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