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