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Basic Video Production

Subject : engineeering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Disrupt the arrangement of air molecules






2. Higher pitch and frequency






3. Decibels (dB)






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






5. Disrupt the arrangement of air molecules






6. 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






7. Pre-production






8. The more light reaches film






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






10. Two basic systems of light metering used in cinematography






11. tinted blue - 5500 degrees Kelvin - outside lighting






12. Record all the music in a control room






13. 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






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






15. Microphones and recorders that pick up all frequencies equally well






16. Automatic Gain Control - Prevents the signal from being recorded at too low or too high a level






17. Higher pitch and frequency






18. Sound must appear to be coming from the picture






19. 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






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






21. Charged Coupled Device






22. Directional (Cardiod) - Omnidirectional - Bidirectional






23. The opening in the lens that allows light to pass






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






25. 800 mph or 1000ft per second or 1 foot per millisecond






26. 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






27. Pre-production






28. Middle point of the haystack






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






30. 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






31. Lighting instrument that has a lens on the front






32. Two basic systems of light metering used in cinematography






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






34. The re-recording process - AKA looping - Actors are brought back to a soundproof room - where they watch short segments of themselves on a screen and listen through earphones to the audio that needs to be replaced - Feed and deliver the lines that ne






35. Something that has already happened in one shot should not happen again in the next






36. Random footage in the package






37. 20 HZ to 20000 HZ






38. An obvious jarring break in continuity from one shot to the next






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






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






41. Big image - short focal length






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






43. 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






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






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






46. Source microphones go into - Has up to 4 channels






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






48. Middle point of the haystack






49. Overlapping action - Match cut - Jump cut






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