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