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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. Planning the project
Rack focus
Pre-production
Tally light
Digital
2. A view of the subject from a comfortable distance between a wide shot and close-up.
Technical Director
Medium Shot (head to toe)
HD
Rack focus
3. A camera view of the subject from a relatively great distance usually showing the subject in its entirety.
long lens
Interruptible Feedback
Headroom
Pedestal mount
4. The person who oversees the lighting of the set and makes lighting changes - if they are needed - during production.
VTR
Executive Producer
Lighting Director
Engineer
5. combination of studio and field production. Sports - parades
Studio Production
Set Production Designer
Executive Producer
Remotes
6. 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.
Master Control
Rule of thirds
Angle of Elevation
Video Shader
7. Additional framing space in a camera picture on the side toward which a subject is looking or moving
Lead room
Tilt
ECU
Studio Production
8. The place in a studio complex where people who are about to appear on a TV show can wait.
NTSC
Green Rooms
Long shot (head to toe)
Tilt
9. To move the camera and its mount closer to or farther from the subject.
Coaxial Cable
dolly
Director
Stage Manager
10. people who deliver lines
Talent
Studio Production
Tilt
Servo
11. A television format with more lines of resolution and a wider aspect ratio than standard-definition NTSC television.
Field Production
HD
Tripod
Executive Producer
12. 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.
Associate Director
CU
Interruptible Feedback
AGC
13. The person who assembles raw footage into a final program.
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Editor
Master Control
Field Production
14. The directors key assistant in charge of all production concerns on the floor. Example: communicate with talent
Engineer
Stage Manager
Associate Director
Studio Production
15. The period of time - after individual program segments have been produced and recorded - when elements of a program are assembled.
Lens
Coaxial Cable
Post-Production
Iris
16. Interns - Cable Pullers - 2nd Assistant Directors
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Analog
O/S
Grunts
17. The person who determines the environment where the production takes place.
Set Production Designer
Firewire (IEE-1394)
O/S
Art Director
18. A person who creates words - drawings and some visual effects that are incorporated with a production.
Graphics Operator
ATSC
Field Production
CU
19. To move the camera and its mount laterally to the right or left.
trucking
Aspect Ratios
Post-Production
Medium Shot (head to toe)
20. A device used to record video and audio information onto a magnetic tape. Stands for videotape recorder
Post-Production
Rack focus
VTR
Standard Definition
21. To move the camera and its mount closer to or farther from the subject.
Interruptible Feedback
dolly
Angle of Elevation
Art Director
22. A feature found on some zoom lenses that allows the operator to focus on objects very close to the lens.
Performer Tips
Angle of Elevation
Pan
Macro focus
23. The original television standard approved in the United States in the 1940s. The letter stand for National Television System Committee.
Analog
crane
Associate Director
NTSC
24. A method of representing video or audio signals using a 'wave' of continuously.
ECU
Analog
Field Production
Aspect Ratios
25. ...
AGC
Teleprompter Operartor
Headroom
How to focus a camera like a pro
26. Program creation that takes place in a controlled environment meant for it - as opposed to production that takes place in the field
Teleprompter Operartor
Stage Manager
Studio Production
Executive Producer
27. The part of a tape recorder or player that pulls the tape through the machine at the proper speed.
Long shot (head to toe)
Servo
Stage Manager
HD
28. The person who frames the shots for a production. Must have knowledge of camera - lens - angles
Camera Operators
Interruptible Feedback
The Studio
Medium Shot (head to toe)
29. 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.
Stage Manager
Tally light
Director
crane
30. Extreme close up- A very close shot of a person or object - used to intensify drama or show close detail.
Coaxial Cable
Iris
Camera Operators
ECU
31. Program creation that takes place in a controlled environment meant for it - as opposed to production that takes place in the field
Studio Production
HDTV
Angle of Elevation
Green Rooms
32. The person who frames the shots for a production. Must have knowledge of camera - lens - angles
VTR
Iris
Digital
Camera Operators
33. The ratio of the height of a television screen to its width.
Aspect Ratios
ATSC
crane
Analog
34. A camera shot that starts with one object in focus - then changes to focus on another object.
Analog
Lens
Studio Production
Rack focus
35. The person who assembles raw footage into a final program.
Headroom
Editor
Pre-production
Director
36. The part of the lens that allows light to pass through.
Art Director
Lighting Director
Pedestal mount
Iris
37. 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
How to focus a camera like a pro
Lighting Director
Teleprompter Operartor
38. 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.
Rack focus
Pedestal mount
Rule of thirds
Studio Production
39. Additional framing space in a camera picture on the side toward which a subject is looking or moving
trucking
Lead room
Medium Shot (head to toe)
The Studio
40. Pointing the camera down or up
HDTV
Production
Angle of Elevation
ECU
41. 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.
Horizon Line
Graphics Operator
The Studio
Associate Director
42. The creator and originator of a television program - usually in charge of elements such as writing - music clearance - financial considerations - and hiring the director.
Lighting Director
Producer
Analog
Production
43. The directors key assistant in charge of all production concerns on the floor. Example: communicate with talent
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Digital
Stage Manager
Technical Director
44. 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.
Tripod
Rule of thirds
Producer
Digital
45. 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)
Tripod
Digital
Rule of thirds
Pedestal mount
46. An audio setup that allows the talent - wearing a small earpiece - to hear program audio or receive instruction from the director or someone.
White Balance
How to focus a camera like a pro
Rack focus
Interruptible Feedback
47. The area where all video signals are mixed. The director and technical director (and other crew members) control all program elements from this location.
Pan
Control Room
VTR
Editor
48. The person who makes sure the script is appearing on the right part of the prompter screen so the talent can read it properly.
Teleprompter Operartor
VTR
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
long lens
49. The person in charge of the creative aspects of a production and all the procedures that occur in the studio or field.
Director
Lighting Director
Long shot (head to toe)
The Studio
50. 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
Lead room
Servo
Rule of thirds
Lens