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Basic Video Production

Subject : engineeering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Natural sound - Must be attached to all B-Roll






2. Sound must appear to be coming from the picture






3. Another name for ambient sound






4. Random footage in the package






5. Name - agency - and role






6. The sound made by the differing frequencies






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






8. Higher pitch and frequency






9. Raw sound that was recorded on the day






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






11. An actors performance should be consistent from shot to shot






12. The more light reaches film






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






14. Shot before the long shot that establishes where the action is taking place






15. -273.15 degrees celcius 0 degrees Kelvin






16. 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






17. Hertz (Hz)






18. Sound that doesn't bounce - Dead sound






19. Picking up from two sides






20. 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






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






22. The equivalent of quotes in a story - Person speaking on the screen






23. Lighting instrument that has a lens on the front






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






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






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






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






28. Big image - short focal length






29. 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






30. Decibels (dB)






31. Sound that doesn't bounce - Dead sound






32. The height of the sound wave. As the this increases - the sound wave gets louder






33. 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






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






35. Shot of something that did not appear in the previous shot






36. 20 HZ to 20000 HZ






37. The equivalent of quotes in a story - Person speaking on the screen






38. 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






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






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






41. The degree to which the aperture opens






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






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






44. The degree to which the aperture opens






45. tinted blue - 5500 degrees Kelvin - outside lighting






46. Big image - short focal length






47. A cut in which the character's movement and position are perfectly aligned in time and space from one shot to the next






48. Greater depth of field






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






50. Attaches to the microphone