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