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