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Basic Video Production

Subject : engineeering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. 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






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






3. An 'over the shoulder' shot (of an actor) with the camera pointed at Sally






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






5. The more light reaches film






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






7. If there is a background noise in one shot - there should be the same background noise in the next - if they are in the same time and place






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






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






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






11. 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






12. Attaches to the microphone






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






14. Overlapping action - Match cut - Jump cut






15. The picture should look the same from shot to shot if the assumption is that the shots are in the same time and space






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






17. After the music is recorded its put onto this in the same way a picture is recorded on a DVD






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






19. 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






20. Hertz (Hz)






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






22. Recording picture on one machine and sound on another






23. Recording picture on one machine and sound on another






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






25. AKA Cross Cutting - Alternating shots from one line of action to another - Implies that the two actions are occurring at the same time






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






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






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






29. Key - fill - back






30. Sound must appear to be coming from the picture






31. Isolates a particular character or action






32. The more light reaches film






33. If there is a background noise in one shot - there should be the same background noise in the next - if they are in the same time and place






34. 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






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






36. Picking up from two sides






37. The most important part of the package - The voice of the reporter describing and telling the story - Recording of the reporter's voice






38. Disrupt the arrangement of air molecules






39. It is what distinguishes a violin from a clarinet when both are playing the same pitch at the same loudness






40. Name - agency - and role






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






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






43. tinted blue - 5500 degrees Kelvin - outside lighting






44. -273.15 degrees celcius 0 degrees Kelvin






45. 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






46. Pre-production






47. -273.15 degrees celcius 0 degrees Kelvin






48. Decibels (dB)






49. It is what distinguishes a violin from a clarinet when both are playing the same pitch at the same loudness






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