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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. Makes sure camera match - lighting
dolly
O/S
Video Shader
Standard Definition
2. A person who oversees several production.
long lens
White Balance
Tally light
Executive Producer
3. 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
NTSC
Camera Operators
Tally light
4. people who deliver lines
Talent
Master Control
dolly
Field Production
5. 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.
Master Control
Interruptible Feedback
Standard Definition
Rule of thirds
6. Planning the project
HD
Tilt
Pre-production
Iris
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.
Control Room
Performer Tips
CU
Iris
8. ...
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Green Rooms
How to focus a camera like a pro
HDTV
9. in control room
NTSC
Engineer
Foreground
Angle of Elevation
10. A view of the subject from a comfortable distance between a wide shot and close-up.
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Pedestal mount
trucking
CU
11. The person who oversees the lighting of the set and makes lighting changes - if they are needed - during production.
Lighting Director
VTR
O/S
Angle of Elevation
12. Pointing the camera down or up
Angle of Elevation
Art Director
Rule of thirds
O/S
13. Program creation that takes place in a controlled environment meant for it - as opposed to production that takes place in the field
Stage Manager
Studio Production
Pre-production
Associate Director
14. The directors key assistant in charge of all production concerns on the floor. Example: communicate with talent
Stage Manager
ATSC
Set Production Designer
HD
15. The ratio of the height of a television screen to its width.
ATSC
Servo
Aspect Ratios
Stage Manager
16. Sincerity - Organize--don't memorize cue cards - On camera clothing - Make-up and hair
dolly
Pedestal mount
Performer Tips
Interruptible Feedback
17. A camera view of the subject from a relatively great distance usually showing the subject in its entirety.
Master Control
long lens
Servo
How to focus a camera like a pro
18. The ratio of the height of a television screen to its width.
Pan
Camera Operators
Aspect Ratios
HD
19. A camera view of the subject from a relatively great distance usually showing the subject in its entirety.
Tripod
long lens
Angle of Elevation
Camera Operators
20. 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.
Performer Tips
Analog
Medium Shot (head to toe)
White Balance
21. Additional framing space in a camera picture on the side toward which a subject is looking or moving
Horizon Line
Lead room
NTSC
crane
22. A digital interface that allows the simultaneous transfer of audio and video information.
White Balance
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Rule of thirds
Master Control
23. To move the camera and its mount closer to or farther from the subject.
Associate Director
dolly
Pedestal mount
How to focus a camera like a pro
24. small red indicators on a camera to let the talent and camera operator know that the camera is on the air or recording
CU
Lead room
Lighting Director
Tally light
25. A device used to record video and audio information onto a magnetic tape. Stands for videotape recorder
Digital
Lighting Director
VTR
Director
26. 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)
Producer
ATSC
Editor
Digital
27. The period of time - after individual program segments have been produced and recorded - when elements of a program are assembled.
White Balance
Tilt
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Post-Production
28. Extreme close up- A very close shot of a person or object - used to intensify drama or show close detail.
crane
trucking
ECU
Lens
29. A digital interface that allows the simultaneous transfer of audio and video information.
Executive Producer
O/S
Interruptible Feedback
Firewire (IEE-1394)
30. A television format with more lines of resolution and a wider aspect ratio than standard-definition NTSC television.
Camera Operators
Tripod
HDTV
Grunts
31. The person who determines the environment where the production takes place.
crane
Headroom
Set Production Designer
Pedestal mount
32. A camera view of the subject from a relatively great distance - usually showing the subject in its entirety.
Technical Director
Control Room
AGC
Long shot (head to toe)
33. The creator and originator of a television program - usually in charge of elements such as writing - music clearance - financial considerations - and hiring the director.
Servo
Producer
crane
AGC
34. A method of representing video or audio signals using a 'wave' of continuously.
VTR
Tripod
Technical Director
Analog
35. Pointing the camera down or up
Associate Director
Executive Producer
Angle of Elevation
ECU
36. 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
Grunts
HD
Stage Manager
37. Interns - Cable Pullers - 2nd Assistant Directors
Green Rooms
HDTV
Grunts
CU
38. Program creation that takes place in a controlled environment meant for it - as opposed to production that takes place in the field
Engineer
Editor
Studio Production
Field Production
39. The stage during which all the shooting for a program is undertaken.
Camera Operators
Executive Producer
Production
Rule of thirds
40. A feature found on some zoom lenses that allows the operator to focus on objects very close to the lens.
Rule of thirds
Macro focus
Editor
Rule of thirds
41. The area where all video signals are mixed. The director and technical director (and other crew members) control all program elements from this location.
HDTV
Analog
Control Room
CU
42. 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.
The Studio
Analog
Tilt
Servo
43. The original television standard approved in the United States in the 1940s. The letter stand for National Television System Committee.
Medium Shot (head to toe)
ATSC
NTSC
Servo
44. The part of the lens that allows light to pass through.
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Iris
Production
Technical Director
45. 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
Aspect Ratios
Pedestal mount
Lens
Rule of thirds
46. The part of a tape recorder or player that pulls the tape through the machine at the proper speed.
Pre-production
crane
Servo
Production
47. 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
How to focus a camera like a pro
AGC
CU
48. A feature found on some zoom lenses that allows the operator to focus on objects very close to the lens.
Master Control
Macro focus
Stage Manager
Medium Shot (head to toe)
49. A view of the subject from a comfortable distance between a wide shot and close-up.
Analog
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Control Room
How to focus a camera like a pro
50. A television format with more lines of resolution and a wider aspect ratio than standard-definition NTSC television.
HD
Rule of thirds
White Balance
Studio Production