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