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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 period of time - after individual program segments have been produced and recorded - when elements of a program are assembled.
Macro focus
Remotes
Post-Production
Remotes
2. 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.
Technical Director
Technical Director
Foreground
Pedestal mount
3. people who deliver lines
Rack focus
Talent
Executive Producer
Editor
4. A person who deals with the look of sets and other artistic aspects of a television program.
Tilt
trucking
Standard Definition
Art Director
5. 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
Editor
CU
HD
6. The person who assembles raw footage into a final program.
Editor
long lens
CU
Art Director
7. To move the camera and its mount laterally to the right or left.
Tally light
trucking
Rule of thirds
Rule of thirds
8. 1) To pivot the camera vertically by pointing the camera mounting head up or down. 2) the shot produced by tilting a camera.
Tilt
Studio Production
HD
long lens
9. Makes sure camera match - lighting
Pan
Video Shader
dolly
Tripod
10. A person who oversees several production.
Associate Director
Lens
Analog
Executive Producer
11. Pointing the camera down or up
Field Production
Macro focus
Iris
Angle of Elevation
12. 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.
Tally light
The Studio
trucking
Standard Definition
13. Interns - Cable Pullers - 2nd Assistant Directors
Lens
Interruptible Feedback
Grunts
crane
14. A series of digital television formats developed by the Advanced Television Systems Committee.
CU
ATSC
VTR
CU
15. The ratio of the height of a television screen to its width.
Aspect Ratios
HD
Field Production
Interruptible Feedback
16. The area where all video signals are mixed. The director and technical director (and other crew members) control all program elements from this location.
Angle of Elevation
The Studio
Macro focus
Control Room
17. Sincerity - Organize--don't memorize cue cards - On camera clothing - Make-up and hair
Long shot (head to toe)
Performer Tips
Macro focus
Director
18. Camera and video cable with a central insulted conducting wire and a concentrically arranged outer wire.
White Balance
crane
Coaxial Cable
The Studio
19. The original television standard approved in the United States in the 1940s. The letter stand for National Television System Committee.
Executive Producer
NTSC
Grunts
Stage Manager
20. combination of studio and field production. Sports - parades
Engineer
AGC
CU
Remotes
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.
Technical Director
Tripod
Production
AGC
22. 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.
Associate Director
Angle of Elevation
Master Control
trucking
23. The part of a tape recorder or player that pulls the tape through the machine at the proper speed.
Technical Director
VTR
Servo
Long shot (head to toe)
24. ...
How to focus a camera like a pro
Headroom
CU
Pre-production
25. A three legged camera mount - sometimes equipped with casters to facilitate camera movement.
Tripod
Camera Operators
CU
Art Director
26. Extreme close up- A very close shot of a person or object - used to intensify drama or show close detail.
Headroom
Field Production
Iris
ECU
27. A series of digital television formats developed by the Advanced Television Systems Committee.
Analog
ATSC
Lighting Director
Aspect Ratios
28. To move the camera and its mount closer to or farther from the subject.
Production
dolly
Post-Production
Pre-production
29. A camera shot that starts with one object in focus - then changes to focus on another object.
Angle of Elevation
trucking
Digital
Rack focus
30. The person who frames the shots for a production. Must have knowledge of camera - lens - angles
Standard Definition
Camera Operators
Graphics Operator
O/S
31. 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.
The Studio
O/S
Tilt
trucking
32. The person who makes sure the script is appearing on the right part of the prompter screen so the talent can read it properly.
Teleprompter Operartor
ECU
crane
Control Room
33. The part of the lens that allows light to pass through.
Iris
Grunts
Production
Talent
34. A camera shot that starts with one object in focus - then changes to focus on another object.
Set Production Designer
Rack focus
NTSC
Engineer
35. Interns - Cable Pullers - 2nd Assistant Directors
crane
Grunts
Lighting Director
Green Rooms
36. Over the shoulder
Grunts
O/S
Engineer
Video Shader
37. A view of the subject from a comfortable distance between a wide shot and close-up.
Tripod
Executive Producer
How to focus a camera like a pro
Medium Shot (head to toe)
38. 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)
Camera Operators
Tilt
Producer
Digital
39. 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
Post-Production
Executive Producer
Art Director
40. small red indicators on a camera to let the talent and camera operator know that the camera is on the air or recording
Engineer
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Tally light
Executive Producer
41. The person in charge of the creative aspects of a production and all the procedures that occur in the studio or field.
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Production
Director
Medium Shot (head to toe)
42. The area where all video signals are mixed. The director and technical director (and other crew members) control all program elements from this location.
Master Control
Field Production
Control Room
Analog
43. Over the shoulder
dolly
O/S
ECU
HD
44. 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)
Producer
Master Control
Tripod
Digital
45. A person who deals with the look of sets and other artistic aspects of a television program.
Editor
Medium Shot (head to toe)
crane
Art Director
46. Program creation that takes place in a controlled environment meant for it - as opposed to production that takes place in the field
Master Control
Performer Tips
Digital
Studio Production
47. 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.
dolly
Studio Production
Rule of thirds
Analog
48. A television format with more lines of resolution and a wider aspect ratio than standard-definition NTSC television.
Talent
Engineer
HDTV
Interruptible Feedback
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
Tilt
Pan
Engineer
trucking
50. Makes sure camera match - lighting
Set Production Designer
Video Shader
NTSC
Headroom