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