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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. A camera view of the subject from a relatively great distance - usually showing the subject in its entirety.
Pan
Camera Operators
Long shot (head to toe)
Tripod
2. The person who frames the shots for a production. Must have knowledge of camera - lens - angles
Iris
long lens
Rule of thirds
Camera Operators
3. 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.
VTR
Engineer
Tripod
White Balance
4. A television format with more lines of resolution and a wider aspect ratio than standard-definition NTSC television.
NTSC
HD
Executive Producer
Studio Production
5. 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.
Rule of thirds
Post-Production
Tripod
Master Control
6. The area where all video signals are mixed. The director and technical director (and other crew members) control all program elements from this location.
trucking
Pedestal mount
Headroom
Control Room
7. The creator and originator of a television program - usually in charge of elements such as writing - music clearance - financial considerations - and hiring the director.
Post-Production
Servo
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Producer
8. A television format with more lines of resolution and a wider aspect ratio than standard-definition NTSC television.
Lead room
HDTV
Stage Manager
HD
9. The person who makes sure the script is appearing on the right part of the prompter screen so the talent can read it properly.
Technical Director
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Producer
Teleprompter Operartor
10. Camera and video cable with a central insulted conducting wire and a concentrically arranged outer wire.
Foreground
Performer Tips
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Coaxial Cable
11. The person in charge of the creative aspects of a production and all the procedures that occur in the studio or field.
Lighting Director
Director
Standard Definition
Lighting Director
12. Over the shoulder
How to focus a camera like a pro
O/S
Associate Director
Digital
13. The person who oversees the lighting of the set and makes lighting changes - if they are needed - during production.
Lighting Director
trucking
White Balance
AGC
14. Interns - Cable Pullers - 2nd Assistant Directors
ECU
Performer Tips
ATSC
Grunts
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
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Engineer
Lens
CU
16. Indicates that the camera is level
Lens
Production
Horizon Line
Headroom
17. The ratio of the height of a television screen to its width.
NTSC
Aspect Ratios
long lens
White Balance
18. Program creation that takes place in a controlled environment meant for it - as opposed to production that takes place in the field
Tally light
Studio Production
Executive Producer
long lens
19. The person who assembles raw footage into a final program.
Coaxial Cable
Editor
Grunts
Coaxial Cable
20. 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.
Producer
White Balance
Interruptible Feedback
Tally light
21. 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.
trucking
CU
AGC
Director
22. people who deliver lines
Servo
Grunts
Engineer
Talent
23. A camera shot that starts with one object in focus - then changes to focus on another object.
Macro focus
ATSC
Rack focus
Set Production Designer
24. Extreme close up- A very close shot of a person or object - used to intensify drama or show close detail.
ECU
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
dolly
25. A series of digital television formats developed by the Advanced Television Systems Committee.
ATSC
Executive Producer
Horizon Line
Set Production Designer
26. To move the camera and its mount laterally to the right or left.
HDTV
trucking
long lens
Horizon Line
27. The person in charge of the creative aspects of a production and all the procedures that occur in the studio or field.
Pan
How to focus a camera like a pro
Director
long lens
28. Program creation that takes place in a controlled environment meant for it - as opposed to production that takes place in the field
Control Room
How to focus a camera like a pro
Studio Production
Tripod
29. To move the camera and its mount laterally to the right or left.
Tripod
Director
trucking
Aspect Ratios
30. Interns - Cable Pullers - 2nd Assistant Directors
White Balance
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Angle of Elevation
Grunts
31. small red indicators on a camera to let the talent and camera operator know that the camera is on the air or recording
Green Rooms
Tally light
VTR
Production
32. A camera shot that starts with one object in focus - then changes to focus on another object.
NTSC
Rack focus
VTR
Rule of thirds
33. A feature found on some zoom lenses that allows the operator to focus on objects very close to the lens.
Macro focus
Pedestal mount
Graphics Operator
Editor
34. punched switcher
AGC
Analog
Technical Director
Production
35. Indicates that the camera is level
White Balance
Graphics Operator
Pan
Horizon Line
36. The period of time - after individual program segments have been produced and recorded - when elements of a program are assembled.
ECU
dolly
Post-Production
Analog
37. The person who makes sure the script is appearing on the right part of the prompter screen so the talent can read it properly.
Post-Production
Macro focus
Teleprompter Operartor
Performer Tips
38. A method of representing video or audio signals using a 'wave' of continuously.
dolly
Headroom
Director
Analog
39. Makes sure camera match - lighting
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Video Shader
crane
Editor
40. The person who frames the shots for a production. Must have knowledge of camera - lens - angles
Camera Operators
Executive Producer
Video Shader
Analog
41. 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)
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Digital
Associate Director
Camera Operators
42. A device used to record video and audio information onto a magnetic tape. Stands for videotape recorder
HD
Rule of thirds
Tally light
VTR
43. Planning the project
O/S
Master Control
Associate Director
Pre-production
44. The area where all video signals are mixed. The director and technical director (and other crew members) control all program elements from this location.
Control Room
White Balance
VTR
Studio Production
45. A digital interface that allows the simultaneous transfer of audio and video information.
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Digital
Tally light
CU
46. people who deliver lines
Talent
Teleprompter Operartor
Lighting Director
Graphics Operator
47. Camcorder is essential because this is when you are filming outdoors or not in a studio. 'real world' shooting
Performer Tips
Firewire (IEE-1394)
ECU
Field Production
48. Planning the project
Director
Long shot (head to toe)
Master Control
Pre-production
49. The directors key assistant in charge of all production concerns on the floor. Example: communicate with talent
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Coaxial Cable
Stage Manager
Set Production Designer
50. creates great depth and interest
HD
Lens
HD
Foreground