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Basic Video Production

Subject : engineeering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Something that has already happened in one shot should not happen again in the next






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






3. Manipulating frequencies. - Important to radio and musical recording - not film.






4. Ratio of the width of a frame to its height - HDTV = 16:9






5. 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






6. Random footage in the package






7. Has three prongs and an outer covering - Has a guide pin and lock so that it remains firmly in place - Profession standard






8. Want boom coming down not out - Can add a track to cover it (Fill Grit - Glue Fill) - Can add other noises






9. Sound will disappear or turn into pops. Can only be amplified in a specific range of softness and loudness - Digital equipment






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






11. Low pressure areas against high pressure areas create the waves. - Waves are just pictures or graphs of the measures of air pressure






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






13. Recorded in a similar way to ADR - Help explain complicated processes - indicate What a person is thinking - represent someone's conscience - or comment on What is occurring in the picture






14. The more light reaches film






15. The number of times per second that the wave travels from the beginning of one cycle to the beginning of the next






16. Want boom coming down not out - Can add a track to cover it (Fill Grit - Glue Fill) - Can add other noises






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






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






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






20. Recorded in a similar way to ADR - Help explain complicated processes - indicate What a person is thinking - represent someone's conscience - or comment on What is occurring in the picture






21. Make the volume of every scene - every person - and every sound effect more or less the same - One way to achieve balance






22. Low pressure areas against high pressure areas create the waves. - Waves are just pictures or graphs of the measures of air pressure






23. -273.15 degrees celcius 0 degrees Kelvin






24. The degree to which the aperture opens






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






26. 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






27. Middle point of the haystack






28. The picture should look the same from shot to shot if the assumption is that the shots are in the same time and space






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






30. Directional (Cardiod) - Omnidirectional - Bidirectional






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






32. The distance through with objects will appear in sharp focus in front of and behind the point at which the camera is actually focused






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






34. Raw sound that was recorded on the day






35. You can control your depth of field






36. A recording of the general ambience of the place where the dialogue is being recorded






37. Shot before the long shot that establishes where the action is taking place






38. tinted orange - 3200 degrees Kelvin - Studio lighting






39. Focal length divided by aperture






40. Isolates a particular character or action






41. If there is a background noise in one shot - there should be the same background noise in the next - if they are in the same time and place






42. Two basic systems of light metering used in cinematography






43. Involves keeping the audience from getting lost - If you cut from a wide shot of a building to a medium shot - the medium shot should be of something that is recognizable in the wide shot






44. 3200 degrees K






45. Has three prongs and an outer covering - Has a guide pin and lock so that it remains firmly in place - Profession standard






46. Higher pitch and frequency






47. Another name for ambient sound






48. No two microphones should be closer together than three times the distance between them and the subject.






49. Key - fill - back






50. The voice of a person in the distance should sound different from the voice of a person when shown in a close-up