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