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