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TV Production Basics
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1. The original television standard approved in the United States in the 1940s. The letter stand for National Television System Committee.
Coaxial Cable
Field Production
NTSC
Studio Production
2. A method of representing video or audio signals that uses discrete 'on' and 'off' pulses. The value of a digital signal at any point can be either 'off'(0) or 'on'(1)
HD
Coaxial Cable
trucking
Digital
3. A person who deals with the look of sets and other artistic aspects of a television program.
Art Director
NTSC
HD
The Studio
4. Camera and video cable with a central insulted conducting wire and a concentrically arranged outer wire.
Coaxial Cable
Tally light
Production
Rule of thirds
5. A camera shot that starts with one object in focus - then changes to focus on another object.
Talent
Rack focus
Studio Production
Studio Production
6. The creator and originator of a television program - usually in charge of elements such as writing - music clearance - financial considerations - and hiring the director.
Lead room
Producer
Technical Director
Lens
7. Indicates that the camera is level
Producer
Pan
Horizon Line
Interruptible Feedback
8. A camera view of the subject from a relatively great distance usually showing the subject in its entirety.
Tripod
HDTV
long lens
Tally light
9. 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
Executive Producer
Set Production Designer
Art Director
Lens
10. creates great depth and interest
trucking
Video Shader
Foreground
Angle of Elevation
11. Pointing the camera down or up
Angle of Elevation
Aspect Ratios
Camera Operators
CU
12. The person who determines the environment where the production takes place.
Analog
Set Production Designer
Studio Production
CU
13. small red indicators on a camera to let the talent and camera operator know that the camera is on the air or recording
Tally light
White Balance
Angle of Elevation
Analog
14. A method of representing video or audio signals using a 'wave' of continuously.
Coaxial Cable
Studio Production
Analog
Teleprompter Operartor
15. 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.
Green Rooms
AGC
Medium Shot (head to toe)
CU
16. Additional framing space in a camera picture on the side toward which a subject is looking or moving
Lead room
Art Director
Rack focus
Interruptible Feedback
17. The part of the lens that allows light to pass through.
Macro focus
Stage Manager
How to focus a camera like a pro
Iris
18. A camera view of the subject from a relatively great distance - usually showing the subject in its entirety.
Long shot (head to toe)
HD
long lens
Set Production Designer
19. A television format with more lines of resolution and a wider aspect ratio than standard-definition NTSC television.
HD
Horizon Line
Lens
Lighting Director
20. A camera shot that starts with one object in focus - then changes to focus on another object.
Lighting Director
Remotes
Rack focus
ATSC
21. Sincerity - Organize--don't memorize cue cards - On camera clothing - Make-up and hair
Pedestal mount
Editor
Performer Tips
Engineer
22. Makes sure camera match - lighting
Video Shader
Digital
Servo
Studio Production
23. punched switcher
Set Production Designer
Analog
Technical Director
Macro focus
24. The directors key assistant in charge of all production concerns on the floor. Example: communicate with talent
HD
Standard Definition
Tripod
Stage Manager
25. A person who oversees several production.
Executive Producer
Rack focus
Director
Control Room
26. creates great depth and interest
Producer
Foreground
HD
Pre-production
27. Over the shoulder
O/S
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Lens
Producer
28. The part of the lens that allows light to pass through.
Digital
HDTV
Iris
Editor
29. A feature found on some zoom lenses that allows the operator to focus on objects very close to the lens.
HDTV
Macro focus
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Green Rooms
30. Pointing the camera down or up
Angle of Elevation
Pre-production
ATSC
HD
31. A device used to record video and audio information onto a magnetic tape. Stands for videotape recorder
Digital
Grunts
White Balance
VTR
32. Interns - Cable Pullers - 2nd Assistant Directors
Video Shader
Grunts
Horizon Line
HDTV
33. A method of representing video or audio signals that uses discrete 'on' and 'off' pulses. The value of a digital signal at any point can be either 'off'(0) or 'on'(1)
Grunts
Iris
Interruptible Feedback
Digital
34. 1) A large camera mount with an extended boom arm for a camera and a seat for a camera operator - all placed on a large four-wheeled base. 2) To move the boom arm of a crane up and down.
Interruptible Feedback
crane
ECU
Director
35. The area where all video signals are mixed. The director and technical director (and other crew members) control all program elements from this location.
Master Control
Medium Shot (head to toe)
trucking
Control Room
36. The place in a studio complex where people who are about to appear on a TV show can wait.
NTSC
Green Rooms
Tally light
Angle of Elevation
37. The ratio of the height of a television screen to its width.
Video Shader
trucking
Aspect Ratios
Green Rooms
38. An audio setup that allows the talent - wearing a small earpiece - to hear program audio or receive instruction from the director or someone.
NTSC
Grunts
Interruptible Feedback
Master Control
39. 1) To turn a camera horizontally by rotating the camera mounting head. 2) The shot produced by panning a camera. 3) A rectangular floodlight
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Pan
Master Control
Rack focus
40. A digital interface that allows the simultaneous transfer of audio and video information.
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Lighting Director
Tilt
Control Room
41. The space between the top of a subjects head and the upper edge of the camera frame.
Long shot (head to toe)
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Headroom
Interruptible Feedback
42. 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.
Tripod
AGC
Performer Tips
O/S
43. The ratio of the height of a television screen to its width.
Aspect Ratios
Engineer
Editor
Lens
44. A feature found on some zoom lenses that allows the operator to focus on objects very close to the lens.
Macro focus
Analog
Servo
Post-Production
45. A view of the subject from a comfortable distance between a wide shot and close-up.
Set Production Designer
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Servo
AGC
46. The person who assembles raw footage into a final program.
Editor
Art Director
dolly
Video Shader
47. A camera view of the subject from a relatively great distance - usually showing the subject in its entirety.
long lens
Aspect Ratios
Interruptible Feedback
Long shot (head to toe)
48. in control room
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Analog
ATSC
Engineer
49. combination of studio and field production. Sports - parades
Video Shader
Associate Director
Executive Producer
Remotes
50. 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.
Rule of thirds
Rack focus
Angle of Elevation
Analog
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