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Basic Video Production

Subject : engineeering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. AKA: Phone plug - Has a short prong and outer covering - Consumer standard






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






3. 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






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






5. Hertz (Hz)






6. Sound must appear to be coming from the picture






7. The picture should look the same from shot to shot if the assumption is that the shots are in the same time and space






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






9. Key - fill - back






10. Involves the main action






11. Shoot a master shot of the whole scene and then break it up into little parts - such as close ups - reaction shots - cut ins - and cutaways - Classic Hollywood method






12. Attaches to the recorder






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






14. F-stop selection effects depth of field






15. Make the volume of every scene - every person - and every sound effect more or less the same - One way to achieve balance






16. tinted blue - 5500 degrees Kelvin - outside lighting






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






18. Isolates a particular character or action






19. Asynchronous noised mixed in during post production to give a scene authenticity - Sometimes called Wild Sounds






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






21. Involves the main action






22. Sound that doesn't bounce - Dead sound






23. Disrupt the arrangement of air molecules






24. 800 mph or 1000ft per second or 1 foot per millisecond






25. 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






26. Lighting instrument that has a lens on the front






27. Focal length divided by aperture






28. Natural sound - Must be attached to all B-Roll






29. Pre-production






30. You can control your depth of field






31. The range of quietness to loudness






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






33. The voice of a person in the distance should sound different from the voice of a person when shown in a close-up






34. The sound made by the differing frequencies






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






36. Overlapping action - Match cut - Jump cut






37. 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






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






39. The editor can try an entire group of shots in one position - move it to another - and then return it to it's original position






40. 3200 degrees K






41. 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






42. You can control your depth of field






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






44. Two basic systems of light metering used in cinematography






45. There should be time for actions to take place - EX: burning candle






46. Middle point of the haystack






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






48. Higher pitch and frequency






49. Greater depth of field






50. Pre-production