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Basic Video Production

Subject : engineeering
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Isolates a particular character or action






2. Involves the main action






3. tinted blue - 5500 degrees Kelvin - outside lighting






4. The range of quietness to loudness






5. Big image - short focal length






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






7. Recording picture on one machine and sound on another






8. Middle point of the haystack






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






10. Sound must appear to be coming from the picture






11. F-stop selection effects depth of field






12. Pre-production






13. -273.15 degrees celcius 0 degrees Kelvin






14. Focal length divided by aperture






15. 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






16. 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






17. 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






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






19. Greater depth of field






20. 800 mph or 1000ft per second or 1 foot per millisecond






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






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






23. Attaches to the recorder






24. Directional (Cardiod) - Omnidirectional - Bidirectional






25. Attaches to the recorder






26. The height of the sound wave. As the this increases - the sound wave gets louder






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






28. Higher pitch and frequency






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






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






31. Random footage in the package






32. Isolates a particular character or action






33. Two basic systems of light metering used in cinematography






34. Distance from the center of a lens to the place where the parallel light will be focused






35. F-stop selection effects depth of field






36. 20 HZ to 20000 HZ






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






38. Disrupt the arrangement of air molecules






39. 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






40. The width of the band of frequencies as specified by the frequencies at each end






41. 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






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






43. Name - agency - and role






44. Picking up from two sides






45. 3200 degrees K






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






47. Distance from the center of a lens to the place where the parallel light will be focused






48. Small image - long focal length






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






50. Record all the music in a control room







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