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Basic Video Production
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Subject
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engineeering
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Lighting instrument that has a lens on the front
fresnel
speed of sound in air
Aspect Ratio
Cut-in
2. Picking up from two sides
wild sound
Condenser Microphone
Bidirectional Microphone
Loudness measurement
3. Has three prongs and an outer covering - Has a guide pin and lock so that it remains firmly in place - Profession standard
The greater the size of the aperture opening...
XLR Connector
Atmospheric Continuity
Frequency
4. 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
Proximity Effect
focal length of a close up lens
Cutaway
Distortion
5. Picking up from two sides
Zoom Recorder
Aspect Ratio
focal length of a wide angle lens
Bidirectional Microphone
6. 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
Classic Hollywood Editing
Score Mixers
Physical Continuity
Jump Cut
7. Attaches to the recorder
Light is a form of...
Sound Presence
Sound Waves
Male end
8. F-stop selection effects depth of field
f-stop vs. depth of field
advantages of DSLR
Performance Continuity
Focal length
9. An obvious jarring break in continuity from one shot to the next
Jump Cut
Loudness measurement
Sound Waves
Technical Pictorial Continuity
10. Charged Coupled Device
CCD
Frequency Measurement
Turn-over Frequency
Stand-up
11. Pre-production
Depth of Field
Overlapping Action
Cut-in
The cheapest part of movie making
12. AKA: Phone plug - Has a short prong and outer covering - Consumer standard
Turn-over Frequency
a shot marked OS to Sally
RCA Connector
Foley
13. Shot before the long shot that establishes where the action is taking place
OMF - Open Medium Framework
Establishing Shot
Audio Mixers
Server
14. Involves the main action
Medium Shot
Atmospheric Continuity
F-stop
Band Width
15. Has a diaphragm plus and electronic component called a capacitor - Delicate - Power supply needed - Efficient
Condenser Microphone
Three-to-one Rule
Amplitude
Timbre
16. The more light reaches film
Omnidirectional Microphone
Jump Cut
Master Scene Shooting Method
The greater the size of the aperture opening...
17. After the music is recorded its put onto this in the same way a picture is recorded on a DVD
Performance Continuity
Frequency
Dynamic Range
DAT
18. 3200 degrees K
Omnidirectional Microphone
a shot marked OS to Sally
Color temperature of Tungsten light
Male end
19. 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
Range of human hearing
Sound Perspective
Sweetening
a shot marked OS to Sally
20. Small image - long focal length
Parallel Editing
advantages of DSLR
Absolute Zero
focal length of a close up lens
21. Focuses on an element that appeared in the previous shot
Technical Pictorial Continuity
Sweetening
Absolute Zero
Cut-in
22. Microphones and recorders that pick up all frequencies equally well
Cut-in
Master Scene Shooting Method
Flat
Absolute Zero
23. The range of frequencies that a microphone will pick up - 20 Hz - 20000 Hz
Distortion
Audio Mixers
Omnidirectional Microphone
Frequency Response
24. Natural sound - Must be attached to all B-Roll
Nats
Condenser Microphone
Condenser Microphone
fresnel
25. F-stop selection effects depth of field
f-stop vs. depth of field
Dynamic Microphone
Turn-over Frequency
incident and reflected
26. The voice of a person in the distance should sound different from the voice of a person when shown in a close-up
wild sound
OMF - Open Medium Framework
Sound Perspective
Temporal Continuity
27. The range of frequencies that a microphone will pick up - 20 Hz - 20000 Hz
Frequency Measurement
Frequency Response
How do you fix Room Tone?
focal length of a close up lens
28. Attaches to the recorder
Sound Presence
Male end
Formula for figuring the f-stop
fresnel
29. Manipulating frequencies. - Important to radio and musical recording - not film.
Master Scene Shooting Method
Proximity Effect
Atmospheric Continuity
Frequency
30. Musical Instrument Digital Interface - A technical standard that allows electronic instruments to interact with each other
MIDI
Master Scene Shooting Method
Technical Pictorial Continuity
Timbre
31. The sound made by the differing frequencies
Aspect Ratio
Foley Setup Sheet
Three point lighting
Pitch
32. There should be time for actions to take place - EX: burning candle
Female end
Timbre
Sound Waves
Temporal Continuity
33. Want boom coming down not out - Can add a track to cover it (Fill Grit - Glue Fill) - Can add other noises
Absolute Zero
Cutaway
Technical Pictorial Continuity
How do you fix Room Tone?
34. Picking up mainly from one side in a heart shaped pattern
Directional Microphone
XLR Connector
Dynamic Range
XLR Connector
35. Musical Instrument Digital Interface - A technical standard that allows electronic instruments to interact with each other
Dynamic Range
advantages of DSLR
MIDI
Frequency Measurement
36. Automatic Gain Control - Prevents the signal from being recorded at too low or too high a level
ADR (Automatic Dialogue Replacement)
Shorter focal length =
Medium Shot
AGC
37. 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
Turn-over Frequency
Spatial Continuity
Track
f-stop vs. depth of field
38. The degree to which the aperture opens
Distortion
OMF - Open Medium Framework
F-stop
ADR (Automatic Dialogue Replacement)
39. Uses a diaphragm - Robust - NO power required - Not so efficient
The greater the size of the aperture opening...
Dynamic Microphone
Absolute Zero
Depth of Field
40. Actors should look the same from one shot to another
Physical Continuity
Turn-over Frequency
Voice-Overs
Timbre
41. Higher pitch and frequency
Focal length
Smaller Wavelength =
Aspect Ratio
Aspect Ratio
42. 3200 degrees K
Color temperature of Tungsten light
Stand-up
Close-up
Score Mixers
43. The range of quietness to loudness
Dynamic Microphone
Dynamic Range
Band Width
Bites (Sound Bite)
44. Recording picture on one machine and sound on another
Double system sound
Close-up
wild sound
Three point lighting
45. The reporter holding a microphone on the screen - Pre-recorded - essentially a sound bite
Stand-up
Match Cut
Sound Waves
RCA Connector
46. The opening in the lens that allows light to pass
focal length of a close up lens
Reverb
Audio Mixers
Aperture
47. The equivalent of quotes in a story - Person speaking on the screen
XLR Connector
Bites (Sound Bite)
Turn-over Frequency
3 Pickup Patterns
48. Hertz (Hz)
B-Roll
Bites (Sound Bite)
Zoom Recorder
Frequency Measurement
49. 20 HZ to 20000 HZ
Aperture
Zoom Recorder
Range of human hearing
Track
50. A cut in which the character's movement and position are perfectly aligned in time and space from one shot to the next
Frequency
Match Cut
Proximity Effect
3 Pickup Patterns