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TV Production Basics
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Program creation that takes place in a controlled environment meant for it - as opposed to production that takes place in the field
Studio Production
Green Rooms
Foreground
Talent
2. 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.
Post-Production
AGC
Art Director
Graphics Operator
3. 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)
Horizon Line
long lens
How to focus a camera like a pro
Digital
4. A person who sets mics in a studio or location setting and/ or operates the audio console.
Production
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Tally light
White Balance
5. The directors key assistant in charge of all production concerns on the floor. Example: communicate with talent
Stage Manager
long lens
Tilt
Teleprompter Operartor
6. The period of time - after individual program segments have been produced and recorded - when elements of a program are assembled.
Post-Production
Coaxial Cable
Headroom
Medium Shot (head to toe)
7. The person who oversees the lighting of the set and makes lighting changes - if they are needed - during production.
Pan
Lighting Director
O/S
ATSC
8. Planning the project
Servo
Camera Operators
Grunts
Pre-production
9. The area where all video signals are mixed. The director and technical director (and other crew members) control all program elements from this location.
Stage Manager
AGC
Servo
Control Room
10. The part of a tape recorder or player that pulls the tape through the machine at the proper speed.
ATSC
Production
Servo
AGC
11. punched switcher
Technical Director
Standard Definition
Production
crane
12. The person who assembles raw footage into a final program.
Editor
dolly
Standard Definition
Grunts
13. Over the shoulder
Headroom
Standard Definition
Master Control
O/S
14. The person in charge of the creative aspects of a production and all the procedures that occur in the studio or field.
Stage Manager
Horizon Line
Director
VTR
15. A person who deals with the look of sets and other artistic aspects of a television program.
long lens
Master Control
Art Director
NTSC
16. The space between the top of a subjects head and the upper edge of the camera frame.
Standard Definition
Headroom
White Balance
Master Control
17. Camcorder is essential because this is when you are filming outdoors or not in a studio. 'real world' shooting
Field Production
Coaxial Cable
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Interruptible Feedback
18. 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.
Control Room
Tally light
The Studio
Firewire (IEE-1394)
19. A method of representing video or audio signals using a 'wave' of continuously.
Analog
Graphics Operator
Long shot (head to toe)
Executive Producer
20. The person who assembles raw footage into a final program.
Teleprompter Operartor
Digital
Editor
trucking
21. A camera view of the subject from a relatively great distance - usually showing the subject in its entirety.
Iris
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Long shot (head to toe)
Pan
22. Extreme close up- A very close shot of a person or object - used to intensify drama or show close detail.
Angle of Elevation
Digital
ATSC
ECU
23. The person who makes sure the script is appearing on the right part of the prompter screen so the talent can read it properly.
Tilt
Studio Production
ECU
Teleprompter Operartor
24. A person who deals with the look of sets and other artistic aspects of a television program.
Art Director
NTSC
White Balance
Camera Operators
25. A method of representing video or audio signals using a 'wave' of continuously.
Grunts
Analog
Tilt
dolly
26. The space between the top of a subjects head and the upper edge of the camera frame.
Headroom
Production
Producer
AGC
27. in control room
Pan
Engineer
Long shot (head to toe)
Green Rooms
28. 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.
Stage Manager
Control Room
dolly
crane
29. A digital interface that allows the simultaneous transfer of audio and video information.
Angle of Elevation
Pedestal mount
Firewire (IEE-1394)
dolly
30. The person who determines the environment where the production takes place.
Set Production Designer
Art Director
Director
Editor
31. A digital interface that allows the simultaneous transfer of audio and video information.
Director
Master Control
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Aspect Ratios
32. punched switcher
Technical Director
Engineer
Performer Tips
Graphics Operator
33. 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.
Technical Director
Standard Definition
Aspect Ratios
ATSC
34. 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
dolly
ATSC
Studio Production
35. 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
Coaxial Cable
Aspect Ratios
long lens
36. helps with routine stuff - anything the director needs - timing of production
Associate Director
Aspect Ratios
Rule of thirds
Talent
37. Sincerity - Organize--don't memorize cue cards - On camera clothing - Make-up and hair
Performer Tips
Stage Manager
Lighting Director
Macro focus
38. An audio setup that allows the talent - wearing a small earpiece - to hear program audio or receive instruction from the director or someone.
Interruptible Feedback
Tripod
ATSC
CU
39. Camera and video cable with a central insulted conducting wire and a concentrically arranged outer wire.
Coaxial Cable
Iris
long lens
How to focus a camera like a pro
40. 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.
dolly
Video Shader
Field Production
White Balance
41. 1) To turn a camera horizontally by rotating the camera mounting head. 2) The shot produced by panning a camera. 3) A rectangular floodlight
Pan
ECU
Foreground
Engineer
42. A three legged camera mount - sometimes equipped with casters to facilitate camera movement.
Standard Definition
CU
HD
Tripod
43. A device used to record video and audio information onto a magnetic tape. Stands for videotape recorder
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Video Shader
HD
VTR
44. creates great depth and interest
Teleprompter Operartor
Digital
VTR
Foreground
45. A camera view of the subject from a relatively great distance usually showing the subject in its entirety.
Lead room
crane
long lens
Editor
46. A television format with more lines of resolution and a wider aspect ratio than standard-definition NTSC television.
ATSC
Aspect Ratios
Producer
HD
47. Sincerity - Organize--don't memorize cue cards - On camera clothing - Make-up and hair
White Balance
Iris
Performer Tips
Studio Production
48. Camcorder is essential because this is when you are filming outdoors or not in a studio. 'real world' shooting
Pan
Field Production
Post-Production
Editor
49. creates great depth and interest
Macro focus
Foreground
How to focus a camera like a pro
Editor
50. A person who creates words - drawings and some visual effects that are incorporated with a production.
Coaxial Cable
Set Production Designer
Lighting Director
Graphics Operator
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