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Basic Video Production

Subject : engineeering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Director make sure that action in one shot is repeated in the shot that may follow it






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






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






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






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






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. Sound that doesn't bounce - Dead sound






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






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






10. Big image - short focal length






11. Two basic systems of light metering used in cinematography






12. Disrupt the arrangement of air molecules






13. Hertz (Hz)






14. Electro-magnetic radiation






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






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






17. 20 HZ to 20000 HZ






18. 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






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






20. Middle point of the haystack






21. 3200 degrees K






22. 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






23. Higher pitch and frequency






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






25. You can control your depth of field






26. 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






27. Another name for ambient sound






28. The degree to which the aperture opens






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






30. 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






31. Pre-production






32. Disrupt the arrangement of air molecules






33. Tonal quality of a sound and is the thing that helps us distinguish between the sound of a martin guitar and bagpipes






34. tinted blue - 5500 degrees Kelvin - outside lighting






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






36. Tonal quality of a sound and is the thing that helps us distinguish between the sound of a martin guitar and bagpipes






37. F-stop selection effects depth of field






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






39. Attaches to the microphone






40. Raw sound that was recorded on the day






41. The more light reaches film






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






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






45. Lighting instrument that has a lens on the front






46. Name - agency - and role






47. 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






48. 5 -500 degrees K






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






50. F-stop selection effects depth of field