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Basic Video Production

Subject : engineeering
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1. 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






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






3. Record all the music in a control room






4. Director make sure that action in one shot is repeated in the shot that may follow it






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






6. Picking up from two sides






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






8. A recording of the general ambience of the place where the dialogue is being recorded






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






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






11. Overlapping action - Match cut - Jump cut






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






13. The degree to which the aperture opens






14. The sound made by the differing frequencies






15. The more light reaches film






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






17. Name - agency - and role






18. 5 -500 degrees K






19. Background sounds such as footsteps - clothes rustling - and branches waving in the wind - Named after Jack Foley






20. No two microphones should be closer together than three times the distance between them and the subject.






21. Attaches to the microphone






22. The more light reaches film






23. 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






24. Directional (Cardiod) - Omnidirectional - Bidirectional






25. 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






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






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






28. Big image - short focal length






29. Greater depth of field






30. 3200 degrees K






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






32. Another name for ambient sound






33. The relative volume of sounds - Important sounds should be louder than unimportant sounds






34. 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






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






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






37. 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






38. Disrupt the arrangement of air molecules






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






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






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






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






43. 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






44. Isolates a particular character or action






45. 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






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






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






48. Recording picture on one machine and sound on another






49. A recording of the general ambience of the place where the dialogue is being recorded






50. Raw sound that was recorded on the day






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