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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. Electro-magnetic radiation






2. The voice of a person in the distance should sound different from the voice of a person when shown in a close-up






3. 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






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






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






6. 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






7. Middle point of the haystack






8. Make the volume of every scene - every person - and every sound effect more or less the same - One way to achieve balance






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






10. Two basic systems of light metering used in cinematography






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






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






13. Raw sound that was recorded on the day






14. Manipulating frequencies. - Important to radio and musical recording - not film.






15. Attaches to the microphone






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






17. 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






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






19. Sound that doesn't bounce - Dead sound






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






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






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






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






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






25. Key - fill - back






26. Decibels (dB)






27. Isolates a particular character or action






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






29. Focal length divided by aperture






30. Middle point of the haystack






31. Shot before the long shot that establishes where the action is taking place






32. Small image - long focal length






33. The more light reaches film






34. AKA: Phone plug - Has a short prong and outer covering - Consumer standard






35. Involves the main action






36. Higher pitch and frequency






37. Lighting instrument that has a lens on the front






38. Recording picture on one machine and sound on another






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






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






41. Manipulating frequencies. - Important to radio and musical recording - not film.






42. The sound made by the differing frequencies






43. Charged Coupled Device






44. 20 HZ to 20000 HZ






45. 3200 degrees K






46. Name - agency - and role






47. The degree to which the aperture opens






48. 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






49. Attaches to the recorder






50. Has three prongs and an outer covering - Has a guide pin and lock so that it remains firmly in place - Profession standard