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Basic Video Production
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engineeering
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. -273.15 degrees celcius 0 degrees Kelvin
MIDI
Double system sound
Absolute Zero
Flat
2. Make the volume of every scene - every person - and every sound effect more or less the same - One way to achieve balance
Close-up
Flat
Zoom Recorder
3 Pickup Patterns
3. 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
Double system sound
Score Mixers
Cutting-on-Action
OMF - Open Medium Framework
4. Low pressure areas against high pressure areas create the waves. - Waves are just pictures or graphs of the measures of air pressure
Double system sound
Sound Waves
Range of human hearing
Activity Continuity
5. Make the volume of every scene - every person - and every sound effect more or less the same - One way to achieve balance
Close-up
Flat
Ambient Sounds
How do you fix Room Tone?
6. Two basic systems of light metering used in cinematography
Omnidirectional Microphone
Shorter focal length =
incident and reflected
Frequency Measurement
7. Source microphones go into - Has up to 4 channels
Voice-Overs
Zoom Recorder
Aspect Ratio
f-stop vs. depth of field
8. The sound made by the differing frequencies
Pitch
Spatial Continuity
Timbre
OMF - Open Medium Framework
9. Focal length divided by aperture
Sound Perspective
Formula for figuring the f-stop
How do you fix Room Tone?
Reverb
10. 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
Spatial Continuity
Cut-in
OMF - Open Medium Framework
Light is a form of...
11. Decibels (dB)
Activity Continuity
Loudness measurement
3 Pickup Patterns
Double system sound
12. You can control your depth of field
Three-to-one Rule
Temporal Continuity
advantages of DSLR
Performance Continuity
13. The more light reaches film
Frequency
The greater the size of the aperture opening...
Aspect Ratio
Dynamic Range
14. Director make sure that action in one shot is repeated in the shot that may follow it
focal length of a close up lens
Flat
Overlapping Action
Spatial Continuity
15. Asynchronous noised mixed in during post production to give a scene authenticity - Sometimes called Wild Sounds
B-Roll
Female end
Ambient Sounds
Reverb
16. Has a diaphragm plus and electronic component called a capacitor - Delicate - Power supply needed - Efficient
XLR Connector
Atmospheric Continuity
Timbre
Condenser Microphone
17. Ratio of the width of a frame to its height - HDTV = 16:9
Voice-Overs
Aspect Ratio
Depth of Field
Bidirectional Microphone
18. Lists all the actions the Foley Walkers need to perform to give aural realism to the movie scenes
Proximity Effect
Foley
Foley Setup Sheet
Cutaway
19. An 'over the shoulder' shot (of an actor) with the camera pointed at Sally
a shot marked OS to Sally
Audio Mixers
slating an audition
advantages of DSLR
20. 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
Parallel Editing
Activity Continuity
Formula for figuring the f-stop
21. 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
RCA Connector
Formula for figuring the f-stop
Classic Hollywood Editing
Shorter focal length =
22. The picture should look the same from shot to shot if the assumption is that the shots are in the same time and space
Flat
Three point lighting
Technical Pictorial Continuity
Match Cut
23. Director make sure that action in one shot is repeated in the shot that may follow it
Double system sound
speed of sound in air
Overlapping Action
Cutaway
24. Musical Instrument Digital Interface - A technical standard that allows electronic instruments to interact with each other
MIDI
Audio Mixers
Male end
focal length of a wide angle lens
25. Manipulating frequencies. - Important to radio and musical recording - not film.
Absolute Zero
Proximity Effect
Overlapping Action
Spotting Sheet
26. An actors performance should be consistent from shot to shot
Physical Continuity
Pitch
Performance Continuity
Amplitude
27. Actors should look the same from one shot to another
Sound Presence
Focal length
Physical Continuity
Pitch
28. 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
Master Scene Shooting Method
Spotting Sheet
wild sound
fresnel
29. When you hear a bounce off a very close wall - quicker response than an echo
Cutaway
Atmospheric Continuity
Reverb
Foley
30. The height of the sound wave. As the this increases - the sound wave gets louder
F-stop
Sound Waves
Amplitude
Tungsten Light
31. tinted blue - 5500 degrees Kelvin - outside lighting
Voice-Overs
Daylight
Flat
focal length of a wide angle lens
32. Picking up mainly from one side in a heart shaped pattern
Frequency Measurement
Amplitude
Directional Microphone
Proximity Effect
33. 5 -500 degrees K
Color Temperature of Daylight
Distortion
Timing Sheet
Clipping
34. Has three prongs and an outer covering - Has a guide pin and lock so that it remains firmly in place - Profession standard
Cutaway
XLR Connector
Directional Microphone
Sound Waves
35. The opening in the lens that allows light to pass
Aperture
Male end
Spotting Sheet
Flat
36. Directional (Cardiod) - Omnidirectional - Bidirectional
3 Pickup Patterns
Timbre
Classic Hollywood Editing
incident and reflected
37. Lighting instrument that has a lens on the front
Female end
The greater the size of the aperture opening...
fresnel
Double system sound
38. 5 -500 degrees K
Three point lighting
ADR (Automatic Dialogue Replacement)
Shorter focal length =
Color Temperature of Daylight
39. The width of the band of frequencies as specified by the frequencies at each end
Pitch
Band Width
Audio Mixers
Directional Microphone
40. Tonal quality of a sound and is the thing that helps us distinguish between the sound of a martin guitar and bagpipes
Timbre
Timing Sheet
XLR Connector
Overlapping Action
41. Shot of something that did not appear in the previous shot
Clipping
Male end
Cutaway
Medium Shot
42. Place were sounds are stored that allows them to be accessed and worked on from various places
Turn-over Frequency
Jump Cut
MIDI
Server
43. Picking up mainly from one side in a heart shaped pattern
Bidirectional Microphone
Zoom Recorder
Sound Presence
Directional Microphone
44. Tonal quality of a sound and is the thing that helps us distinguish between the sound of a martin guitar and bagpipes
Timbre
Range of human hearing
Audio Mixers
Sound Perspective
45. 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
MIDI
Non-linear Editing
focal length of a close up lens
Cut-in
46. Pre-production
Loudness measurement
AGC
The cheapest part of movie making
Double system sound
47. Picking up from all sides - Best for picking up a large number of people and are excellent for gathering background noise - Don't pick up distance sounds as well
speed of sound in air
Focal length
Match Cut
Omnidirectional Microphone
48. tinted blue - 5500 degrees Kelvin - outside lighting
Daylight
Cutaway
Activity Continuity
focal length of a wide angle lens
49. Background sounds such as footsteps - clothes rustling - and branches waving in the wind - Named after Jack Foley
f-stop vs. depth of field
Foley
Directional Microphone
advantages of DSLR
50. Higher pitch and frequency
Reverb
Smaller Wavelength =
Temporal Continuity
Light is a form of...