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