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Basic Video Production

Subject : engineeering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Name - agency - and role






2. Microphones and recorders that pick up all frequencies equally well






3. A cut in which the character's movement and position are perfectly aligned in time and space from one shot to the next






4. Aids in the composition process - Gives Time Code numbers for places where music is to be heard - Tells the length of time the music is to run - Gives a description of What is happening in the scene






5. Lists all the actions the Foley Walkers need to perform to give aural realism to the movie scenes






6. Best known editing style - Involves narrative clarity and dramatic pacing - Attempts to make the cut from one shot to the net flow as smoothly as possible - The story unfolds scene by scene






7. Has a diaphragm plus and electronic component called a capacitor - Delicate - Power supply needed - Efficient






8. 20 HZ to 20000 HZ






9. An obvious jarring break in continuity from one shot to the next






10. Record all the music in a control room






11. Lists all the actions the Foley Walkers need to perform to give aural realism to the movie scenes






12. Random footage in the package






13. It is what distinguishes a violin from a clarinet when both are playing the same pitch at the same loudness






14. Automatic Gain Control - Prevents the signal from being recorded at too low or too high a level






15. Middle point of the haystack






16. 3200 degrees K






17. An actors performance should be consistent from shot to shot






18. tinted blue - 5500 degrees Kelvin - outside lighting






19. AKA: Phone plug - Has a short prong and outer covering - Consumer standard






20. The reporter holding a microphone on the screen - Pre-recorded - essentially a sound bite






21. Source microphones go into - Has up to 4 channels






22. Uses a diaphragm - Robust - NO power required - Not so efficient






23. AKA Cross Cutting - Alternating shots from one line of action to another - Implies that the two actions are occurring at the same time






24. F-stop selection effects depth of field






25. An obvious jarring break in continuity from one shot to the next






26. Attaches to the microphone






27. The relative volume of sounds - Important sounds should be louder than unimportant sounds






28. Musical Instrument Digital Interface - A technical standard that allows electronic instruments to interact with each other






29. Higher pitch and frequency






30. Involves the main action






31. The reporter holding a microphone on the screen - Pre-recorded - essentially a sound bite






32. Picking up mainly from one side in a heart shaped pattern






33. Electro-magnetic radiation






34. The sound made by the differing frequencies






35. Source microphones go into - Has up to 4 channels






36. Uses a diaphragm - Robust - NO power required - Not so efficient






37. Notes will become a muddy jumble and the frequencies will not come out of the equipment with the same clarity with which they went in - Analog equipment






38. The height of the sound wave. As the this increases - the sound wave gets louder






39. The range of frequencies that a microphone will pick up - 20 Hz - 20000 Hz






40. When you hear a bounce off a very close wall - quicker response than an echo






41. Technique to make two shots flow together - Rather than letting an actor complete an action in one shot and cutting to the next - the action begins in the first shot and ends in the second






42. Refers to making the audio sound better - You may fix sound of some dialogue by bringing in the sound from another shot that wasn't used in the film or replacing a word through ADR






43. Small image - long focal length






44. There should be time for actions to take place - EX: burning candle






45. -273.15 degrees celcius 0 degrees Kelvin






46. Tonal quality of a sound and is the thing that helps us distinguish between the sound of a martin guitar and bagpipes






47. Picking up mainly from one side in a heart shaped pattern






48. The most important part of the package - The voice of the reporter describing and telling the story - Recording of the reporter's voice






49. Decibels (dB)






50. The relative volume of sounds - Important sounds should be louder than unimportant sounds