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Basic Video Production

Subject : engineeering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. There should be time for actions to take place - EX: burning candle






2. F-stop selection effects depth of field






3. Made up by the sound effects editor - Indicates a what point in the movie each effect should be placed






4. 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






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. Microphones and recorders that pick up all frequencies equally well






7. Isolates a particular character or action






8. 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






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






10. Directional (Cardiod) - Omnidirectional - Bidirectional






11. 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






12. You can control your depth of field






13. 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






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






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






16. Picking up from two sides






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. Key - fill - back






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






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






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






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






32. Lighting instrument that has a lens on the front






33. 5 -500 degrees K






34. Sound must appear to be coming from the picture






35. The more light reaches film






36. The degree to which the aperture opens






37. The height of the sound wave. As the this increases - the sound wave gets louder






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






39. Big image - short focal length






40. Sound that doesn't bounce - Dead sound






41. 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






42. Electro-magnetic radiation






43. -273.15 degrees celcius 0 degrees Kelvin






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






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






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






47. Aids in the composition process - Gives Time Code numbers for places where music is to be heard - Tells the length of time the music is to run - Gives a description of What is happening in the scene






48. 3200 degrees K






49. Two basic systems of light metering used in cinematography






50. Pre-production