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