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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. The opening in the lens that allows light to pass
Performance Continuity
Aperture
Flat
Foley
2. Picking up from two sides
Bidirectional Microphone
Logical Continuity
Reverb
Flat
3. Distance from the center of a lens to the place where the parallel light will be focused
fresnel
Technical Pictorial Continuity
advantages of DSLR
Focal length
4. Middle point of the haystack
Color temperature of Tungsten light
Amplitude
Timbre
Turn-over Frequency
5. Greater depth of field
Aspect Ratio
Track
Flat
Shorter focal length =
6. Lists all the actions the Foley Walkers need to perform to give aural realism to the movie scenes
How do you fix Room Tone?
The greater the size of the aperture opening...
Foley Setup Sheet
Parallel Editing
7. The voice of a person in the distance should sound different from the voice of a person when shown in a close-up
Non-linear Editing
Frequency Measurement
Sound Perspective
Light is a form of...
8. Decibels (dB)
CCD
Timbre
Three point lighting
Loudness measurement
9. 5 -500 degrees K
Activity Continuity
Color Temperature of Daylight
Timbre
Parallel Editing
10. Sound that doesn't bounce - Dead sound
Direct Sound
Logical Continuity
Activity Continuity
Color temperature of Tungsten light
11. The picture should look the same from shot to shot if the assumption is that the shots are in the same time and space
Technical Pictorial Continuity
advantages of DSLR
The greater the size of the aperture opening...
Spotting Sheet
12. Another name for ambient sound
Foley
Classic Hollywood Editing
Absolute Zero
wild sound
13. 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
fresnel
Dynamic Microphone
Non-linear Editing
14. It is what distinguishes a violin from a clarinet when both are playing the same pitch at the same loudness
Medium Shot
B-Roll
Distortion
Timbre
15. When sounds are mixed live - each mic feeds into a different input of one or more audio mixers
Double system sound
Bites (Sound Bite)
Jump Cut
Audio Mixers
16. It is what distinguishes a violin from a clarinet when both are playing the same pitch at the same loudness
Timbre
Server
Bites (Sound Bite)
Foley
17. The range of frequencies that a microphone will pick up - 20 Hz - 20000 Hz
Pitch
Overlapping Action
Frequency Response
Sound Waves
18. Sound will disappear or turn into pops. Can only be amplified in a specific range of softness and loudness - Digital equipment
Voice-Overs
Cutaway
Smaller Wavelength =
Clipping
19. Focuses on an element that appeared in the previous shot
Temporal Continuity
Ambient Sounds
Cutting-on-Action
Cut-in
20. Recording picture on one machine and sound on another
The cheapest part of movie making
MIDI
Score Mixers
Double system sound
21. Made up by the sound effects editor - Indicates a what point in the movie each effect should be placed
Ambient Sounds
Stand-up
Direct Sound
Spotting Sheet
22. 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
Sound Waves
Reverb
focal length of a close up lens
Distortion
23. No two microphones should be closer together than three times the distance between them and the subject.
Three-to-one Rule
Daylight
Depth of Field
Timbre
24. Pre-production
Direct Sound
The cheapest part of movie making
Pitch
Smaller Wavelength =
25. tinted blue - 5500 degrees Kelvin - outside lighting
Daylight
Proximity Effect
Activity Continuity
Spatial Continuity
26. 5 -500 degrees K
Flat
Sound Presence
Color Temperature of Daylight
The greater the size of the aperture opening...
27. 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
Room Tone
Distortion
Color temperature of Tungsten light
28. Sound that doesn't bounce - Dead sound
Male end
Master Scene Shooting Method
Light is a form of...
Direct Sound
29. The relative volume of sounds - Important sounds should be louder than unimportant sounds
Light is a form of...
Balance
Jump Cut
Formula for figuring the f-stop
30. Natural sound - Must be attached to all B-Roll
Amplitude
Color temperature of Tungsten light
Nats
Light is a form of...
31. AKA: Phone plug - Has a short prong and outer covering - Consumer standard
3 Pickup Patterns
RCA Connector
Aspect Ratio
Condenser Microphone
32. The range of quietness to loudness
Establishing Shot
Temporal Continuity
Technical Pictorial Continuity
Dynamic Range
33. Source microphones go into - Has up to 4 channels
Zoom Recorder
Parallel Editing
Turn-over Frequency
Flat
34. Has a diaphragm plus and electronic component called a capacitor - Delicate - Power supply needed - Efficient
Condenser Microphone
focal length of a wide angle lens
Band Width
Frequency Response
35. AKA: Phone plug - Has a short prong and outer covering - Consumer standard
Overlapping Action
Sound Waves
Condenser Microphone
RCA Connector
36. After the music is recorded its put onto this in the same way a picture is recorded on a DVD
Range of human hearing
DAT
wild sound
Temporal Continuity
37. Ratio of the width of a frame to its height - HDTV = 16:9
Aspect Ratio
Nats
Double system sound
Track
38. tinted blue - 5500 degrees Kelvin - outside lighting
Flat
Balance
Daylight
Temporal Continuity
39. The equivalent of quotes in a story - Person speaking on the screen
Condenser Microphone
The greater the size of the aperture opening...
Server
Bites (Sound Bite)
40. Tonal quality of a sound and is the thing that helps us distinguish between the sound of a martin guitar and bagpipes
Female end
Timbre
Directional Microphone
Light is a form of...
41. 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
Atmospheric Continuity
Distortion
Ambient Sounds
Male end
42. The most important part of the package - The voice of the reporter describing and telling the story - Recording of the reporter's voice
Track
Timbre
Aspect Ratio
Turn-over Frequency
43. Hertz (Hz)
How do you fix Room Tone?
Frequency Measurement
Spotting Sheet
Cutting-on-Action
44. Random footage in the package
B-Roll
Amplitude
Dynamic Range
Three point lighting
45. Shot before the long shot that establishes where the action is taking place
Close-up
Establishing Shot
Absolute Zero
Pitch
46. Hertz (Hz)
Focal length
Frequency Measurement
Shorter focal length =
Absolute Zero
47. The height of the sound wave. As the this increases - the sound wave gets louder
Amplitude
Classic Hollywood Editing
Spotting Sheet
Frequency Response
48. Has three prongs and an outer covering - Has a guide pin and lock so that it remains firmly in place - Profession standard
XLR Connector
Direct Sound
Daylight
focal length of a wide angle lens
49. Uses a diaphragm - Robust - NO power required - Not so efficient
Double system sound
Dynamic Microphone
3 Pickup Patterns
Ambient Sounds
50. Made up by the sound effects editor - Indicates a what point in the movie each effect should be placed
Proximity Effect
Spotting Sheet
Clipping
Medium Shot