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