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