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Basic Video Production

Subject : engineeering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Isolates a particular character or action






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






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






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






5. Directional (Cardiod) - Omnidirectional - Bidirectional






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






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






8. 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






9. Sound must appear to be coming from the picture






10. The range of quietness to loudness






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






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






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






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






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






16. Attaches to the recorder






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






18. Random footage in the package






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






20. Another name for ambient sound






21. 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






22. Charged Coupled Device






23. tinted blue - 5500 degrees Kelvin - outside lighting






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






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






26. -273.15 degrees celcius 0 degrees Kelvin






27. The voice of a person in the distance should sound different from the voice of a person when shown in a close-up






28. Record all the music in a control room






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






30. 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






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






32. The sound made by the differing frequencies






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






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






35. The degree to which the aperture opens






36. Big image - short focal length






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






38. F-stop selection effects depth of field






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






40. You can control your depth of field






41. Random footage in the package






42. Attaches to the microphone






43. 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






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






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






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






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






48. 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






49. 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






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