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Production Assistant: PA Basics
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performing-arts
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film
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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
Video Engineer
Gaffer
Framing
2. 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.
Audio Engineer
Scriptwriter
Floor Manager
Production Manager
3. The actual shooting of the program
Special Effects
Staff
Production
Makeup artist
4. 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
Camera Operator
Talent
VTR Operator
5. 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
Scenery
Pre-Production
Crew
6. Any of the activities performed after a program has been shot. This includes music beds - editing - audio overdubs - titles - and duplication
Production assistant (PA)
Video Engineer
Post-Production
Talent
7. The person responsible for placing the entire production on paper
Scriptwriter
Production Manager
Makeup artist
Gaffer
8. The portion of a program that you can hear
Production Team
Talent
Makeup
Audio
9. Anything the audience sees in a video picture that did not really happen the way it appears on the screen
Video Engineer
VTR Operator
Production Team
Special Effects
10. The person responsible for the audio/sound quality on the production and related equipment
Audio Engineer
Crew
Producer
Production assistant (PA)
11. Production personnel that are normally not seen by the camera and generally includes equipment operators.
Camera Operator
Producer
Scriptwriter
Crew
12. Process of cutting between cameras
Scriptwriter
Content Specialist
Special Effects
Production switching
13. 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.
Camera Operator
Production assistant (PA)
Pre-Production
Production Manager
14. A person who moves the equipment - scenery - and props on a studio set
Production Team
Editor
Grip
CG operator
15. person who keeps all the production equipment functioning at its optimum performance level
Audio Engineer
Scenery
Scriptwriter
Maintenance Engineer
16. The person who is in charge of the creative aspects of the program and interacts with the entire staff
Post-Production
Production
Audio
Director
17. The person who runs the piece of equipment that captures the video images of the program
Camera Operator
Executive Producer (EP)
Cue
Graphic Artist
18. Process of cutting between cameras
Cue
Production switching
Floor Manager
Crew
19. The lighting director's assistant who often does the actual hauling of heavy instruments up and down ladders
Cast
Production Team
Content Specialist
Gaffer
20. Any of the cosmetics applied to a performer's skin to change or enhance their appearance
Frame
Makeup
Content Specialist
Pre-Production
21. Anything placed on a set that stops the distant view of the camera. Outside the studio - scenery may be a building or the horizon.
Cue
Crew
Scriptwriter
Scenery
22. The person - or people - who provide/s the funding necessary to produce the program
Gaffer
Audio Engineer
Cue
Executive Producer (EP)
23. The collective name given to all the talent participating in a production
Camera Operator
VTR Operator
Lighting Director
Cast
24. 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
Pre-Production
Special Effects
Executive Producer (EP)
Staff
25. Any of the cosmetics applied to a performer's skin to change or enhance their appearance
Talent
Production values
Makeup
Special Effects
26. The portion of a program that you can hear
Floor Manager
Audio
Graphic Artist
Scriptwriter
27. Person who purchases materials and services in the creation of a finished program
Production assistant (PA)
Scenery
Producer
Graphic Artist
28. 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
Makeup
Framing
Video Engineer
Talent
29. Person who purchases materials and services in the creation of a finished program
Director
Audio
Producer
CG operator
30. The general aesthetics of the show
Video Engineer
Production values
Crew
Video
31. Anything the audience sees in a video picture that did not really happen the way it appears on the screen
Director
Special Effects
Floor Manager
Video Engineer
32. A signal that implies something specific is to happen
Frame
Cue
Content Specialist
Talent
33. The person in charge of recording the program onto videotape by correctly operating the VTR equipment
Grip
Crew
Framing
VTR Operator
34. 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
Cue
Talent
Lighting Director
Camera Operator
35. 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
Grip
Production values
Post-Production
36. The person who manages the video equipment and is ultimately responsible for the technical quality of the video signal
Video Engineer
Scenery
Lighting Director
Audio
37. Everyone involved in the production - both staff and talent
Production Team
Production values
Production values
Scriptwriter
38. 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
Cast
Gaffer
Staff
Lighting Director
39. The person - or people - who provide/s the funding necessary to produce the program
Executive Producer (EP)
Scriptwriter
Pre-Production
VTR Operator
40. 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.
Special Effects
Lighting Director
Production Manager
Production assistant (PA)
41. The person responsible for applying cosmetics to the talent's face and body - giving them the intended appearance in front of the camera
Lighting Director
VTR Operator
Makeup artist
Executive Producer (EP)
42. Production personnel that work behind the scenes and generally includes management and designers
Frame
Maintenance Engineer
Special Effects
Staff
43. The portion of the program that you can see
Production values
Production Manager
Graphic Artist
Video
44. person who keeps all the production equipment functioning at its optimum performance level
Post-Production
Camera Operator
Maintenance Engineer
Production Team
45. Production personnel that are normally not seen by the camera and generally includes equipment operators.
Crew
Staff
Scriptwriter
Graphic Artist
46. The portion of the program that you can see
Video
Video Engineer
Crew
Director
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.
Production
Director
Lighting Director
Floor Manager
48. The person responsible for the audio/sound quality on the production and related equipment
Audio Engineer
Talent
Cue
Scenery
49. A person who works with the scriptwriter and is considered to be an expert in the program's subject matter
Content Specialist
Camera Operator
Lighting Director
Makeup artist
50. A person who works with the scriptwriter and is considered to be an expert in the program's subject matter
Maintenance Engineer
VTR Operator
Producer
Content Specialist
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