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TV Production Basics
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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.
Pan
trucking
Rack focus
Producer
2. A digital interface that allows the simultaneous transfer of audio and video information.
Firewire (IEE-1394)
ATSC
Producer
Executive Producer
3. Planning the project
Pre-production
Angle of Elevation
Foreground
Lens
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.
ATSC
AGC
Servo
Pedestal mount
5. A device used to record video and audio information onto a magnetic tape. Stands for videotape recorder
Talent
Interruptible Feedback
VTR
Medium Shot (head to toe)
6. The place in a studio complex where people who are about to appear on a TV show can wait.
Green Rooms
Interruptible Feedback
long lens
Horizon Line
7. Sincerity - Organize--don't memorize cue cards - On camera clothing - Make-up and hair
Aspect Ratios
Set Production Designer
Technical Director
Performer Tips
8. Interns - Cable Pullers - 2nd Assistant Directors
Grunts
Standard Definition
Analog
Aspect Ratios
9. The space between the top of a subjects head and the upper edge of the camera frame.
Headroom
Set Production Designer
Remotes
Studio Production
10. Extreme close up- A very close shot of a person or object - used to intensify drama or show close detail.
Editor
VTR
Set Production Designer
ECU
11. 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)
Art Director
Pan
Tally light
12. 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.
White Balance
Rule of thirds
ECU
Headroom
13. creates great depth and interest
VTR
Associate Director
Foreground
Tilt
14. A camera view of the subject from a relatively great distance - usually showing the subject in its entirety.
VTR
Lens
trucking
Long shot (head to toe)
15. A three legged camera mount - sometimes equipped with casters to facilitate camera movement.
Tripod
Post-Production
Technical Director
Field Production
16. A device used to record video and audio information onto a magnetic tape. Stands for videotape recorder
Teleprompter Operartor
VTR
Rack focus
Grunts
17. The original television standard approved in the United States in the 1940s. The letter stand for National Television System Committee.
NTSC
HDTV
Art Director
long lens
18. Program creation that takes place in a controlled environment meant for it - as opposed to production that takes place in the field
White Balance
Studio Production
How to focus a camera like a pro
O/S
19. A person who sets mics in a studio or location setting and/ or operates the audio console.
NTSC
Performer Tips
Lead room
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
20. A view of the subject from a comfortable distance between a wide shot and close-up.
long lens
Tilt
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Angle of Elevation
21. A feature found on some zoom lenses that allows the operator to focus on objects very close to the lens.
Aspect Ratios
Macro focus
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
ATSC
22. Planning the project
Lead room
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Master Control
Pre-production
23. A method of representing video or audio signals using a 'wave' of continuously.
Tally light
Associate Director
Macro focus
Analog
24. combination of studio and field production. Sports - parades
Remotes
O/S
Camera Operators
ATSC
25. The person who makes sure the script is appearing on the right part of the prompter screen so the talent can read it properly.
Rack focus
Control Room
Teleprompter Operartor
Grunts
26. 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.
Performer Tips
Pedestal mount
Associate Director
Teleprompter Operartor
27. The person who makes sure the script is appearing on the right part of the prompter screen so the talent can read it properly.
crane
Teleprompter Operartor
Macro focus
Tally light
28. A person who creates words - drawings and some visual effects that are incorporated with a production.
Angle of Elevation
Long shot (head to toe)
Graphics Operator
VTR
29. 1) To pivot the camera vertically by pointing the camera mounting head up or down. 2) the shot produced by tilting a camera.
Coaxial Cable
Director
Angle of Elevation
Tilt
30. The part of the lens that allows light to pass through.
Remotes
Tilt
Iris
Lead room
31. 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.
VTR
long lens
Rule of thirds
Lead room
32. 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.
NTSC
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Rule of thirds
ATSC
33. helps with routine stuff - anything the director needs - timing of production
dolly
Interruptible Feedback
Video Shader
Associate Director
34. Indicates that the camera is level
Graphics Operator
Pan
Talent
Horizon Line
35. The person in charge of the creative aspects of a production and all the procedures that occur in the studio or field.
Director
long lens
Interruptible Feedback
Stage Manager
36. Pointing the camera down or up
Foreground
Lead room
crane
Angle of Elevation
37. A person who oversees several production.
Technical Director
Tally light
Executive Producer
Pan
38. The person who assembles raw footage into a final program.
Camera Operators
Editor
Graphics Operator
Medium Shot (head to toe)
39. 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.
CU
Medium Shot (head to toe)
HDTV
Executive Producer
40. Additional framing space in a camera picture on the side toward which a subject is looking or moving
Pre-production
Associate Director
Art Director
Lead room
41. A digital interface that allows the simultaneous transfer of audio and video information.
Lighting Director
Rule of thirds
Tripod
Firewire (IEE-1394)
42. The directors key assistant in charge of all production concerns on the floor. Example: communicate with talent
Tilt
Stage Manager
Editor
Horizon Line
43. 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.
Foreground
Servo
Lighting Director
Standard Definition
44. Makes sure camera match - lighting
Video Shader
Performer Tips
Set Production Designer
HDTV
45. The area where all video signals are mixed. The director and technical director (and other crew members) control all program elements from this location.
Control Room
Rule of thirds
White Balance
Art Director
46. small red indicators on a camera to let the talent and camera operator know that the camera is on the air or recording
Green Rooms
Tally light
long lens
Studio Production
47. The place in a studio complex where people who are about to appear on a TV show can wait.
White Balance
Remotes
Production
Green Rooms
48. The person who determines the environment where the production takes place.
trucking
Set Production Designer
Headroom
Rack focus
49. in control room
Pedestal mount
Remotes
Engineer
O/S
50. people who deliver lines
Talent
Headroom
Video Shader
Angle of Elevation