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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.
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. The person who makes sure the script is appearing on the right part of the prompter screen so the talent can read it properly.
dolly
Teleprompter Operartor
CU
Horizon Line
2. 1) To pivot the camera vertically by pointing the camera mounting head up or down. 2) the shot produced by tilting a camera.
Tilt
Talent
Iris
Firewire (IEE-1394)
3. 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.
Remotes
Producer
NTSC
AGC
4. A camera mount - usually used in studio productions - that facilitates smooth movement of the camera across the studio floor and limited range of camera height adjustment.
Tripod
Tilt
Pedestal mount
Video Shader
5. Indicates that the camera is level
Aspect Ratios
ATSC
AGC
Horizon Line
6. 1) To pivot the camera vertically by pointing the camera mounting head up or down. 2) the shot produced by tilting a camera.
Field Production
Angle of Elevation
Tilt
Producer
7. Pointing the camera down or up
Art Director
The Studio
Angle of Elevation
Iris
8. A device used to record video and audio information onto a magnetic tape. Stands for videotape recorder
Digital
Coaxial Cable
VTR
Teleprompter Operartor
9. A camera mount - usually used in studio productions - that facilitates smooth movement of the camera across the studio floor and limited range of camera height adjustment.
Pedestal mount
Rule of thirds
Iris
VTR
10. combination of studio and field production. Sports - parades
Master Control
Pre-production
Production
Remotes
11. The person who assembles raw footage into a final program.
Editor
Associate Director
Studio Production
Producer
12. creates great depth and interest
Talent
Foreground
Rack focus
Associate Director
13. A person who deals with the look of sets and other artistic aspects of a television program.
Aspect Ratios
Lead room
Editor
Art Director
14. The period of time - after individual program segments have been produced and recorded - when elements of a program are assembled.
ECU
trucking
Post-Production
Pre-production
15. A camera view of the subject from a relatively great distance usually showing the subject in its entirety.
Long shot (head to toe)
Talent
long lens
White Balance
16. Over the shoulder
Talent
Master Control
Teleprompter Operartor
O/S
17. An electronic adjustment of a camera to compensate for differences in color temperatures so that a pure white object will appear on-screen as pure white.
Production
Engineer
White Balance
HDTV
18. The person who assembles raw footage into a final program.
Editor
CU
Iris
Iris
19. people who deliver lines
Performer Tips
Talent
Tripod
AGC
20. A camera shot that starts with one object in focus - then changes to focus on another object.
Medium Shot (head to toe)
The Studio
Director
Rack focus
21. 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.
Servo
Rule of thirds
Digital
Production
22. ...
trucking
How to focus a camera like a pro
Director
HD
23. A person who oversees several production.
HD
Control Room
Associate Director
Executive Producer
24. combination of studio and field production. Sports - parades
Remotes
Long shot (head to toe)
Grunts
NTSC
25. Interns - Cable Pullers - 2nd Assistant Directors
Studio Production
Grunts
ATSC
Talent
26. A camera view of the subject from a relatively great distance - usually showing the subject in its entirety.
Talent
Long shot (head to toe)
Tally light
The Studio
27. The period of time - after individual program segments have been produced and recorded - when elements of a program are assembled.
O/S
trucking
Post-Production
Aspect Ratios
28. The original television standard approved in the United States in the 1940s. The letter stand for National Television System Committee.
Standard Definition
Pedestal mount
Teleprompter Operartor
NTSC
29. punched switcher
Associate Director
Standard Definition
Technical Director
Analog
30. The stage during which all the shooting for a program is undertaken.
Servo
Iris
Production
Foreground
31. ...
Pre-production
How to focus a camera like a pro
Director
trucking
32. The person who makes sure the script is appearing on the right part of the prompter screen so the talent can read it properly.
AGC
Teleprompter Operartor
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Lens
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)
Field Production
Studio Production
Digital
Grunts
34. To move the camera and its mount laterally to the right or left.
Stage Manager
dolly
trucking
HD
35. Camcorder is essential because this is when you are filming outdoors or not in a studio. 'real world' shooting
Production
Aspect Ratios
Field Production
Producer
36. A method of representing video or audio signals using a 'wave' of continuously.
Interruptible Feedback
Remotes
Horizon Line
Analog
37. To move the camera and its mount closer to or farther from the subject.
Set Production Designer
dolly
Headroom
Control Room
38. A series of digital television formats developed by the Advanced Television Systems Committee.
Aspect Ratios
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Aspect Ratios
ATSC
39. 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.
Aspect Ratios
Pan
Performer Tips
The Studio
40. Indicates that the camera is level
Horizon Line
Rack focus
Video Shader
Analog
41. 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.
crane
Foreground
Tilt
Pre-production
42. A person who sets mics in a studio or location setting and/ or operates the audio console.
Medium Shot (head to toe)
NTSC
Iris
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
43. The person who frames the shots for a production. Must have knowledge of camera - lens - angles
Grunts
NTSC
CU
Camera Operators
44. A series of digital television formats developed by the Advanced Television Systems Committee.
Remotes
Macro focus
ATSC
Interruptible Feedback
45. Camera and video cable with a central insulted conducting wire and a concentrically arranged outer wire.
Coaxial Cable
Associate Director
Teleprompter Operartor
Horizon Line
46. The person in charge of the creative aspects of a production and all the procedures that occur in the studio or field.
Iris
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
NTSC
Director
47. A person who deals with the look of sets and other artistic aspects of a television program.
Production
Pan
Art Director
Rack focus
48. Makes sure camera match - lighting
Camera Operators
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Video Shader
long lens
49. To move the camera and its mount laterally to the right or left.
Foreground
Standard Definition
trucking
Editor
50. An electronic adjustment of a camera to compensate for differences in color temperatures so that a pure white object will appear on-screen as pure white.
ATSC
Lens
Stage Manager
White Balance