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