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Basic Video Production
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Subject
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engineeering
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Uses a diaphragm - Robust - NO power required - Not so efficient
Dynamic Microphone
Band Width
Classic Hollywood Editing
Nats
2. 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
Timing Sheet
OMF - Open Medium Framework
Condenser Microphone
AGC
3. It is what distinguishes a violin from a clarinet when both are playing the same pitch at the same loudness
Focal length
Medium Shot
Physical Continuity
Timbre
4. Something that has already happened in one shot should not happen again in the next
Sound Waves
Score Mixers
Light is a form of...
Activity Continuity
5. 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
Omnidirectional Microphone
OMF - Open Medium Framework
Cutting-on-Action
Audio Mixers
6. Greater depth of field
Frequency
Atmospheric Continuity
focal length of a wide angle lens
Shorter focal length =
7. The distance through with objects will appear in sharp focus in front of and behind the point at which the camera is actually focused
Depth of Field
Color temperature of Tungsten light
Directional Microphone
Reverb
8. Something that has already happened in one shot should not happen again in the next
Frequency Measurement
The cheapest part of movie making
Condenser Microphone
Activity Continuity
9. The range of frequencies that a microphone will pick up - 20 Hz - 20000 Hz
Frequency Response
advantages of DSLR
f-stop vs. depth of field
Voice-Overs
10. Attaches to the microphone
Medium Shot
Daylight
Female end
Stand-up
11. Involves the main action
Color Temperature of Daylight
Logical Continuity
Distortion
Medium Shot
12. Small image - long focal length
OMF - Open Medium Framework
focal length of a close up lens
Frequency
Frequency Response
13. The degree to which the aperture opens
F-stop
Three point lighting
Formula for figuring the f-stop
Bites (Sound Bite)
14. The degree to which the aperture opens
Proximity Effect
Track
F-stop
Jump Cut
15. An obvious jarring break in continuity from one shot to the next
Dynamic Microphone
Jump Cut
advantages of DSLR
Overlapping Action
16. Distance from the center of a lens to the place where the parallel light will be focused
Range of human hearing
Foley
Focal length
Male end
17. Source microphones go into - Has up to 4 channels
Zoom Recorder
Timbre
Parallel Editing
Pitch
18. Big image - short focal length
Timing Sheet
Parallel Editing
focal length of a wide angle lens
Light is a form of...
19. Directional (Cardiod) - Omnidirectional - Bidirectional
slating an audition
Timbre
3 Pickup Patterns
Atmospheric Continuity
20. Middle point of the haystack
Turn-over Frequency
Dynamic Range
The cheapest part of movie making
Three-to-one Rule
21. Sound that doesn't bounce - Dead sound
Direct Sound
slating an audition
Bites (Sound Bite)
Score Mixers
22. AKA: Phone plug - Has a short prong and outer covering - Consumer standard
MIDI
focal length of a wide angle lens
RCA Connector
Non-linear Editing
23. Isolates a particular character or action
Close-up
Cutaway
The greater the size of the aperture opening...
Timbre
24. Name - agency - and role
Smaller Wavelength =
Foley
slating an audition
Dynamic Range
25. Asynchronous noised mixed in during post production to give a scene authenticity - Sometimes called Wild Sounds
Ambient Sounds
Aperture
Focal length
Directional Microphone
26. AKA Cross Cutting - Alternating shots from one line of action to another - Implies that the two actions are occurring at the same time
Parallel Editing
Direct Sound
AGC
Foley Setup Sheet
27. Automatic Gain Control - Prevents the signal from being recorded at too low or too high a level
AGC
advantages of DSLR
Cutting-on-Action
Female end
28. 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
Cutting-on-Action
Classic Hollywood Editing
Atmospheric Continuity
Close-up
29. Hertz (Hz)
XLR Connector
Master Scene Shooting Method
Pitch
Frequency Measurement
30. 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
Overlapping Action
Flat
Spatial Continuity
B-Roll
31. Pre-production
The cheapest part of movie making
Range of human hearing
Daylight
Stand-up
32. A cut in which the character's movement and position are perfectly aligned in time and space from one shot to the next
Direct Sound
Range of human hearing
Double system sound
Match Cut
33. The number of times per second that the wave travels from the beginning of one cycle to the beginning of the next
Frequency
Smaller Wavelength =
Formula for figuring the f-stop
Loudness measurement
34. 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
RCA Connector
Spatial Continuity
Room Tone
Establishing Shot
35. Attaches to the recorder
Loudness measurement
Classic Hollywood Editing
Male end
F-stop
36. Ratio of the width of a frame to its height - HDTV = 16:9
Performance Continuity
Aperture
Sweetening
Aspect Ratio
37. Has three prongs and an outer covering - Has a guide pin and lock so that it remains firmly in place - Profession standard
focal length of a close up lens
XLR Connector
Room Tone
Sound Presence
38. Has three prongs and an outer covering - Has a guide pin and lock so that it remains firmly in place - Profession standard
Frequency Response
XLR Connector
Master Scene Shooting Method
Depth of Field
39. Attaches to the microphone
speed of sound in air
Frequency Response
Female end
Frequency Measurement
40. It is what distinguishes a violin from a clarinet when both are playing the same pitch at the same loudness
Aperture
Sweetening
Smaller Wavelength =
Timbre
41. The voice of a person in the distance should sound different from the voice of a person when shown in a close-up
Cut-in
Sound Perspective
ADR (Automatic Dialogue Replacement)
Male end
42. 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
XLR Connector
RCA Connector
Condenser Microphone
Non-linear Editing
43. The relative volume of sounds - Important sounds should be louder than unimportant sounds
Balance
slating an audition
Daylight
Non-linear Editing
44. Big image - short focal length
Pitch
Dynamic Range
Three-to-one Rule
focal length of a wide angle lens
45. Involves the main action
Medium Shot
Female end
Atmospheric Continuity
Three point lighting
46. tinted blue - 5500 degrees Kelvin - outside lighting
Bidirectional Microphone
Match Cut
Daylight
Timbre
47. An 'over the shoulder' shot (of an actor) with the camera pointed at Sally
slating an audition
Cut-in
a shot marked OS to Sally
Performance Continuity
48. Recording picture on one machine and sound on another
Performance Continuity
Double system sound
Frequency Response
3 Pickup Patterns
49. Pre-production
fresnel
Ambient Sounds
The cheapest part of movie making
f-stop vs. depth of field
50. AKA: Phone plug - Has a short prong and outer covering - Consumer standard
Bidirectional Microphone
RCA Connector
Absolute Zero
Technical Pictorial Continuity