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Basic Video Production

Subject : engineeering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. It is what distinguishes a violin from a clarinet when both are playing the same pitch at the same loudness






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






3. Record all the music in a control room






4. Involves the main action






5. 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






6. Picking up from two sides






7. Pre-production






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






9. Recording picture on one machine and sound on another






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






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






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






13. Attaches to the recorder






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






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






16. Isolates a particular character or action






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






18. 20 HZ to 20000 HZ






19. Key - fill - back






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






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






22. 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






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






24. Small image - long focal length






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






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






27. 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






28. 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






29. Two basic systems of light metering used in cinematography






30. 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






31. 5 -500 degrees K






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






33. Lists all the actions the Foley Walkers need to perform to give aural realism to the movie scenes






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






35. Middle point of the haystack






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






37. F-stop selection effects depth of field






38. Sound that doesn't bounce - Dead sound






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






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






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






42. 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






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






44. An obvious jarring break in continuity from one shot to 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. Charged Coupled Device






47. 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






48. Higher pitch and frequency






49. You can control your depth of field






50. 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