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