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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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1. The part of the lens that allows light to pass through.
Green Rooms
Iris
Lighting Director
Tilt
2. The person in charge of the creative aspects of a production and all the procedures that occur in the studio or field.
Pan
Field Production
Rule of thirds
Director
3. The part of a tape recorder or player that pulls the tape through the machine at the proper speed.
Servo
Lighting Director
NTSC
Grunts
4. helps with routine stuff - anything the director needs - timing of production
Control Room
Associate Director
Remotes
Servo
5. 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)
The Studio
Interruptible Feedback
Digital
Horizon Line
6. Sincerity - Organize--don't memorize cue cards - On camera clothing - Make-up and hair
Firewire (IEE-1394)
long lens
Performer Tips
Standard Definition
7. 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.
VTR
Pre-production
Grunts
Rule of thirds
8. Extreme close up- A very close shot of a person or object - used to intensify drama or show close detail.
Rack focus
ECU
Field Production
Headroom
9. 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
ATSC
ATSC
HD
10. Extreme close up- A very close shot of a person or object - used to intensify drama or show close detail.
ECU
Master Control
Field Production
The Studio
11. 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.
ECU
Pedestal mount
Executive Producer
CU
12. 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.
How to focus a camera like a pro
Iris
Art Director
crane
13. Additional framing space in a camera picture on the side toward which a subject is looking or moving
Lead room
dolly
Headroom
Post-Production
14. A digital interface that allows the simultaneous transfer of audio and video information.
Field Production
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Master Control
Coaxial Cable
15. An audio setup that allows the talent - wearing a small earpiece - to hear program audio or receive instruction from the director or someone.
Interruptible Feedback
HD
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Firewire (IEE-1394)
16. The person who assembles raw footage into a final program.
Tally light
Editor
Lead room
Foreground
17. Over the shoulder
How to focus a camera like a pro
Rule of thirds
O/S
Production
18. Indicates that the camera is level
Analog
Production
Servo
Horizon Line
19. Over the shoulder
Pan
Remotes
O/S
Long shot (head to toe)
20. combination of studio and field production. Sports - parades
CU
Remotes
Lighting Director
Graphics Operator
21. The directors key assistant in charge of all production concerns on the floor. Example: communicate with talent
Stage Manager
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Set Production Designer
Graphics Operator
22. A feature found on some zoom lenses that allows the operator to focus on objects very close to the lens.
Technical Director
VTR
Studio Production
Macro focus
23. 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.
HD
Studio Production
Pedestal mount
Studio Production
24. Program creation that takes place in a controlled environment meant for it - as opposed to production that takes place in the field
Analog
Studio Production
NTSC
Tilt
25. The stage during which all the shooting for a program is undertaken.
Rack focus
Standard Definition
Aspect Ratios
Production
26. Program creation that takes place in a controlled environment meant for it - as opposed to production that takes place in the field
Coaxial Cable
Studio Production
Director
Associate Director
27. To move the camera and its mount closer to or farther from the subject.
Pre-production
dolly
Engineer
O/S
28. punched switcher
Technical Director
VTR
Grunts
trucking
29. The original television standard approved in the United States in the 1940s. The letter stand for National Television System Committee.
crane
NTSC
Art Director
Interruptible Feedback
30. people who deliver lines
Pan
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Technical Director
Talent
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.
Headroom
Servo
ATSC
The Studio
32. Interns - Cable Pullers - 2nd Assistant Directors
Grunts
Foreground
Production
Technical Director
33. Interns - Cable Pullers - 2nd Assistant Directors
Grunts
trucking
Camera Operators
Lighting Director
34. A digital interface that allows the simultaneous transfer of audio and video information.
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Set Production Designer
Lens
Analog
35. The person who oversees the lighting of the set and makes lighting changes - if they are needed - during production.
Lighting Director
Angle of Elevation
Interruptible Feedback
Coaxial Cable
36. 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.
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Control Room
Producer
Standard Definition
37. The person who determines the environment where the production takes place.
Field Production
Set Production Designer
Horizon Line
Video Shader
38. Makes sure camera match - lighting
Video Shader
Tilt
Lead room
Standard Definition
39. 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
NTSC
Editor
Technical Director
40. A person who creates words - drawings and some visual effects that are incorporated with a production.
NTSC
Lighting Director
Graphics Operator
Teleprompter Operartor
41. A series of digital television formats developed by the Advanced Television Systems Committee.
Coaxial Cable
ATSC
VTR
Rack focus
42. 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
HD
Interruptible Feedback
Lens
Video Shader
43. 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)
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Camera Operators
Digital
Graphics Operator
44. A television format with more lines of resolution and a wider aspect ratio than standard-definition NTSC television.
Angle of Elevation
HDTV
Remotes
Engineer
45. A camera shot that starts with one object in focus - then changes to focus on another object.
Foreground
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Rack focus
Rule of thirds
46. punched switcher
Master Control
Grunts
Engineer
Technical Director
47. small red indicators on a camera to let the talent and camera operator know that the camera is on the air or recording
Tally light
dolly
Executive Producer
Master Control
48. 1) To turn a camera horizontally by rotating the camera mounting head. 2) The shot produced by panning a camera. 3) A rectangular floodlight
Director
Camera Operators
Pan
Grunts
49. The creator and originator of a television program - usually in charge of elements such as writing - music clearance - financial considerations - and hiring the director.
VTR
Macro focus
Engineer
Producer
50. The person who oversees the lighting of the set and makes lighting changes - if they are needed - during production.
Set Production Designer
Lighting Director
Aspect Ratios
Stage Manager