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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. The part of a tape recorder or player that pulls the tape through the machine at the proper speed.
Set Production Designer
ECU
Engineer
Servo
2. The creator and originator of a television program - usually in charge of elements such as writing - music clearance - financial considerations - and hiring the director.
Producer
Art Director
Camera Operators
Art Director
3. The space between the top of a subjects head and the upper edge of the camera frame.
Headroom
Green Rooms
Director
ECU
4. 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.
AGC
Tripod
Lens
O/S
5. A person who oversees several production.
Executive Producer
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Talent
Producer
6. The person in charge of the creative aspects of a production and all the procedures that occur in the studio or field.
HD
AGC
VTR
Director
7. A person who oversees several production.
Pedestal mount
Teleprompter Operartor
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Executive Producer
8. A device used to record video and audio information onto a magnetic tape. Stands for videotape recorder
Rule of thirds
VTR
Pan
NTSC
9. 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
Talent
Engineer
Master Control
Lens
10. Additional framing space in a camera picture on the side toward which a subject is looking or moving
Lens
Editor
AGC
Lead room
11. A camera view of the subject from a relatively great distance usually showing the subject in its entirety.
long lens
Editor
Rule of thirds
Lead room
12. Camcorder is essential because this is when you are filming outdoors or not in a studio. 'real world' shooting
Field Production
White Balance
Talent
HD
13. 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.
Control Room
Coaxial Cable
crane
Editor
14. 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.
Technical Director
Producer
Production
crane
15. The person who determines the environment where the production takes place.
Director
VTR
Set Production Designer
Rule of thirds
16. helps with routine stuff - anything the director needs - timing of production
Headroom
Associate Director
Pre-production
Horizon Line
17. 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
crane
Producer
Engineer
18. Interns - Cable Pullers - 2nd Assistant Directors
Tally light
Talent
Grunts
Angle of Elevation
19. The original television standard approved in the United States in the 1940s. The letter stand for National Television System Committee.
NTSC
Field Production
Field Production
Director
20. 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.
Headroom
Pan
CU
trucking
21. ...
Rule of thirds
How to focus a camera like a pro
Production
Standard Definition
22. A feature found on some zoom lenses that allows the operator to focus on objects very close to the lens.
Technical Director
dolly
Studio Production
Macro focus
23. ...
How to focus a camera like a pro
Rule of thirds
Field Production
Interruptible Feedback
24. Indicates that the camera is level
Producer
Set Production Designer
Horizon Line
VTR
25. 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
crane
Grunts
ECU
26. 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.
long lens
The Studio
Lens
White Balance
27. To move the camera and its mount laterally to the right or left.
Tally light
trucking
Art Director
Pedestal mount
28. A view of the subject from a comfortable distance between a wide shot and close-up.
Foreground
Lens
Talent
Medium Shot (head to toe)
29. The part of a tape recorder or player that pulls the tape through the machine at the proper speed.
Camera Operators
trucking
Servo
Grunts
30. Sincerity - Organize--don't memorize cue cards - On camera clothing - Make-up and hair
Associate Director
Control Room
ECU
Performer Tips
31. A feature found on some zoom lenses that allows the operator to focus on objects very close to the lens.
Producer
Technical Director
Macro focus
Long shot (head to toe)
32. A method of representing video or audio signals using a 'wave' of continuously.
Long shot (head to toe)
Servo
Analog
Art Director
33. people who deliver lines
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Standard Definition
Talent
ATSC
34. 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
Set Production Designer
Coaxial Cable
Graphics Operator
35. An audio setup that allows the talent - wearing a small earpiece - to hear program audio or receive instruction from the director or someone.
Editor
Production
Pan
Interruptible Feedback
36. Makes sure camera match - lighting
Editor
Video Shader
The Studio
Grunts
37. To move the camera and its mount laterally to the right or left.
trucking
Studio Production
Headroom
White Balance
38. helps with routine stuff - anything the director needs - timing of production
Executive Producer
Associate Director
Pre-production
Horizon Line
39. combination of studio and field production. Sports - parades
How to focus a camera like a pro
Tilt
Lens
Remotes
40. The directors key assistant in charge of all production concerns on the floor. Example: communicate with talent
Master Control
Tilt
Field Production
Stage Manager
41. A method of representing video or audio signals using a 'wave' of continuously.
Firewire (IEE-1394)
dolly
Analog
Master Control
42. The ratio of the height of a television screen to its width.
Digital
Aspect Ratios
AGC
How to focus a camera like a pro
43. The person in charge of the creative aspects of a production and all the procedures that occur in the studio or field.
Remotes
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Director
Producer
44. punched switcher
Technical Director
ATSC
Graphics Operator
Pan
45. punched switcher
Video Shader
Technical Director
Graphics Operator
Pan
46. A person who creates words - drawings and some visual effects that are incorporated with a production.
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Graphics Operator
Horizon Line
Talent
47. 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)
Digital
AGC
Technical Director
Grunts
48. 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
Rule of thirds
White Balance
Teleprompter Operartor
49. A digital interface that allows the simultaneous transfer of audio and video information.
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Set Production Designer
Angle of Elevation
Post-Production
50. Over the shoulder
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Control Room
Servo
O/S