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