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Production Assistant: PA Basics
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Subjects
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performing-arts
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film
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. 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.
Talent
Frame
Production assistant (PA)
Production Team
2. person who keeps all the production equipment functioning at its optimum performance level
Maintenance Engineer
Editor
Cast
Video Engineer
3. The collective name given to all the talent participating in a production
Director
Video
Maintenance Engineer
Cast
4. 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
Staff
Production values
Scriptwriter
Editor
5. The person - or people - who provide/s the funding necessary to produce the program
Executive Producer (EP)
Video
Video
Editor
6. A person who works with the scriptwriter and is considered to be an expert in the program's subject matter
Content Specialist
Post-Production
Special Effects
Camera Operator
7. The person - or people - who provide/s the funding necessary to produce the program
Talent
Content Specialist
Director
Executive Producer (EP)
8. The person who runs the piece of equipment that captures the video images of the program
Content Specialist
Video
Scenery
Camera Operator
9. Any of the activities performed after a program has been shot. This includes music beds - editing - audio overdubs - titles - and duplication
Video Engineer
Post-Production
Grip
Editor
10. The person responsible for placing the entire production on paper
Production values
Scriptwriter
Audio
Production assistant (PA)
11. A person who moves the equipment - scenery - and props on a studio set
Floor Manager
Grip
Post-Production
Floor Manager
12. A signal that implies something specific is to happen
Cue
Staff
Post-Production
Audio
13. Any of the cosmetics applied to a performer's skin to change or enhance their appearance
Makeup
VTR Operator
CG operator
Cue
14. The lighting director's assistant who often does the actual hauling of heavy instruments up and down ladders
Gaffer
Crew
VTR Operator
Production switching
15. Person who purchases materials and services in the creation of a finished program
Producer
CG operator
Executive Producer (EP)
CG operator
16. A signal that implies something specific is to happen
Cue
Pre-Production
Scriptwriter
Crew
17. The actual edge of the video picture; the edge of the picture on all four sides
Frame
Makeup
Framing
Staff
18. The collective name given to all the talent participating in a production
Graphic Artist
Grip
Cast
Talent
19. 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
Content Specialist
Maintenance Engineer
Production Manager
Makeup
20. 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
Lighting Director
VTR Operator
Grip
Executive Producer (EP)
21. The person who creates the titles for the program using a character generator
VTR Operator
CG operator
Crew
Video
22. 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.
Gaffer
Production assistant (PA)
Pre-Production
Production
23. The person who is in charge of the creative aspects of the program and interacts with the entire staff
Director
Staff
Camera Operator
Frame
24. The person who creates the titles for the program using a character generator
Special Effects
CG operator
Floor Manager
Cast
25. involves placing items in the camera's frame by operating the camera and tripod
Makeup artist
Framing
Production Manager
Staff
26. The lighting director's assistant who often does the actual hauling of heavy instruments up and down ladders
Production Team
Gaffer
CG operator
Cast
27. 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
Scenery
Director
Production Manager
Executive Producer (EP)
28. The general aesthetics of the show
Production values
Production Team
Production Team
Content Specialist
29. Any of the activities performed after a program has been shot. This includes music beds - editing - audio overdubs - titles - and duplication
Gaffer
Post-Production
Production values
Audio Engineer
30. The general aesthetics of the show
Talent
Cue
Frame
Production values
31. The portion of the program that you can see
Post-Production
Content Specialist
Scenery
Video
32. The person responsible for the audio/sound quality on the production and related equipment
Audio Engineer
Crew
Video
Cast
33. Any of the cosmetics applied to a performer's skin to change or enhance their appearance
Makeup
Video Engineer
Producer
Production Manager
34. The portion of a program that you can hear
Production values
Audio
Executive Producer (EP)
Pre-Production
35. The person who manages the video equipment and is ultimately responsible for the technical quality of the video signal
Video Engineer
Production values
Scriptwriter
Post-Production
36. The person responsible for the audio/sound quality on the production and related equipment
Audio Engineer
Executive Producer (EP)
Special Effects
Audio
37. The person responsible for applying cosmetics to the talent's face and body - giving them the intended appearance in front of the camera
Makeup artist
Production Team
Video Engineer
Audio Engineer
38. Production personnel that work behind the scenes and generally includes management and designers
Post-Production
Staff
Scriptwriter
Special Effects
39. Production personnel that are normally not seen by the camera and generally includes equipment operators.
Crew
Pre-Production
CG operator
Executive Producer (EP)
40. involves placing items in the camera's frame by operating the camera and tripod
Producer
Makeup
Executive Producer (EP)
Framing
41. The person responsible for all the artwork required for the production. This includes computer graphics - traditional works of art - charts - and graphs
Audio
Gaffer
Crew
Graphic Artist
42. Anything the audience sees in a video picture that did not really happen the way it appears on the screen
Staff
Staff
Production Team
Special Effects
43. A person who moves the equipment - scenery - and props on a studio set
Gaffer
Makeup artist
Grip
Cast
44. The person in charge of recording the program onto videotape by correctly operating the VTR equipment
VTR Operator
Maintenance Engineer
Content Specialist
Pre-Production
45. Person who purchases materials and services in the creation of a finished program
Camera Operator
Production Manager
CG operator
Producer
46. The actual shooting of the program
Makeup
Production switching
Production
Executive Producer (EP)
47. 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.
Cast
Makeup artist
Gaffer
Floor Manager
48. Production personnel that work behind the scenes and generally includes management and designers
Crew
Director
Cue
Staff
49. The person responsible for applying cosmetics to the talent's face and body - giving them the intended appearance in front of the camera
Makeup artist
Cue
Production Team
Production Manager
50. The person who runs the piece of equipment that captures the video images of the program
Camera Operator
Talent
Executive Producer (EP)
Producer