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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. 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
Tally light
Tilt
Field Production
Lens
2. ...
How to focus a camera like a pro
ECU
CU
Production
3. creates great depth and interest
Pedestal mount
Foreground
The Studio
NTSC
4. helps with routine stuff - anything the director needs - timing of production
Associate Director
Post-Production
Analog
Analog
5. people who deliver lines
White Balance
ATSC
Talent
crane
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.
Producer
Talent
Performer Tips
Technical Director
7. A three legged camera mount - sometimes equipped with casters to facilitate camera movement.
ATSC
Tripod
Video Shader
Technical Director
8. The creator and originator of a television program - usually in charge of elements such as writing - music clearance - financial considerations - and hiring the director.
Producer
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Tilt
Technical Director
9. Interns - Cable Pullers - 2nd Assistant Directors
Grunts
Lead room
Pedestal mount
Rule of thirds
10. 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.
Remotes
crane
Standard Definition
Video Shader
11. 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.
Digital
Pedestal mount
long lens
HDTV
12. A person who sets mics in a studio or location setting and/ or operates the audio console.
Talent
Stage Manager
Master Control
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
13. The period of time - after individual program segments have been produced and recorded - when elements of a program are assembled.
Post-Production
Field Production
Foreground
Green Rooms
14. small red indicators on a camera to let the talent and camera operator know that the camera is on the air or recording
Pan
Tilt
Tally light
O/S
15. A television format with more lines of resolution and a wider aspect ratio than standard-definition NTSC television.
HDTV
Headroom
Video Shader
O/S
16. A television format with more lines of resolution and a wider aspect ratio than standard-definition NTSC television.
Engineer
Video Shader
Lead room
HD
17. A view of the subject from a comfortable distance between a wide shot and close-up.
Macro focus
Long shot (head to toe)
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Tilt
18. The area where all video signals are mixed. The director and technical director (and other crew members) control all program elements from this location.
ATSC
HDTV
Control Room
Remotes
19. The person in charge of the creative aspects of a production and all the procedures that occur in the studio or field.
Field Production
Director
HD
Graphics Operator
20. Makes sure camera match - lighting
Video Shader
White Balance
Long shot (head to toe)
dolly
21. The period of time - after individual program segments have been produced and recorded - when elements of a program are assembled.
NTSC
Angle of Elevation
Art Director
Post-Production
22. A view of the subject from a comfortable distance between a wide shot and close-up.
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Remotes
Director
Horizon Line
23. Planning the project
Executive Producer
Producer
Field Production
Pre-production
24. The part of a tape recorder or player that pulls the tape through the machine at the proper speed.
Lighting Director
Pre-production
Servo
Field Production
25. ...
How to focus a camera like a pro
VTR
Lead room
Talent
26. A digital interface that allows the simultaneous transfer of audio and video information.
ATSC
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Interruptible Feedback
Teleprompter Operartor
27. small red indicators on a camera to let the talent and camera operator know that the camera is on the air or recording
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
White Balance
Tally light
CU
28. A digital interface that allows the simultaneous transfer of audio and video information.
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Lighting Director
Engineer
Post-Production
29. The person who oversees the lighting of the set and makes lighting changes - if they are needed - during production.
NTSC
HD
White Balance
Lighting Director
30. To move the camera and its mount laterally to the right or left.
Post-Production
Talent
HDTV
trucking
31. The person who makes sure the script is appearing on the right part of the prompter screen so the talent can read it properly.
ATSC
Talent
Teleprompter Operartor
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
32. The directors key assistant in charge of all production concerns on the floor. Example: communicate with talent
ATSC
Stage Manager
trucking
Pedestal mount
33. To move the camera and its mount closer to or farther from the subject.
dolly
Interruptible Feedback
Aspect Ratios
Green Rooms
34. A feature found on some zoom lenses that allows the operator to focus on objects very close to the lens.
NTSC
Macro focus
Coaxial Cable
Camera Operators
35. Camcorder is essential because this is when you are filming outdoors or not in a studio. 'real world' shooting
Field Production
The Studio
White Balance
Video Shader
36. Makes sure camera match - lighting
Long shot (head to toe)
Teleprompter Operartor
Video Shader
Long shot (head to toe)
37. Pointing the camera down or up
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Angle of Elevation
Interruptible Feedback
Pan
38. A person who deals with the look of sets and other artistic aspects of a television program.
Art Director
Stage Manager
The Studio
HD
39. Indicates that the camera is level
Producer
Horizon Line
How to focus a camera like a pro
Camera Operators
40. A method of representing video or audio signals using a 'wave' of continuously.
Analog
Servo
long lens
Technical Director
41. A television format with more lines of resolution and a wider aspect ratio than standard-definition NTSC television.
HDTV
Producer
crane
Camera Operators
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.
Video Shader
Grunts
AGC
trucking
43. The person who frames the shots for a production. Must have knowledge of camera - lens - angles
Control Room
Field Production
Camera Operators
Rule of thirds
44. Sincerity - Organize--don't memorize cue cards - On camera clothing - Make-up and hair
long lens
Video Shader
Performer Tips
Lens
45. The person who determines the environment where the production takes place.
Remotes
Teleprompter Operartor
Set Production Designer
Standard Definition
46. Over the shoulder
O/S
ECU
ECU
Stage Manager
47. Program creation that takes place in a controlled environment meant for it - as opposed to production that takes place in the field
Lens
Associate Director
Engineer
Studio Production
48. 1) To turn a camera horizontally by rotating the camera mounting head. 2) The shot produced by panning a camera. 3) A rectangular floodlight
How to focus a camera like a pro
White Balance
Pan
Director
49. The ratio of the height of a television screen to its width.
ECU
Digital
Digital
Aspect Ratios
50. Indicates that the camera is level
Tilt
Horizon Line
The Studio
Set Production Designer