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TV Production Basics
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. The creator and originator of a television program - usually in charge of elements such as writing - music clearance - financial considerations - and hiring the director.
Stage Manager
Producer
Aspect Ratios
Iris
2. The period of time - after individual program segments have been produced and recorded - when elements of a program are assembled.
trucking
Post-Production
Pedestal mount
Video Shader
3. A principle of composition that divides the TV screen into thirds - horizontally and vertically and places objects of interest at the points where the lines intersect.
ECU
Pre-production
HDTV
Rule of thirds
4. The area where all video signals are mixed. The director and technical director (and other crew members) control all program elements from this location.
O/S
Executive Producer
Stage Manager
Control Room
5. large room at least 20 feet by 30 feet without any posts obstructing its space. Best located on the ground floor. The space where all acting or performing takes place.
Graphics Operator
The Studio
Tally light
Angle of Elevation
6. Additional framing space in a camera picture on the side toward which a subject is looking or moving
Tilt
Engineer
Lead room
Performer Tips
7. To move the camera and its mount laterally to the right or left.
Tilt
Rule of thirds
trucking
Analog
8. A view of the subject from a comfortable distance between a wide shot and close-up.
Master Control
Teleprompter Operartor
Standard Definition
Medium Shot (head to toe)
9. The stage during which all the shooting for a program is undertaken.
Production
Post-Production
Foreground
Graphics Operator
10. The place in a studio complex where people who are about to appear on a TV show can wait.
Macro focus
Teleprompter Operartor
Green Rooms
Production
11. An audio setup that allows the talent - wearing a small earpiece - to hear program audio or receive instruction from the director or someone.
Interruptible Feedback
Pedestal mount
Teleprompter Operartor
Master Control
12. Sincerity - Organize--don't memorize cue cards - On camera clothing - Make-up and hair
Performer Tips
Standard Definition
Stage Manager
Pedestal mount
13. combination of studio and field production. Sports - parades
Remotes
Iris
Graphics Operator
Production
14. The person who makes sure the script is appearing on the right part of the prompter screen so the talent can read it properly.
Engineer
Field Production
Teleprompter Operartor
Lead room
15. The person who assembles raw footage into a final program.
ECU
Master Control
Editor
CU
16. A camera view of the subject from a relatively great distance usually showing the subject in its entirety.
Video Shader
Pan
Field Production
long lens
17. A person who creates words - drawings and some visual effects that are incorporated with a production.
Horizon Line
Tilt
Graphics Operator
Producer
18. Makes sure camera match - lighting
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Art Director
Video Shader
Grunts
19. 1) To turn a camera horizontally by rotating the camera mounting head. 2) The shot produced by panning a camera. 3) A rectangular floodlight
Pan
Camera Operators
Grunts
The Studio
20. The primary engineering control center where all video and audio signals are ultimately channeled; program input - camera controls and transmitter distribution often are handled from this location.
Video Shader
Master Control
Interruptible Feedback
long lens
21. Close up- A view of a subject from a relatively short distance. A close-up of a person - for instance - might include only the person's face.
ATSC
Macro focus
Video Shader
CU
22. The directors key assistant in charge of all production concerns on the floor. Example: communicate with talent
Stage Manager
Servo
White Balance
Talent
23. Sincerity - Organize--don't memorize cue cards - On camera clothing - Make-up and hair
Lead room
Video Shader
Performer Tips
Aspect Ratios
24. The person who assembles raw footage into a final program.
Editor
Iris
VTR
AGC
25. A television format with more lines of resolution and a wider aspect ratio than standard-definition NTSC television.
Performer Tips
HD
NTSC
Pedestal mount
26. The original television standard approved in the United States in the 1940s. The letter stand for National Television System Committee.
NTSC
Digital
The Studio
Associate Director
27. The ratio of the height of a television screen to its width.
Aspect Ratios
Servo
AGC
Tripod
28. To move the camera and its mount closer to or farther from the subject.
Digital
dolly
Tripod
Digital
29. A method of representing video or audio signals using a 'wave' of continuously.
Pedestal mount
Servo
Analog
Post-Production
30. Pointing the camera down or up
Angle of Elevation
Pedestal mount
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Foreground
31. The person who makes sure the script is appearing on the right part of the prompter screen so the talent can read it properly.
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Performer Tips
Teleprompter Operartor
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
32. Automatic gain control. An internal control device - for either audio or video signals - that automatically increases or decreases the strength of the incoming sound of picture to maintain optimum strength.
AGC
Production
NTSC
O/S
33. in control room
White Balance
Production
Engineer
Set Production Designer
34. The ratio of the height of a television screen to its width.
Aspect Ratios
White Balance
Studio Production
O/S
35. The person who determines the environment where the production takes place.
Post-Production
Set Production Designer
Analog
Engineer
36. creates great depth and interest
Camera Operators
Foreground
Associate Director
Iris
37. A series of digital television formats developed by the Advanced Television Systems Committee.
Lens
ATSC
Headroom
Digital
38. With the advent of high- definition television - this term is used to refer to NTSC television and ATSC formats that have a 4:3 aspect ration.
Standard Definition
Pan
Director
Control Room
39. 1) To pivot the camera vertically by pointing the camera mounting head up or down. 2) the shot produced by tilting a camera.
ECU
Tilt
Macro focus
long lens
40. An audio setup that allows the talent - wearing a small earpiece - to hear program audio or receive instruction from the director or someone.
Medium Shot (head to toe)
AGC
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Interruptible Feedback
41. in control room
CU
Engineer
White Balance
Foreground
42. creates great depth and interest
Talent
Aspect Ratios
Foreground
Tripod
43. The person who frames the shots for a production. Must have knowledge of camera - lens - angles
Iris
Master Control
Angle of Elevation
Camera Operators
44. A feature found on some zoom lenses that allows the operator to focus on objects very close to the lens.
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Set Production Designer
Macro focus
Technical Director
45. Planning the project
Pre-production
Master Control
long lens
crane
46. To move the camera and its mount laterally to the right or left.
Executive Producer
Digital
long lens
trucking
47. A person who creates words - drawings and some visual effects that are incorporated with a production.
Graphics Operator
long lens
How to focus a camera like a pro
Iris
48. The part of the lens that allows light to pass through.
Iris
Editor
Remotes
Production
49. focual length determines how wide or narrow the viewing range (field of view) is. The longer the lens the more narrow the field of view - shorter lens gives wider shots
Lens
Editor
White Balance
Pan
50. A three legged camera mount - sometimes equipped with casters to facilitate camera movement.
ECU
CU
Tripod
O/S