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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. A television format with more lines of resolution and a wider aspect ratio than standard-definition NTSC television.
Control Room
HD
HDTV
Camera Operators
2. 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.
HDTV
How to focus a camera like a pro
Stage Manager
Standard Definition
3. A person who deals with the look of sets and other artistic aspects of a television program.
White Balance
ATSC
Art Director
O/S
4. The stage during which all the shooting for a program is undertaken.
Production
Rule of thirds
Graphics Operator
Lead room
5. 1) To turn a camera horizontally by rotating the camera mounting head. 2) The shot produced by panning a camera. 3) A rectangular floodlight
Digital
Pan
Foreground
Stage Manager
6. 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.
Tally light
CU
Art Director
Pre-production
7. A view of the subject from a comfortable distance between a wide shot and close-up.
Field Production
Digital
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Interruptible Feedback
8. A person who deals with the look of sets and other artistic aspects of a television program.
Art Director
Long shot (head to toe)
Lighting Director
Rack focus
9. A person who creates words - drawings and some visual effects that are incorporated with a production.
Macro focus
Lighting Director
Graphics Operator
Standard Definition
10. creates great depth and interest
trucking
CU
Foreground
AGC
11. 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.
Video Shader
The Studio
Pre-production
Art Director
12. The person who makes sure the script is appearing on the right part of the prompter screen so the talent can read it properly.
How to focus a camera like a pro
Teleprompter Operartor
White Balance
Macro focus
13. Program creation that takes place in a controlled environment meant for it - as opposed to production that takes place in the field
Remotes
Iris
Studio Production
Video Shader
14. The ratio of the height of a television screen to its width.
Field Production
Tilt
Aspect Ratios
Editor
15. Interns - Cable Pullers - 2nd Assistant Directors
Lens
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Iris
Grunts
16. The part of a tape recorder or player that pulls the tape through the machine at the proper speed.
Horizon Line
Angle of Elevation
Servo
Lead room
17. 1) To pivot the camera vertically by pointing the camera mounting head up or down. 2) the shot produced by tilting a camera.
Iris
ATSC
O/S
Tilt
18. The person who frames the shots for a production. Must have knowledge of camera - lens - angles
Camera Operators
Rack focus
HDTV
Lighting Director
19. Over the shoulder
Headroom
O/S
Performer Tips
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
20. 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.
White Balance
Coaxial Cable
The Studio
Tripod
21. The person who frames the shots for a production. Must have knowledge of camera - lens - angles
Camera Operators
Rack focus
Lead room
How to focus a camera like a pro
22. people who deliver lines
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Angle of Elevation
Talent
Teleprompter Operartor
23. Pointing the camera down or up
HD
Angle of Elevation
VTR
The Studio
24. A person who oversees several production.
Green Rooms
Long shot (head to toe)
Analog
Executive Producer
25. To move the camera and its mount closer to or farther from the subject.
Green Rooms
Stage Manager
White Balance
dolly
26. combination of studio and field production. Sports - parades
AGC
Post-Production
O/S
Remotes
27. The period of time - after individual program segments have been produced and recorded - when elements of a program are assembled.
CU
Stage Manager
Grunts
Post-Production
28. A camera view of the subject from a relatively great distance usually showing the subject in its entirety.
Technical Director
Long shot (head to toe)
long lens
Control Room
29. in control room
Servo
The Studio
Engineer
Pedestal mount
30. 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)
ATSC
Digital
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Graphics Operator
31. 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.
Coaxial Cable
crane
Technical Director
Angle of Elevation
32. Indicates that the camera is level
Rule of thirds
Horizon Line
Iris
Producer
33. Interns - Cable Pullers - 2nd Assistant Directors
Video Shader
Grunts
Green Rooms
Stage Manager
34. Makes sure camera match - lighting
Performer Tips
O/S
Director
Video Shader
35. 1) To pivot the camera vertically by pointing the camera mounting head up or down. 2) the shot produced by tilting a camera.
Medium Shot (head to toe)
How to focus a camera like a pro
trucking
Tilt
36. The person who determines the environment where the production takes place.
Green Rooms
Grunts
Video Shader
Set Production Designer
37. A camera view of the subject from a relatively great distance - usually showing the subject in its entirety.
Tripod
AGC
Long shot (head to toe)
Foreground
38. A digital interface that allows the simultaneous transfer of audio and video information.
Firewire (IEE-1394)
White Balance
Tripod
Teleprompter Operartor
39. A method of representing video or audio signals using a 'wave' of continuously.
Interruptible Feedback
Analog
HD
Talent
40. The person who assembles raw footage into a final program.
Editor
Associate Director
Set Production Designer
Interruptible Feedback
41. helps with routine stuff - anything the director needs - timing of production
White Balance
Associate Director
Video Shader
Coaxial Cable
42. A series of digital television formats developed by the Advanced Television Systems Committee.
Set Production Designer
Pre-production
Servo
ATSC
43. A television format with more lines of resolution and a wider aspect ratio than standard-definition NTSC television.
O/S
Coaxial Cable
Pan
HDTV
44. 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.
Pan
Pre-production
Pedestal mount
Engineer
45. A three legged camera mount - sometimes equipped with casters to facilitate camera movement.
Macro focus
Tripod
Aspect Ratios
Associate Director
46. Sincerity - Organize--don't memorize cue cards - On camera clothing - Make-up and hair
Performer Tips
Tally light
Tally light
Graphics Operator
47. A camera shot that starts with one object in focus - then changes to focus on another object.
Field Production
Grunts
Interruptible Feedback
Rack focus
48. The space between the top of a subjects head and the upper edge of the camera frame.
Headroom
Talent
Teleprompter Operartor
Tally light
49. A person who oversees several production.
Servo
trucking
Associate Director
Executive Producer
50. Additional framing space in a camera picture on the side toward which a subject is looking or moving
Lead room
Post-Production
Angle of Elevation
VTR