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