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Production Assistant: PA Basics
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Study First
Subjects
:
performing-arts
,
film
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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. A person who works with the scriptwriter and is considered to be an expert in the program's subject matter
Maintenance Engineer
Content Specialist
Frame
Production switching
2. The person who is the director's eyes and ears in the studio - the floor manager relays the director's commands to the studio personnel.
Video Engineer
Makeup
Floor Manager
Pre-Production
3. Production personnel that are normally not seen by the camera and generally includes equipment operators.
Production
Crew
Production Team
Executive Producer (EP)
4. The person who decides the placement of lighting instruments - the appropriate color of light to use - and which lamps should be used in the instruments
Gaffer
Lighting Director
Production assistant (PA)
Grip
5. The person responsible for placing the entire production on paper
Scriptwriter
Makeup
Cast
Scenery
6. Anyone seen by the camera - whether or not they have a speaking or any other significant role in the program - as well as individuals who provide only their vocal skills to the production
Staff
Cast
Talent
Content Specialist
7. Any activity on a program that occurs prior to the time that the cameras begin rolling. This includes production meetings - set construction - costume design - music composition - scriptwriting - and location surveys
Camera Operator
Pre-Production
Editor
Graphic Artist
8. Process of cutting between cameras
Production switching
Maintenance Engineer
Executive Producer (EP)
Camera Operator
9. person responsible for putting the various pieces of the entire program together - they remove all the mistakes and bad takes - leaving only the best version of each scene - and arranges the individual scenes into the proper order
Floor Manager
Editor
Framing
CG operator
10. The person responsible for all the artwork required for the production. This includes computer graphics - traditional works of art - charts - and graphs
Production switching
Production Team
CG operator
Graphic Artist
11. The person responsible for applying cosmetics to the talent's face and body - giving them the intended appearance in front of the camera
Video Engineer
Production switching
Makeup artist
Post-Production
12. The person who provides general assistance around the studio or production facility. The PA is commonly hired to fill a variety of positions when key personnel are sick - out of town - working on another production - or otherwise unavailable.
Scriptwriter
Production assistant (PA)
Pre-Production
Video
13. The person who is in charge of the creative aspects of the program and interacts with the entire staff
Audio
Gaffer
Director
Camera Operator
14. Any activity on a program that occurs prior to the time that the cameras begin rolling. This includes production meetings - set construction - costume design - music composition - scriptwriting - and location surveys
CG operator
Editor
Makeup artist
Pre-Production
15. The person who manages the video equipment and is ultimately responsible for the technical quality of the video signal
CG operator
Director
Video Engineer
Audio Engineer
16. The collective name given to all the talent participating in a production
Staff
Executive Producer (EP)
Cast
Production Manager
17. The person who handles the business portion of the production by negotiating the fees for goods - services - and other contracts by determining the staffing requirements based on the needs of each production
Production Manager
Director
Producer
Video
18. Any of the activities performed after a program has been shot. This includes music beds - editing - audio overdubs - titles - and duplication
Post-Production
Makeup
Staff
Graphic Artist
19. Person who purchases materials and services in the creation of a finished program
Makeup
Scriptwriter
Makeup
Producer
20. Anything the audience sees in a video picture that did not really happen the way it appears on the screen
Editor
Audio Engineer
Special Effects
Production values
21. The person who is in charge of the creative aspects of the program and interacts with the entire staff
Director
Pre-Production
Video Engineer
CG operator
22. person who keeps all the production equipment functioning at its optimum performance level
Post-Production
Maintenance Engineer
Editor
Audio
23. A person who works with the scriptwriter and is considered to be an expert in the program's subject matter
Makeup
Talent
Graphic Artist
Content Specialist
24. Person who purchases materials and services in the creation of a finished program
Production assistant (PA)
Producer
Pre-Production
Production Team
25. The actual shooting of the program
Graphic Artist
Production
VTR Operator
Audio
26. The person responsible for all the artwork required for the production. This includes computer graphics - traditional works of art - charts - and graphs
Gaffer
Graphic Artist
Camera Operator
Talent
27. The collective name given to all the talent participating in a production
Floor Manager
Director
Scenery
Cast
28. The person who handles the business portion of the production by negotiating the fees for goods - services - and other contracts by determining the staffing requirements based on the needs of each production
Camera Operator
Cast
Production Manager
Crew
29. The lighting director's assistant who often does the actual hauling of heavy instruments up and down ladders
Scenery
Gaffer
Talent
Frame
30. involves placing items in the camera's frame by operating the camera and tripod
Camera Operator
Audio Engineer
Framing
Maintenance Engineer
31. Any of the cosmetics applied to a performer's skin to change or enhance their appearance
Video Engineer
Makeup
Production values
Producer
32. The person - or people - who provide/s the funding necessary to produce the program
Scriptwriter
Cast
Special Effects
Executive Producer (EP)
33. A person who moves the equipment - scenery - and props on a studio set
Grip
Production Manager
Makeup artist
Scriptwriter
34. The person who manages the video equipment and is ultimately responsible for the technical quality of the video signal
Director
Production Manager
Frame
Video Engineer
35. Anyone seen by the camera - whether or not they have a speaking or any other significant role in the program - as well as individuals who provide only their vocal skills to the production
Production values
Floor Manager
Framing
Talent
36. Anything placed on a set that stops the distant view of the camera. Outside the studio - scenery may be a building or the horizon.
Production values
Scenery
Frame
Video Engineer
37. Process of cutting between cameras
Special Effects
Production switching
Editor
Production assistant (PA)
38. The person responsible for the audio/sound quality on the production and related equipment
Production Manager
Audio Engineer
Cast
Special Effects
39. The general aesthetics of the show
Executive Producer (EP)
Scriptwriter
Content Specialist
Production values
40. The portion of the program that you can see
Video
Post-Production
Production Manager
Editor
41. The actual shooting of the program
Executive Producer (EP)
Pre-Production
Production
Audio Engineer
42. The person responsible for the audio/sound quality on the production and related equipment
Content Specialist
Gaffer
Floor Manager
Audio Engineer
43. The person who provides general assistance around the studio or production facility. The PA is commonly hired to fill a variety of positions when key personnel are sick - out of town - working on another production - or otherwise unavailable.
Production assistant (PA)
Crew
Production Team
Post-Production
44. A signal that implies something specific is to happen
CG operator
Audio
Cue
Production values
45. The person who creates the titles for the program using a character generator
Talent
Special Effects
CG operator
Special Effects
46. The person - or people - who provide/s the funding necessary to produce the program
Executive Producer (EP)
Pre-Production
Production values
Scriptwriter
47. The person responsible for placing the entire production on paper
Director
Scriptwriter
Special Effects
Editor
48. Production personnel that work behind the scenes and generally includes management and designers
Production Manager
Graphic Artist
Video Engineer
Staff
49. person who keeps all the production equipment functioning at its optimum performance level
Content Specialist
Production assistant (PA)
Maintenance Engineer
Scenery
50. The person who runs the piece of equipment that captures the video images of the program
Grip
Executive Producer (EP)
Camera Operator
Gaffer