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Audio Video Production Basics

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Do mics record sound in stereo?
No
Long shot
When and where the movie is set.
Removes in-point.

2. title safe and action safe were made by...
SMPTE
Overwrite clip
Shotgun
Locking mechanism

3. animated story boards are called...
Shortcut for saving
Packets
Omni
Animatics

4. control tab is used for...
90%
16/9
Start & stop on an end shot
Modifying text

5. tttt means...
In the browser
All tracks forward
Insert clip
Part of the footage you can't see on screen.

6. Letterboxing is...
Animatics
Black
When movies are showed in widescreen on a 4/3 tv
Patch panel

7. AIFF stands for...
Turning on wireframe
P
Audio Interchange File Format
Mounted camera move

8. What do you press to play clip backwards?
It restores all windows to standard layout view.
When and where the movie is set.
J
Removes in-point.

9. A freeze frame without handles is how long?
10 sec.
-6
Decibells
Locking mechanism

10. Option i does what?
Apple 8
Removes in-point.
Composition.
When movies are showed in widescreen on a 4/3 tv

11. a location scout must be a...
Nope
Insert clip
Local
When movies are showed in widescreen on a 4/3 tv

12. Composition is...
Cross dissolve
Group shot.
The arrangement of visual elements
Local

13. establishing shot is what kind of shot?
A cutaway
It renders the footage.
That the cam is off
Wide shot

14. db stands for...
When movies are shown full screen on a 4/3 tv
When movies are showed in widescreen on a 4/3 tv
10 sec.
Decibells

15. AIFF stands for...
It renders the footage.
Visual weight
P
Audio Interchange File Format

16. when can you cross the axis
Mp3
When you show the footage of you crossing the axis
The arrangement of visual elements
Visual weight

17. establishing shot is what kind of shot?
When movies are shown full screen on a 4/3 tv
NOW
Mp3
Wide shot

18. What does fcp not support?
Mp3
Decibells
Cross dissolve
Locking mechanism

19. Crossing the line means...
When movies are shown full screen on a 4/3 tv
Packets
Passing over the imaginary axis
Mounted camera move

20. Crossing the line means...
30 frames.
Projectors
Passing over the imaginary axis
Brings the speed changer up.

21. What is the function of Control you
Humans - accessibility - power - sound
Shotgun
It restores all windows to standard layout view.
SMPTE

22. When the cam is further from the axis the viewer becomes more emotionally
Local
50mm
4 pin to 6 pin firewire
Objective

23. What is 'pan and scan' on a 4/3 ration tv?
Group shot.
Brings the speed changer up.
Professionals
Full screen

24. What is the aspect ratio of an image?

25. What mics do newscasters typically use?
Tracking pan
It restores all windows to standard layout view.
Audio Interchange File Format
Lavaliers

26. Headroom is a principle of...
Composition.
Lavaliers
Turning on wireframe
Local

27. tilt is a...
Mounted camera move
It renders the footage.
9 times
Medium close up

28. Default font?
Lucinda Grande.
Group shot.
Animatics
Locking mechanism

29. the max volume you should start with on a project is...
50mm
NOW
-6
Shotgun

30. Shortcut to link is...
A cutaway
Shotgun
Apple l
Full screen

31. Side glances give...
30 frames.
Removes in-point.
Start & stop on an end shot
Visual weight

32. location pics must be
Omni
Objective
More informative - less artistic
Professionals

33. tttt means...
Black
It restores all windows to standard layout view.
All tracks forward
Passing over the imaginary axis

34. What program should you close before connecting cam with firewire?
No
Fcp
Objective
90%

35. To start capturing footage you depress what button
Mp3
When you show the footage of you crossing the axis
NOW
Start & stop on an end shot

36. What mics do newscasters typically use?
Medium close up
Lucinda Grande.
Lavaliers
Group shot.

37. n is a shortcut for...
Snapping
Turning on wireframe
In the browser
Shotgun

38. After capturing footage press
ESC
Part of the footage you can't see on screen.
Brings the speed changer up.
Start & stop on an end shot

39. w is a shortcut for...
When and where the movie is set.
When you show the footage of you crossing the axis
Turning on wireframe
Black

40. What shot is used on newscasters?
Decibells
Command and apple are the same.
Medium close up
9 times

41. f9 is a shortcut for...
J
-6
Medium close up
Insert clip

42. A freeze frame without handles is how long?
10 sec.
Projectors
When you show the footage of you crossing the axis
Patch panel

43. HDTV standard ratio is...
In the browser
80%
16/9
The arrangement of visual elements

44. The cable you use to ingest footage is...
4 pin to 6 pin firewire
90%
Local
View entire sequence

45. the max volume you should start with on a project is...
Shotgun
-6
4 pin to 6 pin firewire
No

46. The cable you use to ingest footage is...
Part of the footage you can't see on screen.
Apple l
Nope
4 pin to 6 pin firewire

47. What program should you close before connecting cam with firewire?
All tracks forward
Long shot
Fcp
Apple 8

48. XLR cables have a...
When movies are shown full screen on a 4/3 tv
Command and apple are the same.
Start & stop on an end shot
Locking mechanism

49. n is a shortcut for...
Snapping
Wide shot
Locking mechanism
ESC

50. What mic is used to get dialogue on movie sets?
Shotgun
4 pin to 6 pin firewire
80%
Insert clip