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