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Basic Video Production

Subject : engineeering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Source microphones go into - Has up to 4 channels






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






3. Involves the main action






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






5. 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






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






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






8. Big image - short focal length






9. Electro-magnetic radiation






10. Key - fill - back






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






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






13. Higher pitch and frequency






14. You can control your depth of field






15. 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






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






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






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






19. 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






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






21. Attaches to the recorder






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






23. -273.15 degrees celcius 0 degrees Kelvin






24. Directional (Cardiod) - Omnidirectional - Bidirectional






25. Focal length divided by aperture






26. Ratio of the width of a frame to its height - HDTV = 16:9






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






28. Isolates a particular character or action






29. Ratio of the width of a frame to its height - HDTV = 16:9






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






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






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






33. Another name for ambient sound






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






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






36. tinted blue - 5500 degrees Kelvin - outside lighting






37. 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






38. 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






39. Disrupt the arrangement of air molecules






40. Raw sound that was recorded on the day






41. Higher pitch and frequency






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






43. 3200 degrees K






44. 5 -500 degrees K






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






46. -273.15 degrees celcius 0 degrees Kelvin






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






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






49. Greater depth of field






50. Hertz (Hz)