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Basic Video Production

Subject : engineeering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The voice of a person in the distance should sound different from the voice of a person when shown in a close-up






2. Musical Instrument Digital Interface - A technical standard that allows electronic instruments to interact with each other






3. Recording picture on one machine and sound on another






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






5. 5 -500 degrees K






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






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






8. The more light reaches film






9. Raw sound that was recorded on the day






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






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






12. 3200 degrees K






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






14. Place were sounds are stored that allows them to be accessed and worked on from various places






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






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






17. tinted blue - 5500 degrees Kelvin - outside lighting






18. Directional (Cardiod) - Omnidirectional - Bidirectional






19. Made up by the sound effects editor - Indicates a what point in the movie each effect should be placed






20. Background sounds such as footsteps - clothes rustling - and branches waving in the wind - Named after Jack Foley






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






22. Two basic systems of light metering used in cinematography






23. Overlapping action - Match cut - Jump cut






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






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. Sound must appear to be coming from the picture






27. Key - fill - back






28. 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






29. Another name for ambient sound






30. Two basic systems of light metering used in cinematography






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






32. Electro-magnetic radiation






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






34. Has a diaphragm plus and electronic component called a capacitor - Delicate - Power supply needed - Efficient






35. The range of quietness to loudness






36. Higher pitch and frequency






37. Has a diaphragm plus and electronic component called a capacitor - Delicate - Power supply needed - Efficient






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






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






40. 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






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






42. Involves the main action






43. Another name for ambient sound






44. 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






45. 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






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






47. The degree to which the aperture opens






48. Key - fill - back






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






50. The range of frequencies that a microphone will pick up - 20 Hz - 20000 Hz