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TV Production Basics
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1. combination of studio and field production. Sports - parades
HD
Pedestal mount
Rack focus
Remotes
2. A person who sets mics in a studio or location setting and/ or operates the audio console.
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Standard Definition
Producer
Rack focus
3. 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.
Analog
Rule of thirds
Technical Director
Pre-production
4. The ratio of the height of a television screen to its width.
HD
Field Production
Aspect Ratios
Firewire (IEE-1394)
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.
Firewire (IEE-1394)
O/S
Master Control
Lead room
6. in control room
Engineer
Digital
Video Shader
ECU
7. The person in charge of the creative aspects of a production and all the procedures that occur in the studio or field.
Director
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Tripod
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
8. A view of the subject from a comfortable distance between a wide shot and close-up.
trucking
Performer Tips
Studio Production
Medium Shot (head to toe)
9. The person who oversees the lighting of the set and makes lighting changes - if they are needed - during production.
O/S
Teleprompter Operartor
Lighting Director
trucking
10. The creator and originator of a television program - usually in charge of elements such as writing - music clearance - financial considerations - and hiring the director.
dolly
AGC
Studio Production
Producer
11. Planning the project
dolly
Pre-production
Pan
VTR
12. To move the camera and its mount laterally to the right or left.
trucking
Pre-production
Rack focus
CU
13. small red indicators on a camera to let the talent and camera operator know that the camera is on the air or recording
Editor
trucking
Tally light
NTSC
14. The stage during which all the shooting for a program is undertaken.
Production
HD
Headroom
Tally light
15. A digital interface that allows the simultaneous transfer of audio and video information.
Tilt
Pre-production
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Lens
16. The part of a tape recorder or player that pulls the tape through the machine at the proper speed.
Servo
Analog
Control Room
Analog
17. 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.
Angle of Elevation
Analog
White Balance
Headroom
18. A three legged camera mount - sometimes equipped with casters to facilitate camera movement.
Tripod
trucking
Engineer
Lighting Director
19. The original television standard approved in the United States in the 1940s. The letter stand for National Television System Committee.
HDTV
Aspect Ratios
Long shot (head to toe)
NTSC
20. A method of representing video or audio signals using a 'wave' of continuously.
Technical Director
HD
AGC
Analog
21. 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.
Grunts
Green Rooms
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
White Balance
22. 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.
Set Production Designer
long lens
Standard Definition
Aspect Ratios
23. A three legged camera mount - sometimes equipped with casters to facilitate camera movement.
Tripod
VTR
Graphics Operator
Pre-production
24. A series of digital television formats developed by the Advanced Television Systems Committee.
ATSC
Talent
HDTV
Director
25. creates great depth and interest
Stage Manager
Foreground
VTR
Stage Manager
26. 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
Aspect Ratios
Associate Director
Director
27. Planning the project
Pre-production
Macro focus
White Balance
How to focus a camera like a pro
28. punched switcher
Technical Director
NTSC
Lighting Director
HDTV
29. The space between the top of a subjects head and the upper edge of the camera frame.
crane
Talent
Engineer
Headroom
30. A feature found on some zoom lenses that allows the operator to focus on objects very close to the lens.
Engineer
Foreground
Macro focus
HD
31. 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
HD
Analog
Tally light
32. punched switcher
Stage Manager
Technical Director
Pedestal mount
Medium Shot (head to toe)
33. ...
Interruptible Feedback
How to focus a camera like a pro
NTSC
Pan
34. A camera shot that starts with one object in focus - then changes to focus on another object.
long lens
Rack focus
Engineer
Set Production Designer
35. The part of the lens that allows light to pass through.
Iris
Servo
Master Control
Pre-production
36. The person who assembles raw footage into a final program.
Pre-production
trucking
Pan
Editor
37. A person who creates words - drawings and some visual effects that are incorporated with a production.
Graphics Operator
Green Rooms
Interruptible Feedback
Servo
38. The period of time - after individual program segments have been produced and recorded - when elements of a program are assembled.
Coaxial Cable
Set Production Designer
Post-Production
White Balance
39. 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
Post-Production
AGC
Technical Director
40. An audio setup that allows the talent - wearing a small earpiece - to hear program audio or receive instruction from the director or someone.
Long shot (head to toe)
Interruptible Feedback
ATSC
AGC
41. A person who deals with the look of sets and other artistic aspects of a television program.
Art Director
How to focus a camera like a pro
CU
Grunts
42. A digital interface that allows the simultaneous transfer of audio and video information.
Grunts
Set Production Designer
Servo
Firewire (IEE-1394)
43. ...
AGC
Headroom
Tripod
How to focus a camera like a pro
44. 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
Analog
HD
Graphics Operator
45. The person who makes sure the script is appearing on the right part of the prompter screen so the talent can read it properly.
Green Rooms
Foreground
Rule of thirds
Teleprompter Operartor
46. 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.
Coaxial Cable
crane
Lead room
Tilt
47. A television format with more lines of resolution and a wider aspect ratio than standard-definition NTSC television.
HD
Tripod
Technical Director
Horizon Line
48. A device used to record video and audio information onto a magnetic tape. Stands for videotape recorder
VTR
CU
Editor
Angle of Elevation
49. 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
ECU
Producer
Servo
50. Camera and video cable with a central insulted conducting wire and a concentrically arranged outer wire.
Coaxial Cable
VTR
Headroom
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