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Audio Video Production Basics

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Shortcut for log and capture
Apple l
Wide shot
Objective
Apple 8

2. a shortcut for the pen tool is...
Brings the speed changer up.
P
View entire sequence
When movies are showed in widescreen on a 4/3 tv

3. slug means ______ in fcp.
Black
All tracks forward
When you show the footage of you crossing the axis
Turning on wireframe

4. XLR cables have a...
P
Locking mechanism
Full screen
In the browser

5. What does fcp not support?
Decibells
Apple 8
Mp3
Omni

6. What is 'pan and scan' on a 4/3 ration tv?
Full screen
Nope
Shotgun
Fcp

7. Do all mics change electric energy into sound energy?
It renders the footage.
Nope
When movies are shown full screen on a 4/3 tv
Projectors

8. After capturing footage press
Tracking pan
In the browser
ESC
Lavaliers

9. What comes after 4-shot?
Local
That the cam is off
Group shot.
Wide shot

10. Side glances give...
Local
10 sec.
Visual weight
Audio Interchange File Format

11. What mic is used to get dialogue on movie sets?
More informative - less artistic
J
Shotgun
SMPTE

12. The cable you use to ingest footage is...
SMPTE
-6
Overwrite clip
4 pin to 6 pin firewire

13. Overscan is...

14. when can you cross the axis
Locking mechanism
When you show the footage of you crossing the axis
When and where the movie is set.
It renders the footage.

15. mounted cam 'following' is...
Lucinda Grande.
Objective
Professionals
Tracking pan

16. w is a shortcut for...
Turning on wireframe
When you show the footage of you crossing the axis
Locking mechanism
80%

17. Letterboxing is...
That the cam is off
When movies are showed in widescreen on a 4/3 tv
30 frames.
Shotgun

18. What comes after 4-shot?
Lavaliers
Group shot.
30 frames.
Audio Interchange File Format

19. the max volume you should start with on a project is...
It renders the footage.
Audio Interchange File Format
ESC
-6

20. Pan and scan is...
Local
When movies are shown full screen on a 4/3 tv
Tracking pan
50mm

21. control tab is used for...
Nope
Modifying text
10 sec.
SMPTE

22. HAPS stands for...
Fcp
Wide shot
Humans - accessibility - power - sound
Long shot

23. Make sure of what before plugging in your fire wire
Black
4 pin to 6 pin firewire
That the cam is off
Start & stop on an end shot

24. n is a shortcut for...
Humans - accessibility - power - sound
Snapping
Professionals
Apple 8

25. Option i does what?
Removes in-point.
In the browser
When movies are showed in widescreen on a 4/3 tv
Visual weight

26. HAPS stands for...
Command and apple are the same.
80%
Humans - accessibility - power - sound
All tracks forward

27. Option i does what?
Removes in-point.
Visual weight
Patch panel
Decibells

28. title safe and action safe were made by...
Professionals
SMPTE
Black
Objective

29. tttt means...
10 sec.
A cutaway
Packets
All tracks forward

30. Overscan is...

31. How do you add a track?
You right click above the patch panel.
When you show the footage of you crossing the axis
When and where the movie is set.
Shotgun

32. To start capturing footage you depress what button
Mp3
Humans - accessibility - power - sound
NOW
Mounted camera move

33. What program should you close before connecting cam with firewire?
Insert clip
Mp3
Removes in-point.
Fcp

34. Overscan does not apply to...
Projectors
Composition.
Composition.
Insert clip

35. How do you add a track?
You right click above the patch panel.
Apple 8
Locking mechanism
Omni

36. db stands for...
Decibells
Audio Interchange File Format
9 times
Local

37. where are master footage files located?
In the browser
View entire sequence
Cross dissolve
Visual weight

38. Composition is...
The arrangement of visual elements
80%
Passing over the imaginary axis
Snapping

39. What is Apple S?
Part of the footage you can't see on screen.
Shortcut for saving
It restores all windows to standard layout view.
Removes in-point.

40. Side glances give...
90%
50mm
Visual weight
Nope

41. HDTV standard ratio is...
Objective
ESC
Full screen
16/9

42. What shot is used on newscasters?
Mp3
Medium close up
Decibells
NOW

43. What does option are do?
Packets
It renders the footage.
80%
Visual weight

44. XLR cables are used by
Audio Interchange File Format
Professionals
Mp3
50mm

45. ideal lens for location scout?
50mm
Locking mechanism
Modifying text
Shortcut for saving

46. Default font?
Composition.
Group shot.
Long shot
Lucinda Grande.

47. Crossing the line means...
Its displayed width/it's displayed height
SMPTE
P
Passing over the imaginary axis

48. What does fcp not support?
Mounted camera move
Black
Projectors
Mp3

49. animated story boards are called...
Humans - accessibility - power - sound
More informative - less artistic
Animatics
Lavaliers

50. Do mics record sound in stereo?
No
J
4 pin to 6 pin firewire
When movies are shown full screen on a 4/3 tv