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Basic Video Production

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






2. -273.15 degrees celcius 0 degrees Kelvin






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






4. The degree to which the aperture opens






5. The range of quietness to loudness






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






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






8. Charged Coupled Device






9. The re-recording process - AKA looping - Actors are brought back to a soundproof room - where they watch short segments of themselves on a screen and listen through earphones to the audio that needs to be replaced - Feed and deliver the lines that ne






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






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






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






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






14. tinted blue - 5500 degrees Kelvin - outside lighting






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






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






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






18. Isolates a particular character or action






19. Isolates a particular character or action






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






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






22. When sounds are mixed live - each mic feeds into a different input of one or more audio mixers






23. 3200 degrees K






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






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






26. Recording picture on one machine and sound on another






27. Attaches to the microphone






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






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






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






31. Key - fill - back






32. Sound must appear to be coming from the picture






33. 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






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






35. Key - fill - back






36. 20 HZ to 20000 HZ






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






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






39. 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






40. Random footage in the package






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






42. Small image - long focal length






43. 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






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






45. Involves the main action






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






47. Attaches to the recorder






48. tinted blue - 5500 degrees Kelvin - outside lighting






49. Asynchronous noised mixed in during post production to give a scene authenticity - Sometimes called Wild Sounds






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







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