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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. The creator and originator of a television program - usually in charge of elements such as writing - music clearance - financial considerations - and hiring the director.
Production
NTSC
Digital
Producer
2. 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.
Lens
Master Control
Horizon Line
Firewire (IEE-1394)
3. A digital interface that allows the simultaneous transfer of audio and video information.
Set Production Designer
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Digital
Lens
4. 1) To turn a camera horizontally by rotating the camera mounting head. 2) The shot produced by panning a camera. 3) A rectangular floodlight
Technical Director
Engineer
Pan
AGC
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
Associate Director
trucking
Pan
Remotes
6. A camera shot that starts with one object in focus - then changes to focus on another object.
Rack focus
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Technical Director
Set Production Designer
7. The original television standard approved in the United States in the 1940s. The letter stand for National Television System Committee.
NTSC
Lighting Director
Iris
Production
8. The person who oversees the lighting of the set and makes lighting changes - if they are needed - during production.
Lighting Director
Angle of Elevation
Iris
Foreground
9. A television format with more lines of resolution and a wider aspect ratio than standard-definition NTSC television.
Rack focus
HDTV
Production
Director
10. The stage during which all the shooting for a program is undertaken.
Production
Horizon Line
Associate Director
Analog
11. Camera and video cable with a central insulted conducting wire and a concentrically arranged outer wire.
Engineer
Coaxial Cable
Director
Aspect Ratios
12. The person who frames the shots for a production. Must have knowledge of camera - lens - angles
Camera Operators
Lens
NTSC
Rack focus
13. Planning the project
Editor
Pre-production
Tally light
Technical Director
14. An audio setup that allows the talent - wearing a small earpiece - to hear program audio or receive instruction from the director or someone.
Editor
Remotes
Lighting Director
Interruptible Feedback
15. 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
Post-Production
Interruptible Feedback
Tally light
16. 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.
White Balance
HDTV
Lighting Director
Interruptible Feedback
17. 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
Executive Producer
Video Shader
Lead room
18. The person who determines the environment where the production takes place.
Remotes
Set Production Designer
Stage Manager
Medium Shot (head to toe)
19. The stage during which all the shooting for a program is undertaken.
Associate Director
Talent
Macro focus
Production
20. 1) To pivot the camera vertically by pointing the camera mounting head up or down. 2) the shot produced by tilting a camera.
HDTV
Tilt
Lead room
Servo
21. people who deliver lines
Director
White Balance
Talent
Graphics Operator
22. The period of time - after individual program segments have been produced and recorded - when elements of a program are assembled.
Servo
Post-Production
Long shot (head to toe)
Set Production Designer
23. 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.
Angle of Elevation
Director
Pedestal mount
AGC
24. 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
Rule of thirds
Foreground
Teleprompter Operartor
25. Sincerity - Organize--don't memorize cue cards - On camera clothing - Make-up and hair
Tilt
Angle of Elevation
Analog
Performer Tips
26. 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.
trucking
Iris
Talent
The Studio
27. A method of representing video or audio signals using a 'wave' of continuously.
HDTV
VTR
Analog
How to focus a camera like a pro
28. helps with routine stuff - anything the director needs - timing of production
Tilt
VTR
HDTV
Associate Director
29. To move the camera and its mount closer to or farther from the subject.
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Art Director
ECU
dolly
30. A series of digital television formats developed by the Advanced Television Systems Committee.
Pan
ATSC
Horizon Line
Art Director
31. A device used to record video and audio information onto a magnetic tape. Stands for videotape recorder
VTR
crane
Lens
Technical Director
32. Pointing the camera down or up
Angle of Elevation
O/S
Tally light
Horizon Line
33. Extreme close up- A very close shot of a person or object - used to intensify drama or show close detail.
NTSC
trucking
Pan
ECU
34. 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
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
HD
ECU
35. 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.
long lens
Field Production
The Studio
Coaxial Cable
36. helps with routine stuff - anything the director needs - timing of production
Editor
Art Director
Associate Director
Interruptible Feedback
37. Over the shoulder
Studio Production
The Studio
Medium Shot (head to toe)
O/S
38. Planning the project
Pre-production
Stage Manager
dolly
Horizon Line
39. A person who deals with the look of sets and other artistic aspects of a television program.
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Interruptible Feedback
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Art Director
40. 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.
Associate Director
crane
Performer Tips
ATSC
41. people who deliver lines
Remotes
long lens
Talent
O/S
42. A person who creates words - drawings and some visual effects that are incorporated with a production.
Studio Production
Horizon Line
Graphics Operator
ECU
43. creates great depth and interest
HD
Analog
Foreground
O/S
44. 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.
Green Rooms
long lens
Rule of thirds
Field Production
45. 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.
Lens
crane
Control Room
Pedestal mount
46. in control room
Engineer
Set Production Designer
long lens
Grunts
47. Camcorder is essential because this is when you are filming outdoors or not in a studio. 'real world' shooting
Field Production
AGC
trucking
Headroom
48. 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.
Pedestal mount
AGC
White Balance
HD
49. The creator and originator of a television program - usually in charge of elements such as writing - music clearance - financial considerations - and hiring the director.
HD
Lighting Director
Lead room
Producer
50. Program creation that takes place in a controlled environment meant for it - as opposed to production that takes place in the field
Stage Manager
Studio Production
Angle of Elevation
AGC