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Basic Video Production

Subject : engineeering
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Something that has already happened in one shot should not happen again in the next






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






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






4. Small image - long focal length






5. Directional (Cardiod) - Omnidirectional - Bidirectional






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






7. Another name for ambient sound






8. The range of quietness to loudness






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






10. Decibels (dB)






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






12. -273.15 degrees celcius 0 degrees Kelvin






13. The reporter holding a microphone on the screen - Pre-recorded - essentially a sound bite






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. Focuses on an element that appeared in the previous shot






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






17. Recording picture on one machine and sound on another






18. 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






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






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






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






22. 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






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






24. Random footage in the package






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






26. 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






27. Lighting instrument that has a lens on the front






28. 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






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






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






31. Ratio of the width of a frame to its height - HDTV = 16:9






32. Directional (Cardiod) - Omnidirectional - Bidirectional






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






34. 800 mph or 1000ft per second or 1 foot per millisecond






35. tinted blue - 5500 degrees Kelvin - outside lighting






36. Big image - short focal length






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






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






39. Middle point of the haystack






40. Record all the music in a control room






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






42. Another name for ambient sound






43. Lists all the actions the Foley Walkers need to perform to give aural realism to the movie scenes






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






45. 5 -500 degrees K






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






47. Charged Coupled Device






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






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






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







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