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Basic Video Production

Subject : engineeering
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1. Decibels (dB)






2. Key - fill - back






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






4. A cut in which the character's movement and position are perfectly aligned in time and space from one shot to the next






5. Higher pitch and frequency






6. Lighting instrument that has a lens on the front






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






8. 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






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






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






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






12. 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






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






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






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






16. 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






17. Another name for ambient sound






18. 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






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






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






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






22. Isolates a particular character or action






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






24. Another name for ambient sound






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. Sound must appear to be coming from the picture






33. Picking up from two sides






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






35. tinted blue - 5500 degrees Kelvin - outside lighting






36. F-stop selection effects depth of field






37. The more light reaches film






38. Sound that doesn't bounce - Dead sound






39. After the music is recorded its put onto this in the same way a picture is recorded on a DVD






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






41. Decibels (dB)






42. Directional (Cardiod) - Omnidirectional - Bidirectional






43. Two basic systems of light metering used in cinematography






44. Asynchronous noised mixed in during post production to give a scene authenticity - Sometimes called Wild Sounds






45. Low pressure areas against high pressure areas create the waves. - Waves are just pictures or graphs of the measures of air pressure






46. Charged Coupled Device






47. Automatic Gain Control - Prevents the signal from being recorded at too low or too high a level






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






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






50. 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






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