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Basic Video Production

Subject : engineeering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The sound made by the differing frequencies






2. -273.15 degrees celcius 0 degrees Kelvin






3. Attaches to the recorder






4. Random footage in the package






5. 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






6. 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






7. Picking up from two sides






8. -273.15 degrees celcius 0 degrees Kelvin






9. 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






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






11. 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






12. Record all the music in a control room






13. 20 HZ to 20000 HZ






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






15. Directional (Cardiod) - Omnidirectional - Bidirectional






16. 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






17. Charged Coupled Device






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






19. 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






20. Distance from the center of a lens to the place where the parallel light will be focused






21. Focal length divided by aperture






22. Small image - long focal length






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






24. tinted orange - 3200 degrees Kelvin - Studio lighting






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






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






27. Focal length divided by aperture






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






29. Isolates a particular character or action






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






31. 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






32. 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






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






34. Middle point of the haystack






35. Attaches to the microphone






36. Recording picture on one machine and sound on another






37. Name - agency - and role






38. Another name for ambient sound






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






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






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






42. Overlapping action - Match cut - Jump cut






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






44. Electro-magnetic radiation






45. Decibels (dB)






46. The more light reaches film






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






48. Focuses on an element that appeared in the previous shot






49. 800 mph or 1000ft per second or 1 foot per millisecond






50. The range of quietness to loudness