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