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