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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 person who deals with the look of sets and other artistic aspects of a television program.
Editor
Art Director
Graphics Operator
Digital
2. A person who creates words - drawings and some visual effects that are incorporated with a production.
White Balance
Graphics Operator
dolly
trucking
3. creates great depth and interest
Foreground
Tilt
Pedestal mount
Analog
4. 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
Horizon Line
NTSC
Producer
5. small red indicators on a camera to let the talent and camera operator know that the camera is on the air or recording
Executive Producer
The Studio
Tally light
Camera Operators
6. 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)
Long shot (head to toe)
Lens
Digital
Art Director
7. Extreme close up- A very close shot of a person or object - used to intensify drama or show close detail.
Lens
Grunts
ECU
Coaxial Cable
8. The directors key assistant in charge of all production concerns on the floor. Example: communicate with talent
Pedestal mount
Engineer
Camera Operators
Stage Manager
9. The directors key assistant in charge of all production concerns on the floor. Example: communicate with talent
Stage Manager
Digital
VTR
Video Shader
10. people who deliver lines
Talent
long lens
Control Room
Pre-production
11. A person who sets mics in a studio or location setting and/ or operates the audio console.
Angle of Elevation
Graphics Operator
CU
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
12. The ratio of the height of a television screen to its width.
Aspect Ratios
Grunts
Executive Producer
Production
13. helps with routine stuff - anything the director needs - timing of production
Associate Director
ATSC
Rule of thirds
Rack focus
14. in control room
Rule of thirds
Servo
Engineer
Standard Definition
15. The original television standard approved in the United States in the 1940s. The letter stand for National Television System Committee.
Tally light
NTSC
VTR
crane
16. creates great depth and interest
Engineer
Producer
Foreground
VTR
17. combination of studio and field production. Sports - parades
Executive Producer
Remotes
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Director
18. The part of a tape recorder or player that pulls the tape through the machine at the proper speed.
Long shot (head to toe)
Servo
Graphics Operator
Video Shader
19. Over the shoulder
O/S
Coaxial Cable
Performer Tips
White Balance
20. A view of the subject from a comfortable distance between a wide shot and close-up.
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Producer
Rack focus
Teleprompter Operartor
21. The person who determines the environment where the production takes place.
Set Production Designer
Master Control
Lead room
Iris
22. Interns - Cable Pullers - 2nd Assistant Directors
dolly
Standard Definition
Aspect Ratios
Grunts
23. The period of time - after individual program segments have been produced and recorded - when elements of a program are assembled.
Pre-production
ATSC
Post-Production
White Balance
24. Indicates that the camera is level
Control Room
Lighting Director
The Studio
Horizon Line
25. Pointing the camera down or up
Grunts
Angle of Elevation
Lens
HD
26. Sincerity - Organize--don't memorize cue cards - On camera clothing - Make-up and hair
Macro focus
Standard Definition
Analog
Performer Tips
27. 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
VTR
O/S
Tally light
28. Additional framing space in a camera picture on the side toward which a subject is looking or moving
Tilt
Angle of Elevation
Lead room
Horizon Line
29. punched switcher
CU
Digital
Lighting Director
Technical Director
30. 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.
Pedestal mount
Teleprompter Operartor
Producer
dolly
31. A method of representing video or audio signals using a 'wave' of continuously.
Talent
Analog
ECU
Field Production
32. An audio setup that allows the talent - wearing a small earpiece - to hear program audio or receive instruction from the director or someone.
Technical Director
HDTV
Interruptible Feedback
Editor
33. The place in a studio complex where people who are about to appear on a TV show can wait.
Pan
Engineer
trucking
Green Rooms
34. A camera view of the subject from a relatively great distance usually showing the subject in its entirety.
Headroom
The Studio
Pedestal mount
long lens
35. A method of representing video or audio signals using a 'wave' of continuously.
Rack focus
Angle of Elevation
Control Room
Analog
36. A person who oversees several production.
ATSC
Executive Producer
Macro focus
ECU
37. 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.
Rack focus
dolly
Tilt
Standard Definition
38. The area where all video signals are mixed. The director and technical director (and other crew members) control all program elements from this location.
Field Production
Studio Production
Performer Tips
Control Room
39. Indicates that the camera is level
Graphics Operator
Master Control
Macro focus
Horizon Line
40. Sincerity - Organize--don't memorize cue cards - On camera clothing - Make-up and hair
Aspect Ratios
Standard Definition
The Studio
Performer Tips
41. Over the shoulder
Green Rooms
O/S
Green Rooms
Lens
42. A camera shot that starts with one object in focus - then changes to focus on another object.
Headroom
Pan
Rack focus
ATSC
43. The creator and originator of a television program - usually in charge of elements such as writing - music clearance - financial considerations - and hiring the director.
Talent
ECU
Producer
Lead room
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.
Tally light
Performer Tips
Control Room
ATSC
45. Planning the project
Long shot (head to toe)
Pre-production
HD
long lens
46. A television format with more lines of resolution and a wider aspect ratio than standard-definition NTSC television.
Rule of thirds
Video Shader
HDTV
Servo
47. Camera and video cable with a central insulted conducting wire and a concentrically arranged outer wire.
Performer Tips
Headroom
Coaxial Cable
Long shot (head to toe)
48. A device used to record video and audio information onto a magnetic tape. Stands for videotape recorder
Post-Production
CU
VTR
Teleprompter Operartor
49. 1) To pivot the camera vertically by pointing the camera mounting head up or down. 2) the shot produced by tilting a camera.
Performer Tips
Post-Production
Angle of Elevation
Tilt
50. 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.
Standard Definition
HD
Pre-production
The Studio