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Basic Video Production

Subject : engineeering
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1. Low pressure areas against high pressure areas create the waves. - Waves are just pictures or graphs of the measures of air pressure






2. 20 HZ to 20000 HZ






3. Hertz (Hz)






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






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






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






7. 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






8. Sound must appear to be coming from the picture






9. Small image - long focal length






10. Middle point of the haystack






11. Attaches to the microphone






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






13. Attaches to the recorder






14. Picking up from two sides






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






16. The degree to which the aperture opens






17. 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






18. Higher pitch and frequency






19. The re-recording process - AKA looping - Actors are brought back to a soundproof room - where they watch short segments of themselves on a screen and listen through earphones to the audio that needs to be replaced - Feed and deliver the lines that ne






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






21. Electro-magnetic radiation






22. Isolates a particular character or action






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






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






25. 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






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. Director make sure that action in one shot is repeated in the shot that may follow it






28. Attaches to the recorder






29. 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






30. Hertz (Hz)






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






32. 20 HZ to 20000 HZ






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






34. Director make sure that action in one shot is repeated in the shot that may follow it






35. Actors should look the same from one shot to another






36. 800 mph or 1000ft per second or 1 foot per millisecond






37. Disrupt the arrangement of air molecules






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






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






40. Two basic systems of light metering used in cinematography






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






42. Charged Coupled Device






43. tinted orange - 3200 degrees Kelvin - Studio lighting






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






45. You can control your depth of field






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






47. Sound must appear to be coming from the picture






48. -273.15 degrees celcius 0 degrees Kelvin






49. 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






50. 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