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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. Indicates that the camera is level
HD
VTR
Long shot (head to toe)
Horizon Line
2. helps with routine stuff - anything the director needs - timing of production
Associate Director
Lead room
Graphics Operator
Field Production
3. A person who oversees several production.
Lead room
Executive Producer
Horizon Line
Iris
4. 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.
Video Shader
White Balance
AGC
VTR
5. The ratio of the height of a television screen to its width.
Aspect Ratios
Medium Shot (head to toe)
AGC
HD
6. Interns - Cable Pullers - 2nd Assistant Directors
Coaxial Cable
Studio Production
Angle of Elevation
Grunts
7. The space between the top of a subjects head and the upper edge of the camera frame.
Headroom
Remotes
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Set Production Designer
8. 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.
Lens
The Studio
trucking
Green Rooms
9. 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
Interruptible Feedback
Engineer
The Studio
10. 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.
crane
Master Control
Remotes
Macro focus
11. The person who frames the shots for a production. Must have knowledge of camera - lens - angles
CU
Control Room
Camera Operators
dolly
12. people who deliver lines
Graphics Operator
Executive Producer
Talent
Associate Director
13. 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.
Field Production
Producer
Pedestal mount
Set Production Designer
14. 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.
Rack focus
Post-Production
Grunts
CU
15. The part of a tape recorder or player that pulls the tape through the machine at the proper speed.
VTR
Servo
Engineer
Editor
16. 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
Associate Director
Long shot (head to toe)
Editor
17. The person in charge of the creative aspects of a production and all the procedures that occur in the studio or field.
Post-Production
Director
Angle of Elevation
Editor
18. 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
Engineer
Macro focus
How to focus a camera like a pro
19. Program creation that takes place in a controlled environment meant for it - as opposed to production that takes place in the field
ECU
Tripod
Producer
Studio Production
20. The part of a tape recorder or player that pulls the tape through the machine at the proper speed.
Iris
Tripod
Rule of thirds
Servo
21. Indicates that the camera is level
Horizon Line
Director
The Studio
Field Production
22. 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)
Digital
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Studio Production
White Balance
23. Camcorder is essential because this is when you are filming outdoors or not in a studio. 'real world' shooting
The Studio
Pedestal mount
Studio Production
Field Production
24. 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
long lens
Angle of Elevation
Digital
25. A television format with more lines of resolution and a wider aspect ratio than standard-definition NTSC television.
Executive Producer
HDTV
Producer
Analog
26. 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
VTR
Foreground
Lens
Executive Producer
27. To move the camera and its mount closer to or farther from the subject.
Headroom
Servo
Art Director
dolly
28. 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.
Coaxial Cable
HDTV
Standard Definition
crane
29. An audio setup that allows the talent - wearing a small earpiece - to hear program audio or receive instruction from the director or someone.
Headroom
White Balance
Interruptible Feedback
AGC
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.
Rule of thirds
long lens
Stage Manager
Iris
31. Pointing the camera down or up
Technical Director
Teleprompter Operartor
Angle of Elevation
O/S
32. The place in a studio complex where people who are about to appear on a TV show can wait.
Studio Production
Rack focus
Graphics Operator
Green Rooms
33. The area where all video signals are mixed. The director and technical director (and other crew members) control all program elements from this location.
Executive Producer
Servo
Control Room
Standard Definition
34. A digital interface that allows the simultaneous transfer of audio and video information.
Firewire (IEE-1394)
HD
Associate Director
long lens
35. A series of digital television formats developed by the Advanced Television Systems Committee.
Interruptible Feedback
Stage Manager
Engineer
ATSC
36. A feature found on some zoom lenses that allows the operator to focus on objects very close to the lens.
Angle of Elevation
Pre-production
AGC
Macro focus
37. The person who oversees the lighting of the set and makes lighting changes - if they are needed - during production.
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
The Studio
Tally light
Lighting Director
38. 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)
Control Room
Stage Manager
39. Sincerity - Organize--don't memorize cue cards - On camera clothing - Make-up and hair
NTSC
Iris
Performer Tips
Set Production Designer
40. ...
Horizon Line
How to focus a camera like a pro
Pan
VTR
41. Camera and video cable with a central insulted conducting wire and a concentrically arranged outer wire.
ATSC
Foreground
Coaxial Cable
AGC
42. A camera view of the subject from a relatively great distance usually showing the subject in its entirety.
Technical Director
Teleprompter Operartor
O/S
long lens
43. punched switcher
Pan
Director
Graphics Operator
Technical Director
44. Planning the project
NTSC
Lead room
Macro focus
Pre-production
45. Additional framing space in a camera picture on the side toward which a subject is looking or moving
ECU
ATSC
Lead room
Art Director
46. 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
Aspect Ratios
Graphics Operator
Coaxial Cable
Lens
47. Camera and video cable with a central insulted conducting wire and a concentrically arranged outer wire.
Production
CU
Coaxial Cable
VTR
48. creates great depth and interest
Coaxial Cable
Post-Production
Foreground
Graphics Operator
49. To move the camera and its mount laterally to the right or left.
long lens
trucking
NTSC
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
50. The person who assembles raw footage into a final program.
Remotes
Editor
HD
Executive Producer