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