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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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1. Lighting instrument that has a lens on the front






2. The degree to which the aperture opens






3. Recording picture on one machine and sound on another






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






5. Distance from the center of a lens to the place where the parallel light will be focused






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






7. Picking up from two sides






8. You can control your depth of field






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






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






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






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






13. Small image - long focal length






14. Random footage in the package






15. Something that has already happened in one shot should not happen again in the next






16. Higher pitch and frequency






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






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






19. The editor can try an entire group of shots in one position - move it to another - and then return it to it's original position






20. 800 mph or 1000ft per second or 1 foot per millisecond






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






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






23. The editor can try an entire group of shots in one position - move it to another - and then return it to it's original position






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






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






26. Recording picture on one machine and sound on another






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






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






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






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






31. 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






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






33. The more light reaches film






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






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






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






37. Electro-magnetic radiation






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






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






40. 800 mph or 1000ft per second or 1 foot per millisecond






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






42. Picking up from two sides






43. Involves the main action






44. -273.15 degrees celcius 0 degrees Kelvin






45. Pre-production






46. Charged Coupled Device






47. Charged Coupled Device






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






49. Focal length divided by aperture






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