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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 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
Tripod
Control Room
Lead room
2. 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.
Remotes
CU
Interruptible Feedback
Aspect Ratios
3. 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
Producer
The Studio
Lens
Aspect Ratios
4. The area where all video signals are mixed. The director and technical director (and other crew members) control all program elements from this location.
Talent
Control Room
Art Director
ECU
5. 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.
NTSC
Firewire (IEE-1394)
crane
Long shot (head to toe)
6. people who deliver lines
dolly
Talent
How to focus a camera like a pro
Production
7. creates great depth and interest
Video Shader
Standard Definition
Angle of Elevation
Foreground
8. in control room
Stage Manager
Technical Director
Engineer
Foreground
9. A method of representing video or audio signals using a 'wave' of continuously.
Iris
Master Control
Talent
Analog
10. A device used to record video and audio information onto a magnetic tape. Stands for videotape recorder
Production
VTR
Iris
The Studio
11. A camera view of the subject from a relatively great distance usually showing the subject in its entirety.
long lens
Teleprompter Operartor
Horizon Line
Remotes
12. 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.
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Pan
Rule of thirds
Post-Production
13. A person who sets mics in a studio or location setting and/ or operates the audio console.
Horizon Line
Control Room
Lead room
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
14. 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)
Iris
Servo
Pre-production
Digital
15. A television format with more lines of resolution and a wider aspect ratio than standard-definition NTSC television.
Technical Director
Studio Production
HD
Director
16. The ratio of the height of a television screen to its width.
Aspect Ratios
Standard Definition
Art Director
Associate Director
17. A series of digital television formats developed by the Advanced Television Systems Committee.
Tripod
Executive Producer
Grunts
ATSC
18. The person who determines the environment where the production takes place.
Digital
HDTV
Control Room
Set Production Designer
19. 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.
Control Room
ATSC
Lead room
Standard Definition
20. A television format with more lines of resolution and a wider aspect ratio than standard-definition NTSC television.
HD
Studio Production
Director
VTR
21. 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.
dolly
Pedestal mount
Rule of thirds
Associate Director
22. A person who creates words - drawings and some visual effects that are incorporated with a production.
Rule of thirds
Talent
Graphics Operator
Green Rooms
23. creates great depth and interest
Foreground
Tripod
Video Shader
Servo
24. Indicates that the camera is level
Engineer
VTR
dolly
Horizon Line
25. Sincerity - Organize--don't memorize cue cards - On camera clothing - Make-up and hair
Headroom
Executive Producer
Talent
Performer Tips
26. Indicates that the camera is level
Camera Operators
Studio Production
Technical Director
Horizon Line
27. The period of time - after individual program segments have been produced and recorded - when elements of a program are assembled.
Art Director
White Balance
Digital
Post-Production
28. The stage during which all the shooting for a program is undertaken.
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Aspect Ratios
Master Control
Production
29. The ratio of the height of a television screen to its width.
Aspect Ratios
Editor
Tripod
Coaxial Cable
30. 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)
ATSC
dolly
Digital
The Studio
31. A person who deals with the look of sets and other artistic aspects of a television program.
Art Director
Long shot (head to toe)
Set Production Designer
Lens
32. To move the camera and its mount closer to or farther from the subject.
Camera Operators
dolly
crane
O/S
33. 1) To turn a camera horizontally by rotating the camera mounting head. 2) The shot produced by panning a camera. 3) A rectangular floodlight
Post-Production
Remotes
Pan
AGC
34. Additional framing space in a camera picture on the side toward which a subject is looking or moving
Lead room
ECU
long lens
Production
35. The directors key assistant in charge of all production concerns on the floor. Example: communicate with talent
NTSC
Coaxial Cable
Stage Manager
Iris
36. A method of representing video or audio signals using a 'wave' of continuously.
long lens
Editor
Talent
Analog
37. The place in a studio complex where people who are about to appear on a TV show can wait.
dolly
Macro focus
Green Rooms
Field Production
38. Camera and video cable with a central insulted conducting wire and a concentrically arranged outer wire.
Coaxial Cable
Associate Director
Post-Production
Remotes
39. people who deliver lines
Macro focus
Coaxial Cable
Talent
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
40. Extreme close up- A very close shot of a person or object - used to intensify drama or show close detail.
ECU
Director
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
How to focus a camera like a pro
41. 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.
Talent
Standard Definition
Coaxial Cable
White Balance
42. Over the shoulder
Control Room
O/S
Post-Production
Camera Operators
43. The period of time - after individual program segments have been produced and recorded - when elements of a program are assembled.
Pedestal mount
Rule of thirds
Post-Production
Studio Production
44. Extreme close up- A very close shot of a person or object - used to intensify drama or show close detail.
ECU
HDTV
crane
Talent
45. Makes sure camera match - lighting
Interruptible Feedback
Remotes
Aspect Ratios
Video Shader
46. helps with routine stuff - anything the director needs - timing of production
Foreground
Associate Director
Graphics Operator
AGC
47. A camera view of the subject from a relatively great distance usually showing the subject in its entirety.
Green Rooms
long lens
Engineer
Grunts
48. helps with routine stuff - anything the director needs - timing of production
Long shot (head to toe)
ECU
Associate Director
Control Room
49. Camcorder is essential because this is when you are filming outdoors or not in a studio. 'real world' shooting
Pan
Field Production
Associate Director
Servo
50. 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
Grunts
Rack focus
Standard Definition