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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
Interruptible Feedback
Lens
Tilt
Executive Producer
2. 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.
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Pedestal mount
crane
Engineer
3. Camcorder is essential because this is when you are filming outdoors or not in a studio. 'real world' shooting
Production
Field Production
Master Control
Foreground
4. A person who deals with the look of sets and other artistic aspects of a television program.
Graphics Operator
Art Director
Pedestal mount
Editor
5. The place in a studio complex where people who are about to appear on a TV show can wait.
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Green Rooms
long lens
Macro focus
6. A method of representing video or audio signals using a 'wave' of continuously.
White Balance
Analog
Production
Art Director
7. Indicates that the camera is level
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Rule of thirds
Camera Operators
Horizon Line
8. Over the shoulder
Rule of thirds
Pre-production
Green Rooms
O/S
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
Lens
Macro focus
Standard Definition
Executive Producer
10. Camcorder is essential because this is when you are filming outdoors or not in a studio. 'real world' shooting
Tilt
Field Production
Tally light
Foreground
11. Pointing the camera down or up
Post-Production
HD
long lens
Angle of Elevation
12. A three legged camera mount - sometimes equipped with casters to facilitate camera movement.
Lens
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Grunts
Tripod
13. 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.
Standard Definition
Video Shader
Editor
White Balance
14. Over the shoulder
Camera Operators
Tilt
Teleprompter Operartor
O/S
15. The person who oversees the lighting of the set and makes lighting changes - if they are needed - during production.
Lighting Director
Producer
Long shot (head to toe)
Macro focus
16. Indicates that the camera is level
Headroom
Post-Production
Horizon Line
Pedestal mount
17. A camera view of the subject from a relatively great distance usually showing the subject in its entirety.
long lens
Studio Production
Production
Iris
18. 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.
Grunts
Studio Production
crane
Control Room
19. creates great depth and interest
Coaxial Cable
Servo
Pedestal mount
Foreground
20. people who deliver lines
Angle of Elevation
Master Control
Talent
Camera Operators
21. Extreme close up- A very close shot of a person or object - used to intensify drama or show close detail.
ECU
Pan
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Executive Producer
22. The place in a studio complex where people who are about to appear on a TV show can wait.
Green Rooms
The Studio
Studio Production
Tilt
23. A device used to record video and audio information onto a magnetic tape. Stands for videotape recorder
Lens
VTR
long lens
Firewire (IEE-1394)
24. The part of a tape recorder or player that pulls the tape through the machine at the proper speed.
The Studio
Headroom
ECU
Servo
25. A camera view of the subject from a relatively great distance - usually showing the subject in its entirety.
Field Production
Post-Production
Long shot (head to toe)
Tripod
26. Additional framing space in a camera picture on the side toward which a subject is looking or moving
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Master Control
Lead room
Horizon Line
27. The directors key assistant in charge of all production concerns on the floor. Example: communicate with talent
Stage Manager
Editor
Lens
Angle of Elevation
28. 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
Remotes
Foreground
Standard Definition
29. A three legged camera mount - sometimes equipped with casters to facilitate camera movement.
Executive Producer
Tripod
Rule of thirds
The Studio
30. To move the camera and its mount closer to or farther from the subject.
dolly
Executive Producer
Macro focus
How to focus a camera like a pro
31. The directors key assistant in charge of all production concerns on the floor. Example: communicate with talent
The Studio
Stage Manager
Graphics Operator
VTR
32. 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
Pan
long lens
Medium Shot (head to toe)
33. The person who makes sure the script is appearing on the right part of the prompter screen so the talent can read it properly.
NTSC
Iris
Coaxial Cable
Teleprompter Operartor
34. The original television standard approved in the United States in the 1940s. The letter stand for National Television System Committee.
NTSC
Pedestal mount
Iris
Editor
35. A camera view of the subject from a relatively great distance - usually showing the subject in its entirety.
Long shot (head to toe)
Control Room
Producer
Remotes
36. 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
O/S
Analog
Analog
37. 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.
Aspect Ratios
Tilt
Field Production
Pedestal mount
38. A device used to record video and audio information onto a magnetic tape. Stands for videotape recorder
White Balance
Video Shader
Teleprompter Operartor
VTR
39. The creator and originator of a television program - usually in charge of elements such as writing - music clearance - financial considerations - and hiring the director.
Digital
Producer
CU
trucking
40. punched switcher
Foreground
Producer
NTSC
Technical Director
41. helps with routine stuff - anything the director needs - timing of production
Macro focus
Associate Director
Aspect Ratios
Executive Producer
42. A view of the subject from a comfortable distance between a wide shot and close-up.
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Headroom
Lead room
Remotes
43. A series of digital television formats developed by the Advanced Television Systems Committee.
Standard Definition
Rule of thirds
Long shot (head to toe)
ATSC
44. 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)
Video Shader
Digital
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Tally light
45. in control room
Interruptible Feedback
Teleprompter Operartor
Production
Engineer
46. 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.
Foreground
Editor
Lens
Rule of thirds
47. The space between the top of a subjects head and the upper edge of the camera frame.
Lighting Director
dolly
Associate Director
Headroom
48. The area where all video signals are mixed. The director and technical director (and other crew members) control all program elements from this location.
Control Room
Pre-production
Lead room
ATSC
49. The person who oversees the lighting of the set and makes lighting changes - if they are needed - during production.
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Lighting Director
Grunts
Graphics Operator
50. The ratio of the height of a television screen to its width.
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Aspect Ratios
CU
Camera Operators