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