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Basic Video Production

Subject : engineeering
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1. Isolates a particular character or action






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






3. 800 mph or 1000ft per second or 1 foot per millisecond






4. 3200 degrees K






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






6. -273.15 degrees celcius 0 degrees Kelvin






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






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






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






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






11. Involves the main action






12. 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






13. Electro-magnetic radiation






14. 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






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






16. Attaches to the recorder






17. Picking up mainly from one side in a heart shaped pattern






18. 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






19. When you hear a bounce off a very close wall - quicker response than an echo






20. Raw sound that was recorded on the day






21. Lighting instrument that has a lens on the front






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






23. The degree to which the aperture opens






24. Isolates a particular character or action






25. 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






26. 3200 degrees K






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






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






29. You can control your depth of field






30. Picking up from two sides






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






32. Name - agency - and role






33. The range of frequencies that a microphone will pick up - 20 Hz - 20000 Hz






34. Pre-production






35. Directional (Cardiod) - Omnidirectional - Bidirectional






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






37. Hertz (Hz)






38. The relative volume of sounds - Important sounds should be louder than unimportant sounds






39. 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






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






41. The number of times per second that the wave travels from the beginning of one cycle to the beginning of the next






42. 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






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






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






45. 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






46. It is what distinguishes a violin from a clarinet when both are playing the same pitch at the same loudness






47. Another name for ambient sound






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






49. The number of times per second that the wave travels from the beginning of one cycle to the beginning of the next






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






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