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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 device used to record video and audio information onto a magnetic tape. Stands for videotape recorder
VTR
O/S
Rule of thirds
HDTV
2. Indicates that the camera is level
Iris
Studio Production
long lens
Horizon Line
3. helps with routine stuff - anything the director needs - timing of production
HDTV
Tripod
Associate Director
Headroom
4. Extreme close up- A very close shot of a person or object - used to intensify drama or show close detail.
Green Rooms
Performer Tips
Long shot (head to toe)
ECU
5. The person in charge of the creative aspects of a production and all the procedures that occur in the studio or field.
O/S
Director
Pre-production
Executive Producer
6. A camera view of the subject from a relatively great distance - usually showing the subject in its entirety.
AGC
ATSC
Studio Production
Long shot (head to toe)
7. ...
Grunts
Teleprompter Operartor
Master Control
How to focus a camera like a pro
8. The person who assembles raw footage into a final program.
Producer
Editor
Production
Grunts
9. 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.
Foreground
NTSC
Standard Definition
Graphics Operator
10. in control room
White Balance
Engineer
Foreground
Production
11. An audio setup that allows the talent - wearing a small earpiece - to hear program audio or receive instruction from the director or someone.
Standard Definition
Director
CU
Interruptible Feedback
12. A camera view of the subject from a relatively great distance - usually showing the subject in its entirety.
Tilt
Field Production
Long shot (head to toe)
HDTV
13. 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.
Technical Director
The Studio
Coaxial Cable
Headroom
14. A method of representing video or audio signals using a 'wave' of continuously.
Pre-production
Technical Director
ECU
Analog
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
Lens
Tripod
Angle of Elevation
Engineer
16. 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.
Graphics Operator
AGC
Remotes
Medium Shot (head to toe)
17. small red indicators on a camera to let the talent and camera operator know that the camera is on the air or recording
Digital
Tally light
O/S
dolly
18. The person who determines the environment where the production takes place.
Producer
Editor
O/S
Set Production Designer
19. The stage during which all the shooting for a program is undertaken.
CU
Pre-production
Field Production
Production
20. 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
Digital
Production
Studio Production
21. Over the shoulder
Video Shader
Director
Pedestal mount
O/S
22. A digital interface that allows the simultaneous transfer of audio and video information.
Stage Manager
Green Rooms
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Video Shader
23. 1) To pivot the camera vertically by pointing the camera mounting head up or down. 2) the shot produced by tilting a camera.
ATSC
Tilt
ECU
trucking
24. A device used to record video and audio information onto a magnetic tape. Stands for videotape recorder
VTR
Pre-production
Graphics Operator
The Studio
25. A feature found on some zoom lenses that allows the operator to focus on objects very close to the lens.
How to focus a camera like a pro
Stage Manager
Macro focus
HD
26. Over the shoulder
O/S
Director
VTR
Servo
27. A person who oversees several production.
Executive Producer
Studio Production
Interruptible Feedback
ATSC
28. The person who frames the shots for a production. Must have knowledge of camera - lens - angles
Field Production
HD
Macro focus
Camera Operators
29. A person who sets mics in a studio or location setting and/ or operates the audio console.
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Teleprompter Operartor
VTR
Standard Definition
30. 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.
Aspect Ratios
CU
Standard Definition
Tally light
31. 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
Tilt
Editor
HD
Lens
32. 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.
Engineer
Executive Producer
The Studio
Stage Manager
33. Program creation that takes place in a controlled environment meant for it - as opposed to production that takes place in the field
Green Rooms
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Studio Production
Production
34. Makes sure camera match - lighting
trucking
Pre-production
Control Room
Video Shader
35. Sincerity - Organize--don't memorize cue cards - On camera clothing - Make-up and hair
Performer Tips
Production
dolly
Interruptible Feedback
36. 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)
Rule of thirds
Rule of thirds
Digital
Engineer
37. The space between the top of a subjects head and the upper edge of the camera frame.
Headroom
Foreground
Camera Operators
Grunts
38. The period of time - after individual program segments have been produced and recorded - when elements of a program are assembled.
The Studio
Post-Production
Camera Operators
ATSC
39. The directors key assistant in charge of all production concerns on the floor. Example: communicate with talent
Stage Manager
Analog
Rack focus
Video Shader
40. The part of a tape recorder or player that pulls the tape through the machine at the proper speed.
Servo
ECU
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Production
41. 1) To turn a camera horizontally by rotating the camera mounting head. 2) The shot produced by panning a camera. 3) A rectangular floodlight
Foreground
Pan
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Headroom
42. 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.
Standard Definition
White Balance
Teleprompter Operartor
Rule of thirds
43. 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.
How to focus a camera like a pro
AGC
ATSC
Producer
44. Additional framing space in a camera picture on the side toward which a subject is looking or moving
Headroom
Control Room
Lead room
Tilt
45. The person in charge of the creative aspects of a production and all the procedures that occur in the studio or field.
Coaxial Cable
Producer
Remotes
Director
46. The person who oversees the lighting of the set and makes lighting changes - if they are needed - during production.
Angle of Elevation
Lighting Director
dolly
Macro focus
47. Makes sure camera match - lighting
Teleprompter Operartor
Tilt
VTR
Video Shader
48. 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.
Master Control
Director
Tilt
Pedestal mount
49. A television format with more lines of resolution and a wider aspect ratio than standard-definition NTSC television.
Digital
HD
Camera Operators
Pan
50. The person who determines the environment where the production takes place.
HD
Pan
Video Shader
Set Production Designer