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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. combination of studio and field production. Sports - parades
Standard Definition
Lens
Pedestal mount
Remotes
2. small red indicators on a camera to let the talent and camera operator know that the camera is on the air or recording
Long shot (head to toe)
Tally light
Lead room
Executive Producer
3. A digital interface that allows the simultaneous transfer of audio and video information.
Headroom
Servo
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Stage Manager
4. To move the camera and its mount laterally to the right or left.
ECU
Aspect Ratios
trucking
Tally light
5. 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
Lead room
ATSC
Interruptible Feedback
6. A view of the subject from a comfortable distance between a wide shot and close-up.
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Green Rooms
Foreground
Pedestal mount
7. Extreme close up- A very close shot of a person or object - used to intensify drama or show close detail.
ECU
trucking
Green Rooms
Graphics Operator
8. small red indicators on a camera to let the talent and camera operator know that the camera is on the air or recording
Set Production Designer
Remotes
Lead room
Tally light
9. Extreme close up- A very close shot of a person or object - used to intensify drama or show close detail.
Technical Director
ECU
Angle of Elevation
Green Rooms
10. Pointing the camera down or up
Interruptible Feedback
Angle of Elevation
Servo
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
11. 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.
ECU
VTR
crane
Grunts
12. The person in charge of the creative aspects of a production and all the procedures that occur in the studio or field.
Art Director
Director
crane
Pre-production
13. Over the shoulder
CU
O/S
Pedestal mount
trucking
14. 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
Tilt
Pre-production
15. 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
Lens
ATSC
Foreground
Analog
16. 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.
Pre-production
Editor
AGC
Grunts
17. The period of time - after individual program segments have been produced and recorded - when elements of a program are assembled.
Post-Production
Horizon Line
AGC
VTR
18. 1) To pivot the camera vertically by pointing the camera mounting head up or down. 2) the shot produced by tilting a camera.
Post-Production
Tilt
Foreground
CU
19. Additional framing space in a camera picture on the side toward which a subject is looking or moving
Graphics Operator
The Studio
Lead room
trucking
20. in control room
Control Room
Talent
Servo
Engineer
21. A camera shot that starts with one object in focus - then changes to focus on another object.
Horizon Line
Lens
Rack focus
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
22. The person who oversees the lighting of the set and makes lighting changes - if they are needed - during production.
Interruptible Feedback
Lighting Director
Graphics Operator
Headroom
23. Camcorder is essential because this is when you are filming outdoors or not in a studio. 'real world' shooting
Foreground
Field Production
Aspect Ratios
Camera Operators
24. A person who deals with the look of sets and other artistic aspects of a television program.
Tripod
Art Director
Standard Definition
Aspect Ratios
25. Sincerity - Organize--don't memorize cue cards - On camera clothing - Make-up and hair
Performer Tips
Engineer
Video Shader
Technical Director
26. 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
ATSC
Master Control
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
27. 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)
Green Rooms
ECU
Digital
Standard Definition
28. Indicates that the camera is level
Horizon Line
Stage Manager
Graphics Operator
Producer
29. The original television standard approved in the United States in the 1940s. The letter stand for National Television System Committee.
The Studio
Performer Tips
dolly
NTSC
30. The part of a tape recorder or player that pulls the tape through the machine at the proper speed.
Associate Director
dolly
Servo
Set Production Designer
31. A person who oversees several production.
Set Production Designer
Technical Director
Producer
Executive Producer
32. Camcorder is essential because this is when you are filming outdoors or not in a studio. 'real world' shooting
Field Production
O/S
Grunts
Rack focus
33. A person who creates words - drawings and some visual effects that are incorporated with a production.
VTR
Master Control
Graphics Operator
ATSC
34. 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.
Tilt
Master Control
ATSC
Headroom
35. ...
VTR
NTSC
Field Production
How to focus a camera like a pro
36. The directors key assistant in charge of all production concerns on the floor. Example: communicate with talent
Pan
trucking
Stage Manager
Standard Definition
37. A television format with more lines of resolution and a wider aspect ratio than standard-definition NTSC television.
Teleprompter Operartor
NTSC
Field Production
HD
38. punched switcher
Technical Director
Interruptible Feedback
Control Room
O/S
39. The person who determines the environment where the production takes place.
NTSC
Set Production Designer
Executive Producer
Digital
40. The area where all video signals are mixed. The director and technical director (and other crew members) control all program elements from this location.
Aspect Ratios
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Control Room
HD
41. The stage during which all the shooting for a program is undertaken.
Set Production Designer
Green Rooms
Production
Digital
42. The space between the top of a subjects head and the upper edge of the camera frame.
Headroom
Tally light
ECU
Camera Operators
43. The period of time - after individual program segments have been produced and recorded - when elements of a program are assembled.
Angle of Elevation
Long shot (head to toe)
Post-Production
Graphics Operator
44. To move the camera and its mount closer to or farther from the subject.
Pedestal mount
dolly
ATSC
long lens
45. 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
Remotes
NTSC
Firewire (IEE-1394)
46. The space between the top of a subjects head and the upper edge of the camera frame.
Video Shader
Headroom
Teleprompter Operartor
Talent
47. The person who frames the shots for a production. Must have knowledge of camera - lens - angles
Post-Production
Angle of Elevation
White Balance
Camera Operators
48. A series of digital television formats developed by the Advanced Television Systems Committee.
Production
ATSC
Rack focus
Macro focus
49. The place in a studio complex where people who are about to appear on a TV show can wait.
Interruptible Feedback
Green Rooms
Lead room
Coaxial Cable
50. The directors key assistant in charge of all production concerns on the floor. Example: communicate with talent
Master Control
Pedestal mount
Stage Manager
Production