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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.
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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. in control room
Engineer
Green Rooms
Aspect Ratios
Graphics Operator
2. helps with routine stuff - anything the director needs - timing of production
Iris
Remotes
Associate Director
Executive Producer
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.
Production
NTSC
Rule of thirds
Analog
4. The period of time - after individual program segments have been produced and recorded - when elements of a program are assembled.
Post-Production
Set Production Designer
Foreground
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
5. Extreme close up- A very close shot of a person or object - used to intensify drama or show close detail.
Horizon Line
ECU
HD
Master Control
6. A camera view of the subject from a relatively great distance - usually showing the subject in its entirety.
Long shot (head to toe)
Angle of Elevation
Executive Producer
Iris
7. The person who frames the shots for a production. Must have knowledge of camera - lens - angles
Pan
Standard Definition
Studio Production
Camera Operators
8. A feature found on some zoom lenses that allows the operator to focus on objects very close to the lens.
Field Production
Performer Tips
Macro focus
Associate Director
9. The part of the lens that allows light to pass through.
NTSC
Studio Production
Iris
Interruptible Feedback
10. 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.
Director
Performer Tips
Art Director
White Balance
11. creates great depth and interest
Foreground
Stage Manager
Executive Producer
Interruptible Feedback
12. ...
Lighting Director
long lens
Tilt
How to focus a camera like a pro
13. A person who deals with the look of sets and other artistic aspects of a television program.
Angle of Elevation
Iris
Foreground
Art Director
14. Interns - Cable Pullers - 2nd Assistant Directors
HDTV
Master Control
Field Production
Grunts
15. The creator and originator of a television program - usually in charge of elements such as writing - music clearance - financial considerations - and hiring the director.
Director
ATSC
Foreground
Producer
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.
Pedestal mount
Pan
Interruptible Feedback
AGC
17. A camera view of the subject from a relatively great distance usually showing the subject in its entirety.
CU
long lens
Director
The Studio
18. 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
Field Production
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Tripod
Lens
19. 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.
crane
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Iris
Control Room
20. The directors key assistant in charge of all production concerns on the floor. Example: communicate with talent
Stage Manager
Engineer
Master Control
AGC
21. people who deliver lines
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Control Room
Talent
Aspect Ratios
22. 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
Long shot (head to toe)
trucking
Producer
Lens
23. A series of digital television formats developed by the Advanced Television Systems Committee.
Grunts
Talent
Pan
ATSC
24. To move the camera and its mount closer to or farther from the subject.
Studio Production
VTR
Pedestal mount
dolly
25. The person who oversees the lighting of the set and makes lighting changes - if they are needed - during production.
Lighting Director
HDTV
White Balance
Rack focus
26. 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
Studio Production
Engineer
Technical Director
27. The part of a tape recorder or player that pulls the tape through the machine at the proper speed.
Servo
Set Production Designer
VTR
Lens
28. Makes sure camera match - lighting
crane
Video Shader
Green Rooms
Grunts
29. Extreme close up- A very close shot of a person or object - used to intensify drama or show close detail.
ECU
Foreground
Director
O/S
30. 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.
Servo
Executive Producer
The Studio
Technical Director
31. Interns - Cable Pullers - 2nd Assistant Directors
Control Room
Production
Grunts
HD
32. 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.
long lens
How to focus a camera like a pro
Macro focus
Rule of thirds
33. A digital interface that allows the simultaneous transfer of audio and video information.
Rack focus
Tripod
Art Director
Firewire (IEE-1394)
34. 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.
dolly
Rack focus
Control Room
Master Control
35. small red indicators on a camera to let the talent and camera operator know that the camera is on the air or recording
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Master Control
Tally light
Tripod
36. Indicates that the camera is level
Horizon Line
ATSC
Lead room
Rack focus
37. 1) To turn a camera horizontally by rotating the camera mounting head. 2) The shot produced by panning a camera. 3) A rectangular floodlight
Macro focus
Graphics Operator
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Pan
38. A person who sets mics in a studio or location setting and/ or operates the audio console.
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Rule of thirds
O/S
crane
39. ...
Green Rooms
Rule of thirds
How to focus a camera like a pro
ECU
40. combination of studio and field production. Sports - parades
Remotes
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Performer Tips
Tally light
41. The person who determines the environment where the production takes place.
White Balance
Analog
Art Director
Set Production Designer
42. The ratio of the height of a television screen to its width.
Camera Operators
Rack focus
Set Production Designer
Aspect Ratios
43. in control room
Engineer
ECU
Coaxial Cable
NTSC
44. A camera shot that starts with one object in focus - then changes to focus on another object.
Macro focus
Rack focus
Performer Tips
Medium Shot (head to toe)
45. A method of representing video or audio signals using a 'wave' of continuously.
Analog
Master Control
White Balance
Camera Operators
46. The space between the top of a subjects head and the upper edge of the camera frame.
Horizon Line
Headroom
HDTV
Performer Tips
47. 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.
Executive Producer
Pan
crane
Performer Tips
48. A person who oversees several production.
O/S
Lens
Executive Producer
Digital
49. The stage during which all the shooting for a program is undertaken.
Production
Foreground
Associate Director
HD
50. 1) To turn a camera horizontally by rotating the camera mounting head. 2) The shot produced by panning a camera. 3) A rectangular floodlight
Art Director
Rule of thirds
Pan
Tilt