

41. HAPS stands for...
Full screen
Turning on wireframe
Humans - accessibility - power - sound
Snapping

42. Default transition is...
Command and apple are the same.
When movies are showed in widescreen on a 4/3 tv
Cross dissolve
The arrangement of visual elements

43. a location scout must be a...
Local
The arrangement of visual elements
Snapping
It restores all windows to standard layout view.

44. What is the shot called if it includes the entire human body?
Lavaliers
Composition.
Insert clip
Long shot

45. What do you press to play clip backwards?
J
9 times
Modifying text
View entire sequence

46. db stands for...
Decibells
Overwrite clip
Composition.
Full screen

47. Side glances give...
Visual weight
Projectors
Lavaliers
Decibells

48. Default font?
4 pin to 6 pin firewire
Lucinda Grande.
Group shot.
Professionals

49. Composition is...
Audio Interchange File Format
The arrangement of visual elements
No
Objective

50. control tab is used for...
When movies are shown full screen on a 4/3 tv
10 sec.
That the cam is off
Modifying text