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Basic Video Production

Subject : engineeering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Attaches to the recorder






2. Another name for ambient sound






3. Key - fill - back






4. Random footage in the package






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






6. 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






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






8. Focal length divided by aperture






9. Picking up from two sides






10. Directional (Cardiod) - Omnidirectional - Bidirectional






11. Two basic systems of light metering used in cinematography






12. 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






13. Decibels (dB)






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






15. 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






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






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






18. Greater depth of field






19. Place were sounds are stored that allows them to be accessed and worked on from various places






20. Overlapping action - Match cut - Jump cut






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






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






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






24. tinted orange - 3200 degrees Kelvin - Studio lighting






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






26. An 'over the shoulder' shot (of an actor) with the camera pointed at Sally






27. 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






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






29. 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






30. 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






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






32. F-stop selection effects depth of field






33. The more light reaches film






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






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






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






37. Shot of something that did not appear in the previous shot






38. 800 mph or 1000ft per second or 1 foot per millisecond






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






40. tinted blue - 5500 degrees Kelvin - outside lighting






41. You can control your depth of field






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






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






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






45. Shoot a master shot of the whole scene and then break it up into little parts - such as close ups - reaction shots - cut ins - and cutaways - Classic Hollywood method






46. 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






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






48. Director make sure that action in one shot is repeated in the shot that may follow it






49. Middle point of the haystack






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