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