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Basic Video Production

Subject : engineeering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Record all the music in a control room






2. Made up by the sound effects editor - Indicates a what point in the movie each effect should be placed






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






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






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






6. Overlapping action - Match cut - Jump cut






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






8. The sound made by the differing frequencies






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






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






11. 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






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






13. 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






14. Key - fill - back






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






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






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






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






19. Key - fill - back






20. 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






21. The more light reaches film






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






23. Two basic systems of light metering used in cinematography






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






25. Big image - short focal length






26. 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






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






28. Lighting instrument that has a lens on the front






29. Want boom coming down not out - Can add a track to cover it (Fill Grit - Glue Fill) - Can add other noises






30. Isolates a particular character or action






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






32. Greater depth of field






33. The more light reaches film






34. Another name for ambient sound






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






36. 3200 degrees K






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






38. 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






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






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






41. -273.15 degrees celcius 0 degrees Kelvin






42. 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






43. 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






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






45. Sound that doesn't bounce - Dead sound






46. Sound must appear to be coming from the picture






47. 5 -500 degrees K






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






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






50. 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