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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.
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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 device used to record video and audio information onto a magnetic tape. Stands for videotape recorder
Teleprompter Operartor
VTR
Technical Director
O/S
2. A feature found on some zoom lenses that allows the operator to focus on objects very close to the lens.
Macro focus
Director
Lens
Set Production Designer
3. Indicates that the camera is level
Horizon Line
Production
Camera Operators
Post-Production
4. Extreme close up- A very close shot of a person or object - used to intensify drama or show close detail.
The Studio
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Video Shader
ECU
5. Over the shoulder
O/S
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Interruptible Feedback
Macro focus
6. 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.
The Studio
HD
Art Director
Standard Definition
7. 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.
ATSC
trucking
Long shot (head to toe)
Standard Definition
8. 1) To turn a camera horizontally by rotating the camera mounting head. 2) The shot produced by panning a camera. 3) A rectangular floodlight
Graphics Operator
Post-Production
dolly
Pan
9. The stage during which all the shooting for a program is undertaken.
Pan
Post-Production
Production
Green Rooms
10. people who deliver lines
Grunts
HDTV
Talent
Digital
11. To move the camera and its mount closer to or farther from the subject.
Lighting Director
dolly
O/S
Servo
12. 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.
Master Control
Rack focus
HD
Video Shader
13. The space between the top of a subjects head and the upper edge of the camera frame.
Long shot (head to toe)
Headroom
Engineer
Pan
14. 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
Performer Tips
Performer Tips
Servo
Lens
15. 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
AGC
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Tilt
16. Sincerity - Organize--don't memorize cue cards - On camera clothing - Make-up and hair
Lead room
Production
Interruptible Feedback
Performer Tips
17. A camera shot that starts with one object in focus - then changes to focus on another object.
Rack focus
Analog
Medium Shot (head to toe)
HDTV
18. in control room
long lens
ECU
Performer Tips
Engineer
19. 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.
Master Control
The Studio
How to focus a camera like a pro
Studio Production
20. 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
White Balance
Teleprompter Operartor
Standard Definition
21. A television format with more lines of resolution and a wider aspect ratio than standard-definition NTSC television.
Coaxial Cable
HD
Analog
Standard Definition
22. A digital interface that allows the simultaneous transfer of audio and video information.
Video Shader
Talent
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Engineer
23. 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.
Control Room
Coaxial Cable
Tally light
AGC
24. Over the shoulder
O/S
Rule of thirds
Iris
Foreground
25. 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
Tally light
HD
26. A person who oversees several production.
Talent
Rack focus
O/S
Executive Producer
27. The person in charge of the creative aspects of a production and all the procedures that occur in the studio or field.
Grunts
Aspect Ratios
trucking
Director
28. A view of the subject from a comfortable distance between a wide shot and close-up.
Pan
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Headroom
29. A method of representing video or audio signals using a 'wave' of continuously.
Headroom
HDTV
Analog
Remotes
30. Planning the project
How to focus a camera like a pro
Pre-production
Master Control
Aspect Ratios
31. people who deliver lines
Talent
Director
crane
Rack focus
32. The space between the top of a subjects head and the upper edge of the camera frame.
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Field Production
Headroom
Tripod
33. A device used to record video and audio information onto a magnetic tape. Stands for videotape recorder
Long shot (head to toe)
VTR
NTSC
Pre-production
34. The part of the lens that allows light to pass through.
Coaxial Cable
Pan
Standard Definition
Iris
35. 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.
Pedestal mount
Rule of thirds
Rule of thirds
Medium Shot (head to toe)
36. The person who determines the environment where the production takes place.
Set Production Designer
Control Room
Stage Manager
Aspect Ratios
37. A method of representing video or audio signals using a 'wave' of continuously.
crane
Analog
Pan
Video Shader
38. Pointing the camera down or up
Interruptible Feedback
NTSC
Angle of Elevation
Stage Manager
39. punched switcher
Technical Director
Studio Production
Green Rooms
NTSC
40. Camera and video cable with a central insulted conducting wire and a concentrically arranged outer wire.
Horizon Line
Macro focus
Coaxial Cable
Pan
41. The directors key assistant in charge of all production concerns on the floor. Example: communicate with talent
Stage Manager
Camera Operators
Angle of Elevation
Analog
42. A person who sets mics in a studio or location setting and/ or operates the audio console.
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Camera Operators
Set Production Designer
Pre-production
43. The original television standard approved in the United States in the 1940s. The letter stand for National Television System Committee.
Rule of thirds
Remotes
Field Production
NTSC
44. Additional framing space in a camera picture on the side toward which a subject is looking or moving
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Director
Rack focus
Lead room
45. 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.
The Studio
Post-Production
Macro focus
Rule of thirds
46. The ratio of the height of a television screen to its width.
Aspect Ratios
Standard Definition
Technical Director
The Studio
47. The person who frames the shots for a production. Must have knowledge of camera - lens - angles
Long shot (head to toe)
Teleprompter Operartor
Horizon Line
Camera Operators
48. Sincerity - Organize--don't memorize cue cards - On camera clothing - Make-up and hair
Teleprompter Operartor
Performer Tips
Tilt
Rack focus
49. The area where all video signals are mixed. The director and technical director (and other crew members) control all program elements from this location.
HDTV
Control Room
Angle of Elevation
Pedestal mount
50. combination of studio and field production. Sports - parades
White Balance
Grunts
Remotes
HDTV