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Basic Video Production

Subject : engineeering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Source microphones go into - Has up to 4 channels






2. The sound made by the differing frequencies






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






4. Charged Coupled Device






5. 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






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






7. Small image - long focal length






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






9. Isolates a particular character or action






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






11. The number of times per second that the wave travels from the beginning of one cycle to the beginning of the next






12. When sounds are mixed live - each mic feeds into a different input of one or more audio mixers






13. When you hear a bounce off a very close wall - quicker response than an echo






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






15. The sound made by the differing frequencies






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






17. Name - agency - and role






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






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






20. Middle point of the haystack






21. 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






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






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






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






25. Key - fill - back






26. Overlapping action - Match cut - Jump cut






27. Overlapping action - Match cut - Jump cut






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






29. Attaches to the microphone






30. Record all the music in a control room






31. Electro-magnetic radiation






32. 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






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






34. 5 -500 degrees K






35. Two basic systems of light metering used in cinematography






36. Sound must appear to be coming from the picture






37. Picking up mainly from one side in a heart shaped pattern






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






39. Recording picture on one machine and sound on another






40. Middle point of the haystack






41. 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






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






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






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






45. 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






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






47. Greater depth of field






48. 20 HZ to 20000 HZ






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






50. When you hear a bounce off a very close wall - quicker response than an echo