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