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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. 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
Post-Production
Lead room
Lens
Pedestal mount
2. The part of the lens that allows light to pass through.
Standard Definition
Tripod
Iris
Medium Shot (head to toe)
3. Indicates that the camera is level
The Studio
Horizon Line
Lens
Associate Director
4. A method of representing video or audio signals using a 'wave' of continuously.
Lighting Director
Analog
Editor
Aspect Ratios
5. combination of studio and field production. Sports - parades
Remotes
Performer Tips
Production
Interruptible Feedback
6. A view of the subject from a comfortable distance between a wide shot and close-up.
Angle of Elevation
NTSC
Medium Shot (head to toe)
ATSC
7. A device used to record video and audio information onto a magnetic tape. Stands for videotape recorder
Associate Director
Pan
Long shot (head to toe)
VTR
8. 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
How to focus a camera like a pro
Digital
Green Rooms
9. in control room
O/S
ECU
Art Director
Engineer
10. A view of the subject from a comfortable distance between a wide shot and close-up.
Firewire (IEE-1394)
trucking
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Pan
11. Over the shoulder
Remotes
Lens
O/S
Associate Director
12. A camera view of the subject from a relatively great distance - usually showing the subject in its entirety.
Lead room
ECU
Long shot (head to toe)
Post-Production
13. Pointing the camera down or up
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Angle of Elevation
Horizon Line
Tally light
14. 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.
Associate Director
Pedestal mount
crane
Foreground
15. punched switcher
Technical Director
Master Control
crane
Tally light
16. The person who determines the environment where the production takes place.
Set Production Designer
Foreground
Stage Manager
O/S
17. Camera and video cable with a central insulted conducting wire and a concentrically arranged outer wire.
VTR
How to focus a camera like a pro
Studio Production
Coaxial Cable
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
Lens
O/S
Coaxial Cable
Analog
19. A television format with more lines of resolution and a wider aspect ratio than standard-definition NTSC television.
HD
The Studio
Set Production Designer
Producer
20. To move the camera and its mount closer to or farther from the subject.
Pedestal mount
Green Rooms
dolly
Executive Producer
21. 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)
Standard Definition
Graphics Operator
Analog
22. The stage during which all the shooting for a program is undertaken.
Coaxial Cable
HD
Talent
Production
23. A person who sets mics in a studio or location setting and/ or operates the audio console.
Camera Operators
Tripod
Angle of Elevation
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
24. The area where all video signals are mixed. The director and technical director (and other crew members) control all program elements from this location.
Teleprompter Operartor
Lighting Director
Grunts
Control Room
25. 1) To turn a camera horizontally by rotating the camera mounting head. 2) The shot produced by panning a camera. 3) A rectangular floodlight
Angle of Elevation
Director
Pan
Analog
26. A television format with more lines of resolution and a wider aspect ratio than standard-definition NTSC television.
Editor
Analog
Executive Producer
HDTV
27. An audio setup that allows the talent - wearing a small earpiece - to hear program audio or receive instruction from the director or someone.
Rack focus
The Studio
Interruptible Feedback
Tally light
28. A digital interface that allows the simultaneous transfer of audio and video information.
Firewire (IEE-1394)
VTR
Camera Operators
long lens
29. A person who oversees several production.
Executive Producer
Camera Operators
Production
trucking
30. The person who oversees the lighting of the set and makes lighting changes - if they are needed - during production.
Green Rooms
Engineer
Lighting Director
VTR
31. A series of digital television formats developed by the Advanced Television Systems Committee.
Macro focus
Field Production
Engineer
ATSC
32. The period of time - after individual program segments have been produced and recorded - when elements of a program are assembled.
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Editor
Post-Production
Engineer
33. A device used to record video and audio information onto a magnetic tape. Stands for videotape recorder
VTR
Field Production
Firewire (IEE-1394)
crane
34. Indicates that the camera is level
Standard Definition
How to focus a camera like a pro
Horizon Line
Graphics Operator
35. Interns - Cable Pullers - 2nd Assistant Directors
Master Control
CU
Rack focus
Grunts
36. A person who sets mics in a studio or location setting and/ or operates the audio console.
Rack focus
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Editor
37. 1) To pivot the camera vertically by pointing the camera mounting head up or down. 2) the shot produced by tilting a camera.
The Studio
Production
Tilt
Headroom
38. 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.
Lens
CU
Rack focus
White Balance
39. A camera shot that starts with one object in focus - then changes to focus on another object.
Rack focus
Pan
Lens
Studio Production
40. creates great depth and interest
Set Production Designer
long lens
Control Room
Foreground
41. 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.
Control Room
Green Rooms
Rack focus
The Studio
42. 1) To turn a camera horizontally by rotating the camera mounting head. 2) The shot produced by panning a camera. 3) A rectangular floodlight
AGC
Iris
Lighting Director
Pan
43. 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.
Video Shader
trucking
Rule of thirds
crane
44. A three legged camera mount - sometimes equipped with casters to facilitate camera movement.
Tripod
Long shot (head to toe)
VTR
Medium Shot (head to toe)
45. An audio setup that allows the talent - wearing a small earpiece - to hear program audio or receive instruction from the director or someone.
Editor
Aspect Ratios
Control Room
Interruptible Feedback
46. Planning the project
Aspect Ratios
Grunts
Pre-production
Digital
47. The person who oversees the lighting of the set and makes lighting changes - if they are needed - during production.
Director
Horizon Line
Executive Producer
Lighting Director
48. The person who assembles raw footage into a final program.
AGC
Pre-production
Director
Editor
49. 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.
Director
Master Control
Rule of thirds
Remotes
50. The part of a tape recorder or player that pulls the tape through the machine at the proper speed.
HD
Servo
Rack focus
Remotes