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Basic Video Production

Subject : engineeering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Lighting instrument that has a lens on the front






2. Picking up from two sides






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






4. 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






5. Picking up from two sides






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. Attaches to the recorder






8. F-stop selection effects depth of field






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






10. Charged Coupled Device






11. Pre-production






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






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






14. Involves the main action






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






16. The more light reaches film






17. After the music is recorded its put onto this in the same way a picture is recorded on a DVD






18. 3200 degrees K






19. 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






20. Small image - long focal length






21. Focuses on an element that appeared in the previous shot






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






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






24. Natural sound - Must be attached to all B-Roll






25. F-stop selection effects depth of field






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






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






28. Attaches to the recorder






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






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






31. The sound made by the differing frequencies






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






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






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






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






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






37. 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






38. The degree to which the aperture opens






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






40. Actors should look the same from one shot to another






41. Higher pitch and frequency






42. 3200 degrees K






43. The range of quietness to loudness






44. Recording picture on one machine and sound on another






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






46. The opening in the lens that allows light to pass






47. The equivalent of quotes in a story - Person speaking on the screen






48. Hertz (Hz)






49. 20 HZ to 20000 HZ






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