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Basic Video Production

Subject : engineeering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Attaches to the microphone






2. Higher pitch and frequency






3. Sound must appear to be coming from the picture






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






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






6. Isolates a particular character or action






7. Big image - short focal length






8. The range of quietness to loudness






9. Asynchronous noised mixed in during post production to give a scene authenticity - Sometimes called Wild Sounds






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






11. 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






12. The more light reaches film






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






14. Involves the main action






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






16. Picking up from all sides - Best for picking up a large number of people and are excellent for gathering background noise - Don't pick up distance sounds as well






17. Sound that doesn't bounce - Dead sound






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






19. F-stop selection effects depth of field






20. 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






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






22. Raw sound that was recorded on the day






23. Another name for ambient sound






24. You can control your depth of field






25. 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






26. 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






27. The degree to which the aperture opens






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






29. 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






30. Directional (Cardiod) - Omnidirectional - Bidirectional






31. 800 mph or 1000ft per second or 1 foot per millisecond






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






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






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






35. tinted blue - 5500 degrees Kelvin - outside lighting






36. Attaches to the recorder






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






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






39. Microphones and recorders that pick up all frequencies equally well






40. Small image - long focal length






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






42. Record all the music in a control room






43. -273.15 degrees celcius 0 degrees Kelvin






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






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






46. Overlapping action - Match cut - Jump cut






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






48. Attaches to the microphone






49. Overlapping action - Match cut - Jump cut






50. Sound that doesn't bounce - Dead sound