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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. people who deliver lines
Master Control
Grunts
Talent
Lens
2. Makes sure camera match - lighting
White Balance
Lens
Video Shader
Analog
3. The person who oversees the lighting of the set and makes lighting changes - if they are needed - during production.
Camera Operators
Lighting Director
Standard Definition
Interruptible Feedback
4. people who deliver lines
Macro focus
Art Director
Pan
Talent
5. The ratio of the height of a television screen to its width.
Pan
Editor
NTSC
Aspect Ratios
6. A method of representing video or audio signals using a 'wave' of continuously.
Analog
Servo
Macro focus
crane
7. Over the shoulder
Producer
Foreground
Medium Shot (head to toe)
O/S
8. The person who frames the shots for a production. Must have knowledge of camera - lens - angles
Pre-production
Long shot (head to toe)
Camera Operators
Remotes
9. Planning the project
trucking
Technical Director
Production
Pre-production
10. The space between the top of a subjects head and the upper edge of the camera frame.
Graphics Operator
Headroom
Video Shader
Interruptible Feedback
11. Camcorder is essential because this is when you are filming outdoors or not in a studio. 'real world' shooting
Producer
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Field Production
Master Control
12. 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
Headroom
HD
Angle of Elevation
13. A person who oversees several production.
Executive Producer
Horizon Line
Rule of thirds
White Balance
14. A person who sets mics in a studio or location setting and/ or operates the audio console.
Performer Tips
Grunts
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
dolly
15. A television format with more lines of resolution and a wider aspect ratio than standard-definition NTSC television.
HD
Macro focus
Interruptible Feedback
Angle of Elevation
16. A person who creates words - drawings and some visual effects that are incorporated with a production.
Editor
Tally light
Graphics Operator
Lens
17. A television format with more lines of resolution and a wider aspect ratio than standard-definition NTSC television.
How to focus a camera like a pro
Coaxial Cable
Standard Definition
HDTV
18. A person who oversees several production.
Editor
Executive Producer
Tripod
Performer Tips
19. The person in charge of the creative aspects of a production and all the procedures that occur in the studio or field.
Director
Long shot (head to toe)
Macro focus
Set Production Designer
20. The part of the lens that allows light to pass through.
Headroom
Stage Manager
White Balance
Iris
21. Additional framing space in a camera picture on the side toward which a subject is looking or moving
Tripod
Studio Production
Lead room
Editor
22. Additional framing space in a camera picture on the side toward which a subject is looking or moving
Digital
Lighting Director
ECU
Lead room
23. A device used to record video and audio information onto a magnetic tape. Stands for videotape recorder
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Coaxial Cable
Master Control
VTR
24. The original television standard approved in the United States in the 1940s. The letter stand for National Television System Committee.
Associate Director
crane
NTSC
Performer Tips
25. The creator and originator of a television program - usually in charge of elements such as writing - music clearance - financial considerations - and hiring the director.
Associate Director
Headroom
Producer
Video Shader
26. The person who assembles raw footage into a final program.
Editor
O/S
Master Control
Rack focus
27. The person who determines the environment where the production takes place.
How to focus a camera like a pro
Teleprompter Operartor
Long shot (head to toe)
Set Production Designer
28. Camera and video cable with a central insulted conducting wire and a concentrically arranged outer wire.
Post-Production
AGC
Coaxial Cable
The Studio
29. A camera view of the subject from a relatively great distance - usually showing the subject in its entirety.
Tally light
NTSC
Tripod
Long shot (head to toe)
30. 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
Producer
Technical Director
Art Director
31. The directors key assistant in charge of all production concerns on the floor. Example: communicate with talent
Engineer
Digital
CU
Stage Manager
32. Interns - Cable Pullers - 2nd Assistant Directors
Pre-production
Grunts
Graphics Operator
Coaxial Cable
33. The place in a studio complex where people who are about to appear on a TV show can wait.
Green Rooms
Pre-production
Camera Operators
Tally light
34. To move the camera and its mount laterally to the right or left.
trucking
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Remotes
Coaxial Cable
35. An audio setup that allows the talent - wearing a small earpiece - to hear program audio or receive instruction from the director or someone.
Tilt
Interruptible Feedback
Editor
Engineer
36. An audio setup that allows the talent - wearing a small earpiece - to hear program audio or receive instruction from the director or someone.
Art Director
Interruptible Feedback
The Studio
dolly
37. 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.
Pan
HD
Video Shader
CU
38. A digital interface that allows the simultaneous transfer of audio and video information.
Lighting Director
Stage Manager
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Green Rooms
39. A series of digital television formats developed by the Advanced Television Systems Committee.
ATSC
Video Shader
Director
Horizon Line
40. creates great depth and interest
HDTV
Art Director
VTR
Foreground
41. The stage during which all the shooting for a program is undertaken.
Digital
Control Room
Pan
Production
42. Indicates that the camera is level
Horizon Line
ECU
HD
HDTV
43. A person who creates words - drawings and some visual effects that are incorporated with a production.
Graphics Operator
Rule of thirds
Director
HDTV
44. punched switcher
Lighting Director
Art Director
Director
Technical Director
45. 1) To pivot the camera vertically by pointing the camera mounting head up or down. 2) the shot produced by tilting a camera.
dolly
Tilt
Performer Tips
HD
46. A view of the subject from a comfortable distance between a wide shot and close-up.
Editor
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Performer Tips
Grunts
47. helps with routine stuff - anything the director needs - timing of production
Field Production
ECU
Associate Director
Tripod
48. Camera and video cable with a central insulted conducting wire and a concentrically arranged outer wire.
Producer
Coaxial Cable
HD
Headroom
49. A television format with more lines of resolution and a wider aspect ratio than standard-definition NTSC television.
Teleprompter Operartor
Lens
HD
Production
50. A television format with more lines of resolution and a wider aspect ratio than standard-definition NTSC television.
Tally light
CU
Associate Director
HDTV