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