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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. Interns - Cable Pullers - 2nd Assistant Directors
Rule of thirds
Iris
Talent
Grunts
2. ...
HDTV
Standard Definition
Editor
How to focus a camera like a pro
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.
Rule of thirds
Servo
Analog
ECU
4. A camera view of the subject from a relatively great distance - usually showing the subject in its entirety.
Stage Manager
Digital
Studio Production
Long shot (head to toe)
5. The person who oversees the lighting of the set and makes lighting changes - if they are needed - during production.
Pedestal mount
Performer Tips
crane
Lighting Director
6. The part of a tape recorder or player that pulls the tape through the machine at the proper speed.
Technical Director
Foreground
Servo
Grunts
7. The person who frames the shots for a production. Must have knowledge of camera - lens - angles
Horizon Line
Camera Operators
Grunts
Master Control
8. in control room
Engineer
AGC
Stage Manager
Field Production
9. Planning the project
Lighting Director
Pre-production
Technical Director
The Studio
10. The original television standard approved in the United States in the 1940s. The letter stand for National Television System Committee.
NTSC
Graphics Operator
Editor
Tilt
11. 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
Coaxial Cable
Servo
Control Room
12. A person who deals with the look of sets and other artistic aspects of a television program.
Angle of Elevation
Video Shader
Art Director
Executive Producer
13. The ratio of the height of a television screen to its width.
AGC
Lighting Director
Rack focus
Aspect Ratios
14. A television format with more lines of resolution and a wider aspect ratio than standard-definition NTSC television.
HD
Technical Director
Master Control
Field Production
15. The directors key assistant in charge of all production concerns on the floor. Example: communicate with talent
dolly
Headroom
Stage Manager
Angle of Elevation
16. people who deliver lines
Studio Production
Master Control
Editor
Talent
17. Interns - Cable Pullers - 2nd Assistant Directors
dolly
Analog
NTSC
Grunts
18. helps with routine stuff - anything the director needs - timing of production
Associate Director
Iris
HD
Tripod
19. A person who oversees several production.
Lead room
Executive Producer
Graphics Operator
Horizon Line
20. A television format with more lines of resolution and a wider aspect ratio than standard-definition NTSC television.
Camera Operators
HDTV
Lens
Performer Tips
21. A view of the subject from a comfortable distance between a wide shot and close-up.
Tilt
long lens
Medium Shot (head to toe)
HDTV
22. A three legged camera mount - sometimes equipped with casters to facilitate camera movement.
VTR
Tripod
Grunts
ECU
23. Indicates that the camera is level
Director
Horizon Line
Aspect Ratios
O/S
24. A television format with more lines of resolution and a wider aspect ratio than standard-definition NTSC television.
Executive Producer
Long shot (head to toe)
HDTV
Coaxial Cable
25. combination of studio and field production. Sports - parades
The Studio
Remotes
Aspect Ratios
HDTV
26. Sincerity - Organize--don't memorize cue cards - On camera clothing - Make-up and hair
ATSC
Performer Tips
Lead room
Pan
27. 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
Set Production Designer
Servo
VTR
Lens
28. A series of digital television formats developed by the Advanced Television Systems Committee.
Angle of Elevation
Long shot (head to toe)
ATSC
Field Production
29. Over the shoulder
Tilt
Rack focus
Performer Tips
O/S
30. 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.
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Tripod
Rule of thirds
O/S
31. 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.
Performer Tips
ECU
Talent
Master Control
32. A person who sets mics in a studio or location setting and/ or operates the audio console.
Remotes
Tally light
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Headroom
33. The person who determines the environment where the production takes place.
Video Shader
Graphics Operator
Set Production Designer
Medium Shot (head to toe)
34. A camera view of the subject from a relatively great distance usually showing the subject in its entirety.
Technical Director
Tripod
long lens
Talent
35. A device used to record video and audio information onto a magnetic tape. Stands for videotape recorder
VTR
Graphics Operator
Video Shader
Coaxial Cable
36. The part of the lens that allows light to pass through.
Angle of Elevation
Lens
Iris
Tally light
37. To move the camera and its mount closer to or farther from the subject.
dolly
Rack focus
How to focus a camera like a pro
Studio Production
38. A digital interface that allows the simultaneous transfer of audio and video information.
long lens
CU
ECU
Firewire (IEE-1394)
39. 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.
Production
The Studio
Interruptible Feedback
crane
40. 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.
Interruptible Feedback
Graphics Operator
Long shot (head to toe)
The Studio
41. To move the camera and its mount closer to or farther from the subject.
trucking
dolly
Interruptible Feedback
Medium Shot (head to toe)
42. A person who creates words - drawings and some visual effects that are incorporated with a production.
Graphics Operator
Aspect Ratios
Tilt
Associate Director
43. Camcorder is essential because this is when you are filming outdoors or not in a studio. 'real world' shooting
Field Production
Remotes
Pedestal mount
HD
44. 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.
NTSC
Lead room
AGC
White Balance
45. The period of time - after individual program segments have been produced and recorded - when elements of a program are assembled.
Post-Production
Firewire (IEE-1394)
ATSC
Set Production Designer
46. 1) To turn a camera horizontally by rotating the camera mounting head. 2) The shot produced by panning a camera. 3) A rectangular floodlight
Lighting Director
Post-Production
Executive Producer
Pan
47. people who deliver lines
Field Production
dolly
Lighting Director
Talent
48. Extreme close up- A very close shot of a person or object - used to intensify drama or show close detail.
Executive Producer
AGC
Technical Director
ECU
49. An audio setup that allows the talent - wearing a small earpiece - to hear program audio or receive instruction from the director or someone.
VTR
ATSC
Director
Interruptible Feedback
50. punched switcher
Graphics Operator
Production
Technical Director
Field Production