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Basic Video Production

Subject : engineeering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A recording of the general ambience of the place where the dialogue is being recorded






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






3. 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






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






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






6. Charged Coupled Device






7. 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






8. Picking up from two sides






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






10. Overlapping action - Match cut - Jump cut






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






12. Sound must appear to be coming from the picture






13. Small image - long focal length






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






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






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






17. Recording picture on one machine and sound on another






18. 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






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






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






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






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






23. When you hear a bounce off a very close wall - quicker response than an echo






24. 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






25. The more light reaches film






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






27. 3200 degrees K






28. Big image - short focal length






29. Attaches to the microphone






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






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






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






33. The degree to which the aperture opens






34. The width of the band of frequencies as specified by the frequencies at each end






35. Picking up from all sides - Best for picking up a large number of people and are excellent for gathering background noise - Don't pick up distance sounds as well






36. Hertz (Hz)






37. 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






38. -273.15 degrees celcius 0 degrees Kelvin






39. 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






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






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






42. You can control your depth of field






43. Record all the music in a control room






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






45. 800 mph or 1000ft per second or 1 foot per millisecond






46. Sound will disappear or turn into pops. Can only be amplified in a specific range of softness and loudness - Digital equipment






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






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






49. F-stop selection effects depth of field






50. The sound made by the differing frequencies