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Audio Video Production Basics

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is the aspect ratio of an image?

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2. control tab is used for...
16/9
Medium close up
Modifying text
Removes in-point.

3. Command and what key are the same?
Command and apple are the same.
16/9
P
Insert clip

4. When the cam is further from the axis the viewer becomes more emotionally
Packets
SMPTE
Group shot.
Objective

5. Shortcut to link is...
9 times
Audio Interchange File Format
Command and apple are the same.
Apple l

6. What comes after 4-shot?
Lavaliers
Group shot.
Shortcut for saving
Humans - accessibility - power - sound

7. the max volume you should start with on a project is...
Full screen
The arrangement of visual elements
SMPTE
-6

8. Where will you find source/ destination?
Humans - accessibility - power - sound
90%
Patch panel
Local

9. slug means ______ in fcp.
Black
Wide shot
Apple 8
Group shot.

10. What mic is used to get dialogue on movie sets?
ESC
Shortcut for saving
Shotgun
9 times

11. A freeze frame without handles is how long?
50mm
NOW
Mp3
10 sec.

12. control tab is used for...
Omni
Shotgun
Modifying text
Mounted camera move

13. Rule of pan...
Start & stop on an end shot
The arrangement of visual elements
Audio Interchange File Format
Command and apple are the same.

14. To start capturing footage you depress what button
No
Decibells
NOW
View entire sequence

15. What do you press to play clip backwards?
Cross dissolve
Shotgun
Locking mechanism
J

16. XLR cables are used by
Omni
When and where the movie is set.
Insert clip
Professionals

17. Overscan is...

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18. a shortcut for the pen tool is...
80%
Command and apple are the same.
P
Start & stop on an end shot

19. how many times can you record on a tape before degration
80%
Full screen
9 times
A cutaway

20. Default font?
Lucinda Grande.
P
Apple 8
Mounted camera move

21. What is the shot called if it includes the entire human body?
Long shot
Mp3
Objective
90%

22. When the cam is further from the axis the viewer becomes more emotionally
Apple l
Objective
Patch panel
Professionals

23. shift z lets you...
Fcp
80%
View entire sequence
When you show the footage of you crossing the axis

24. animated story boards are called...
10 sec.
16/9
Animatics
Long shot

25. mounted cam 'following' is...
ESC
When movies are showed in widescreen on a 4/3 tv
Tracking pan
Removes in-point.

26. Composition is...
When you show the footage of you crossing the axis
The arrangement of visual elements
Removes in-point.
Visual weight

27. Default transition is how many frames?
Wide shot
Apple 8
30 frames.
Nope

28. Overscan does not apply to...
When you show the footage of you crossing the axis
Projectors
Black
Lucinda Grande.

29. Default transition is...
Cross dissolve
Overwrite clip
10 sec.
16/9

30. Make sure of what before plugging in your fire wire
-6
Brings the speed changer up.
Its displayed width/it's displayed height
That the cam is off

31. Overscan is...

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32. Headroom is a principle of...
Turning on wireframe
Insert clip
Composition.
Animatics

33. XLR cables have a...
Locking mechanism
P
Apple 8
ESC

34. What does option are do?
It renders the footage.
Nope
Patch panel
You right click above the patch panel.

35. XLR cables have a...
Mounted camera move
4 pin to 6 pin firewire
Locking mechanism
Nope

36. Rule of pan...
SMPTE
Start & stop on an end shot
Command and apple are the same.
Turning on wireframe

37. Headroom is a principle of...
More informative - less artistic
80%
When movies are shown full screen on a 4/3 tv
Composition.

38. db stands for...
Omni
When movies are shown full screen on a 4/3 tv
Decibells
Group shot.

39. What does fcp not support?
Mp3
Turning on wireframe
Humans - accessibility - power - sound
Apple 8

40. What type of mics to reality shows use?
Group shot.
16/9
That the cam is off
Lavaliers

41. usb transfers by
Medium close up
More informative - less artistic
It renders the footage.
Packets

42. Pan and scan is...
When movies are shown full screen on a 4/3 tv
Lavaliers
NOW
Packets

43. title safe and action safe were made by...
4 pin to 6 pin firewire
Shortcut for saving
J
SMPTE

44. Action safe percentage is...
Tracking pan
Apple l
Composition.
90%

45. AIFF stands for...
Audio Interchange File Format
Nope
50mm
80%

46. What type of mics to reality shows use?
Black
Lucinda Grande.
Humans - accessibility - power - sound
Lavaliers

47. Shortcut for log and capture
When movies are shown full screen on a 4/3 tv
Apple 8
90%
That the cam is off

48. What mics do newscasters typically use?
Apple l
Lavaliers
No
ESC

49. When you film something other than the main characters - What is it?
A cutaway
Brings the speed changer up.
No
Humans - accessibility - power - sound

50. What is Apple S?
Shortcut for saving
J
Passing over the imaginary axis
Long shot