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Basic Video Production

Subject : engineeering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Has a diaphragm plus and electronic component called a capacitor - Delicate - Power supply needed - Efficient






2. Key - fill - back






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






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






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






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






7. 5 -500 degrees K






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






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






10. Decibels (dB)






11. Big image - short focal length






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






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






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






15. Focal length divided by aperture






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






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






18. The more light reaches film






19. tinted blue - 5500 degrees Kelvin - outside lighting






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






21. Involves keeping the audience from getting lost - If you cut from a wide shot of a building to a medium shot - the medium shot should be of something that is recognizable in the wide shot






22. Two basic systems of light metering used in cinematography






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






24. 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






25. 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






26. tinted blue - 5500 degrees Kelvin - outside lighting






27. Random footage in the package






28. Middle point of the haystack






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






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






31. You can control your depth of field






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






33. Microphones and recorders that pick up all frequencies equally well






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






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






36. The sound made by the differing frequencies






37. Focal length divided by aperture






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






39. F-stop selection effects depth of field






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






41. tinted orange - 3200 degrees Kelvin - Studio lighting






42. Isolates a particular character or action






43. Pre-production






44. 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






45. Two basic systems of light metering used in cinematography






46. 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






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






48. Charged Coupled Device






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






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