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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. Interns - Cable Pullers - 2nd Assistant Directors
Tripod
White Balance
Video Shader
Grunts
2. A camera view of the subject from a relatively great distance usually showing the subject in its entirety.
crane
White Balance
long lens
Stage Manager
3. The stage during which all the shooting for a program is undertaken.
Technical Director
HD
Studio Production
Production
4. A camera shot that starts with one object in focus - then changes to focus on another object.
Editor
trucking
Rack focus
Digital
5. punched switcher
Engineer
Technical Director
Master Control
ATSC
6. Over the shoulder
long lens
O/S
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Medium Shot (head to toe)
7. Program creation that takes place in a controlled environment meant for it - as opposed to production that takes place in the field
Standard Definition
Studio Production
Macro focus
Pedestal mount
8. A camera view of the subject from a relatively great distance - usually showing the subject in its entirety.
dolly
Coaxial Cable
Long shot (head to toe)
Engineer
9. 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.
Rack focus
Master Control
Studio Production
AGC
10. The part of the lens that allows light to pass through.
Technical Director
Iris
Analog
Grunts
11. The original television standard approved in the United States in the 1940s. The letter stand for National Television System Committee.
HD
NTSC
Tilt
Technical Director
12. 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.
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Rack focus
CU
HD
13. Additional framing space in a camera picture on the side toward which a subject is looking or moving
Angle of Elevation
Production
Lead room
Interruptible Feedback
14. Camera and video cable with a central insulted conducting wire and a concentrically arranged outer wire.
Grunts
Director
Coaxial Cable
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
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
HDTV
Lighting Director
Teleprompter Operartor
16. 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.
Performer Tips
dolly
Rule of thirds
Horizon Line
17. A person who creates words - drawings and some visual effects that are incorporated with a production.
Remotes
Graphics Operator
Lead room
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
18. A feature found on some zoom lenses that allows the operator to focus on objects very close to the lens.
Macro focus
White Balance
Long shot (head to toe)
Video Shader
19. A camera shot that starts with one object in focus - then changes to focus on another object.
Rack focus
Teleprompter Operartor
Master Control
Talent
20. A digital interface that allows the simultaneous transfer of audio and video information.
White Balance
Interruptible Feedback
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Digital
21. The person who frames the shots for a production. Must have knowledge of camera - lens - angles
Camera Operators
Talent
Coaxial Cable
Lighting Director
22. Interns - Cable Pullers - 2nd Assistant Directors
Tilt
HD
Studio Production
Grunts
23. Pointing the camera down or up
trucking
Post-Production
Horizon Line
Angle of Elevation
24. Camcorder is essential because this is when you are filming outdoors or not in a studio. 'real world' shooting
Field Production
Remotes
Pre-production
Camera Operators
25. A television format with more lines of resolution and a wider aspect ratio than standard-definition NTSC television.
Post-Production
Coaxial Cable
HDTV
Standard Definition
26. A television format with more lines of resolution and a wider aspect ratio than standard-definition NTSC television.
Aspect Ratios
Aspect Ratios
Tripod
HD
27. creates great depth and interest
dolly
Associate Director
Foreground
Analog
28. 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
Servo
Graphics Operator
29. A device used to record video and audio information onto a magnetic tape. Stands for videotape recorder
Camera Operators
Technical Director
trucking
VTR
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)
Digital
Standard Definition
Pan
The Studio
31. A person who oversees several production.
Digital
Teleprompter Operartor
Servo
Executive Producer
32. The area where all video signals are mixed. The director and technical director (and other crew members) control all program elements from this location.
Tripod
Control Room
Director
Stage Manager
33. Planning the project
Grunts
Talent
Pre-production
Engineer
34. The person who makes sure the script is appearing on the right part of the prompter screen so the talent can read it properly.
CU
Director
Teleprompter Operartor
Associate Director
35. 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.
Iris
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Graphics Operator
White Balance
36. Extreme close up- A very close shot of a person or object - used to intensify drama or show close detail.
Control Room
Post-Production
ECU
Art Director
37. The period of time - after individual program segments have been produced and recorded - when elements of a program are assembled.
NTSC
Post-Production
Stage Manager
Control Room
38. Sincerity - Organize--don't memorize cue cards - On camera clothing - Make-up and hair
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Performer Tips
Green Rooms
Set Production Designer
39. A television format with more lines of resolution and a wider aspect ratio than standard-definition NTSC television.
Headroom
Interruptible Feedback
HD
Studio Production
40. Indicates that the camera is level
Engineer
Studio Production
Horizon Line
Performer Tips
41. A three legged camera mount - sometimes equipped with casters to facilitate camera movement.
Long shot (head to toe)
trucking
Tripod
Lighting Director
42. small red indicators on a camera to let the talent and camera operator know that the camera is on the air or recording
Tally light
How to focus a camera like a pro
Control Room
ECU
43. people who deliver lines
crane
Talent
CU
dolly
44. 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.
Pan
Grunts
Interruptible Feedback
AGC
45. 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.
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Standard Definition
Stage Manager
Studio Production
46. A series of digital television formats developed by the Advanced Television Systems Committee.
Teleprompter Operartor
Angle of Elevation
ATSC
Performer Tips
47. helps with routine stuff - anything the director needs - timing of production
Lighting Director
Associate Director
VTR
Rule of thirds
48. The directors key assistant in charge of all production concerns on the floor. Example: communicate with talent
Stage Manager
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Analog
Camera Operators
49. ...
Pan
Lead room
Performer Tips
How to focus a camera like a pro
50. punched switcher
Technical Director
Video Shader
Post-Production
HDTV