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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. Background sounds such as footsteps - clothes rustling - and branches waving in the wind - Named after Jack Foley
Track
Sound Perspective
Foley
Turn-over Frequency
2. Uses a diaphragm - Robust - NO power required - Not so efficient
Dynamic Microphone
Timbre
Performance Continuity
CCD
3. When you hear a bounce off a very close wall - quicker response than an echo
Absolute Zero
Shorter focal length =
Reverb
Voice-Overs
4. AKA Cross Cutting - Alternating shots from one line of action to another - Implies that the two actions are occurring at the same time
Direct Sound
Condenser Microphone
Parallel Editing
Sound Waves
5. F-stop selection effects depth of field
f-stop vs. depth of field
Sound Waves
Dynamic Range
3 Pickup Patterns
6. -273.15 degrees celcius 0 degrees Kelvin
The cheapest part of movie making
Dynamic Range
Absolute Zero
Turn-over Frequency
7. 20 HZ to 20000 HZ
XLR Connector
Flat
RCA Connector
Range of human hearing
8. Small image - long focal length
Male end
Absolute Zero
Color temperature of Tungsten light
focal length of a close up lens
9. Decibels (dB)
focal length of a wide angle lens
Loudness measurement
OMF - Open Medium Framework
Aperture
10. An actors performance should be consistent from shot to shot
Performance Continuity
Physical Continuity
Color temperature of Tungsten light
f-stop vs. depth of field
11. 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
Timing Sheet
Physical Continuity
Stand-up
Establishing Shot
12. A recording of the general ambience of the place where the dialogue is being recorded
Room Tone
Depth of Field
incident and reflected
Logical Continuity
13. The reporter holding a microphone on the screen - Pre-recorded - essentially a sound bite
Stand-up
Sound Waves
Sound Presence
Timing Sheet
14. Has a diaphragm plus and electronic component called a capacitor - Delicate - Power supply needed - Efficient
slating an audition
Condenser Microphone
Atmospheric Continuity
Formula for figuring the f-stop
15. No two microphones should be closer together than three times the distance between them and the subject.
Amplitude
Timing Sheet
Three-to-one Rule
Daylight
16. Name - agency - and role
Aperture
slating an audition
F-stop
Sound Perspective
17. When you hear a bounce off a very close wall - quicker response than an echo
Reverb
Condenser Microphone
Timbre
Frequency Measurement
18. Something that has already happened in one shot should not happen again in the next
The greater the size of the aperture opening...
Activity Continuity
Balance
Aspect Ratio
19. The distance through with objects will appear in sharp focus in front of and behind the point at which the camera is actually focused
Room Tone
Depth of Field
Sound Waves
Close-up
20. An actors performance should be consistent from shot to shot
Proximity Effect
CCD
Establishing Shot
Performance Continuity
21. Pre-production
Score Mixers
RCA Connector
Bidirectional Microphone
The cheapest part of movie making
22. Source microphones go into - Has up to 4 channels
Pitch
B-Roll
Zoom Recorder
The cheapest part of movie making
23. Disrupt the arrangement of air molecules
F-stop
Absolute Zero
Depth of Field
Sound Waves
24. Focuses on an element that appeared in the previous shot
Cut-in
Three point lighting
Aperture
f-stop vs. depth of field
25. An 'over the shoulder' shot (of an actor) with the camera pointed at Sally
Sound Waves
a shot marked OS to Sally
Foley Setup Sheet
The cheapest part of movie making
26. Sound must appear to be coming from the picture
Sound Presence
Double system sound
Sweetening
Absolute Zero
27. The sound made by the differing frequencies
Bites (Sound Bite)
slating an audition
The greater the size of the aperture opening...
Pitch
28. Make the volume of every scene - every person - and every sound effect more or less the same - One way to achieve balance
Flat
Technical Pictorial Continuity
3 Pickup Patterns
Frequency
29. 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
Cutting-on-Action
DAT
wild sound
Sound Presence
30. Ratio of the width of a frame to its height - HDTV = 16:9
Balance
Aspect Ratio
Three-to-one Rule
Dynamic Range
31. Musical Instrument Digital Interface - A technical standard that allows electronic instruments to interact with each other
Zoom Recorder
Absolute Zero
MIDI
Sound Perspective
32. Recording picture on one machine and sound on another
Smaller Wavelength =
Double system sound
Activity Continuity
Performance Continuity
33. An 'over the shoulder' shot (of an actor) with the camera pointed at Sally
Dynamic Range
Three point lighting
a shot marked OS to Sally
RCA Connector
34. The opening in the lens that allows light to pass
Flat
Female end
Aperture
Bidirectional Microphone
35. Place were sounds are stored that allows them to be accessed and worked on from various places
Male end
Server
a shot marked OS to Sally
Depth of Field
36. Low pressure areas against high pressure areas create the waves. - Waves are just pictures or graphs of the measures of air pressure
Sound Waves
a shot marked OS to Sally
Cutting-on-Action
Cut-in
37. The width of the band of frequencies as specified by the frequencies at each end
Band Width
Sound Presence
RCA Connector
Color temperature of Tungsten light
38. Two basic systems of light metering used in cinematography
incident and reflected
a shot marked OS to Sally
Band Width
Shorter focal length =
39. The voice of a person in the distance should sound different from the voice of a person when shown in a close-up
MIDI
Sound Perspective
B-Roll
Foley Setup Sheet
40. tinted blue - 5500 degrees Kelvin - outside lighting
Foley Setup Sheet
Bites (Sound Bite)
Daylight
AGC
41. You can control your depth of field
Frequency Measurement
Track
advantages of DSLR
Smaller Wavelength =
42. AKA: Phone plug - Has a short prong and outer covering - Consumer standard
Absolute Zero
RCA Connector
Sound Perspective
Parallel Editing
43. An obvious jarring break in continuity from one shot to the next
Jump Cut
Activity Continuity
Loudness measurement
Double system sound
44. Greater depth of field
Shorter focal length =
Female end
focal length of a wide angle lens
Color Temperature of Daylight
45. Musical Instrument Digital Interface - A technical standard that allows electronic instruments to interact with each other
Audio Mixers
MIDI
Temporal Continuity
Stand-up
46. The picture should look the same from shot to shot if the assumption is that the shots are in the same time and space
3 Pickup Patterns
Band Width
Sound Presence
Technical Pictorial Continuity
47. 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
Master Scene Shooting Method
Spatial Continuity
Track
Physical Continuity
48. Focal length divided by aperture
Formula for figuring the f-stop
Foley Setup Sheet
Close-up
Daylight
49. Shot before the long shot that establishes where the action is taking place
Three-to-one Rule
Overlapping Action
Range of human hearing
Establishing Shot
50. Ratio of the width of a frame to its height - HDTV = 16:9
Nats
focal length of a close up lens
Classic Hollywood Editing
Aspect Ratio