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Basic Video Production

Subject : engineeering
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1. No two microphones should be closer together than three times the distance between them and the subject.






2. Attaches to the recorder






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






4. Recording picture on one machine and sound on another






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






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






7. 800 mph or 1000ft per second or 1 foot per millisecond






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. Electro-magnetic radiation






15. Charged Coupled Device






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






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






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






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. 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






21. Disrupt the arrangement of air molecules






22. Attaches to the microphone






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






24. Big image - short focal length






25. F-stop selection effects depth of field






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






28. Two basic systems of light metering used in cinematography






29. 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






30. 3200 degrees K






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






32. Higher pitch and frequency






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






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






35. 5 -500 degrees K






36. Focal length divided by aperture






37. Two basic systems of light metering used in cinematography






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






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






40. Name - agency - and role






41. tinted blue - 5500 degrees Kelvin - outside lighting






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






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






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






45. The degree to which the aperture opens






46. Shoot a master shot of the whole scene and then break it up into little parts - such as close ups - reaction shots - cut ins - and cutaways - Classic Hollywood method






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






48. tinted orange - 3200 degrees Kelvin - Studio lighting






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






50. Random footage in the package







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