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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. 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.
Headroom
Long shot (head to toe)
Video Shader
Pedestal mount
2. 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
Analog
Remotes
Long shot (head to toe)
3. The stage during which all the shooting for a program is undertaken.
Pre-production
Foreground
Production
dolly
4. A method of representing video or audio signals using a 'wave' of continuously.
Tally light
crane
Engineer
Analog
5. 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
Graphics Operator
Servo
crane
6. 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
dolly
Camera Operators
NTSC
7. 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.
Rule of thirds
O/S
Master Control
CU
8. A television format with more lines of resolution and a wider aspect ratio than standard-definition NTSC television.
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Engineer
HDTV
Set Production Designer
9. To move the camera and its mount closer to or farther from the subject.
Tally light
Pan
dolly
Digital
10. combination of studio and field production. Sports - parades
White Balance
Technical Director
Control Room
Remotes
11. 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
O/S
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Tripod
12. The place in a studio complex where people who are about to appear on a TV show can wait.
Foreground
Green Rooms
trucking
Macro focus
13. A camera view of the subject from a relatively great distance usually showing the subject in its entirety.
long lens
ATSC
Production
crane
14. punched switcher
Pedestal mount
Technical Director
Post-Production
Coaxial Cable
15. creates great depth and interest
Field Production
The Studio
Standard Definition
Foreground
16. 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.
Iris
Horizon Line
Green Rooms
Standard Definition
17. 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.
Graphics Operator
Master Control
Medium Shot (head to toe)
VTR
18. A camera view of the subject from a relatively great distance - usually showing the subject in its entirety.
HD
Long shot (head to toe)
Pedestal mount
trucking
19. A person who oversees several production.
Lead room
Executive Producer
Analog
ECU
20. To move the camera and its mount closer to or farther from the subject.
Post-Production
dolly
Rack focus
Digital
21. Planning the project
Director
Editor
Pre-production
Coaxial Cable
22. The person who assembles raw footage into a final program.
Executive Producer
crane
Editor
Set Production Designer
23. Sincerity - Organize--don't memorize cue cards - On camera clothing - Make-up and hair
Performer Tips
Lens
Pan
Digital
24. The person in charge of the creative aspects of a production and all the procedures that occur in the studio or field.
Video Shader
White Balance
Director
How to focus a camera like a pro
25. The space between the top of a subjects head and the upper edge of the camera frame.
Analog
VTR
HD
Headroom
26. people who deliver lines
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Talent
ATSC
Horizon Line
27. Pointing the camera down or up
Angle of Elevation
Grunts
dolly
Iris
28. A device used to record video and audio information onto a magnetic tape. Stands for videotape recorder
Performer Tips
Lighting Director
VTR
Stage Manager
29. Indicates that the camera is level
Horizon Line
Lens
Field Production
Tilt
30. To move the camera and its mount laterally to the right or left.
trucking
ATSC
Editor
Coaxial Cable
31. The space between the top of a subjects head and the upper edge of the camera frame.
HDTV
Long shot (head to toe)
Headroom
Analog
32. The directors key assistant in charge of all production concerns on the floor. Example: communicate with talent
HDTV
Stage Manager
VTR
Green Rooms
33. A camera shot that starts with one object in focus - then changes to focus on another object.
Art Director
Rack focus
Set Production Designer
Executive Producer
34. Additional framing space in a camera picture on the side toward which a subject is looking or moving
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Lead room
crane
Tally light
35. Camera and video cable with a central insulted conducting wire and a concentrically arranged outer wire.
Remotes
Coaxial Cable
long lens
HD
36. A method of representing video or audio signals using a 'wave' of continuously.
Analog
Grunts
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Headroom
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
O/S
NTSC
Pan
Tripod
38. 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.
Rack focus
Digital
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
crane
39. 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.
Pre-production
Studio Production
White Balance
Firewire (IEE-1394)
40. The original television standard approved in the United States in the 1940s. The letter stand for National Television System Committee.
Field Production
Digital
Technical Director
NTSC
41. A television format with more lines of resolution and a wider aspect ratio than standard-definition NTSC television.
O/S
Associate Director
Green Rooms
HD
42. creates great depth and interest
Foreground
Servo
Long shot (head to toe)
Art Director
43. A person who creates words - drawings and some visual effects that are incorporated with a production.
Graphics Operator
Interruptible Feedback
Long shot (head to toe)
Remotes
44. 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.
Analog
Stage Manager
Rule of thirds
CU
45. The person who determines the environment where the production takes place.
Servo
Teleprompter Operartor
long lens
Set Production Designer
46. The creator and originator of a television program - usually in charge of elements such as writing - music clearance - financial considerations - and hiring the director.
Pre-production
Lead room
dolly
Producer
47. Camera and video cable with a central insulted conducting wire and a concentrically arranged outer wire.
Set Production Designer
Tripod
Coaxial Cable
Angle of Elevation
48. A person who sets mics in a studio or location setting and/ or operates the audio console.
Production
Graphics Operator
Tripod
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
49. A view of the subject from a comfortable distance between a wide shot and close-up.
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Production
Medium Shot (head to toe)
AGC
50. A television format with more lines of resolution and a wider aspect ratio than standard-definition NTSC television.
Rule of thirds
HD
Lens
Rack focus