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Basic Video Production

Subject : engineeering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Pre-production






2. 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






3. 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






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. Charged Coupled Device






6. The sound made by the differing frequencies






7. Picking up from two sides






8. 5 -500 degrees K






9. Overlapping action - Match cut - Jump cut






10. Directional (Cardiod) - Omnidirectional - Bidirectional






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






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






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






14. Another name for ambient sound






15. Sound that doesn't bounce - Dead sound






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






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






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






19. Electro-magnetic radiation






20. Name - agency - and role






21. 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






22. Small image - long focal length






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






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






25. tinted blue - 5500 degrees Kelvin - outside lighting






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






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






28. Sound must appear to be coming from the picture






29. Picking up from two sides






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






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






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






33. Focal length divided by aperture






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






35. 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






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






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






38. Record all the music in a control room






39. 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






40. You can control your depth of field






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. 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






49. Key - fill - back






50. Electro-magnetic radiation