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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. Over the shoulder
O/S
Art Director
Analog
trucking
2. A camera shot that starts with one object in focus - then changes to focus on another object.
Rack focus
The Studio
Pan
Lead room
3. A television format with more lines of resolution and a wider aspect ratio than standard-definition NTSC television.
Grunts
Performer Tips
Tripod
HDTV
4. A camera view of the subject from a relatively great distance usually showing the subject in its entirety.
Performer Tips
long lens
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Iris
5. The area where all video signals are mixed. The director and technical director (and other crew members) control all program elements from this location.
trucking
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
White Balance
Control Room
6. 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
Standard Definition
Producer
Associate Director
7. A method of representing video or audio signals using a 'wave' of continuously.
AGC
Analog
Medium Shot (head to toe)
The Studio
8. A person who sets mics in a studio or location setting and/ or operates the audio console.
Master Control
NTSC
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
dolly
9. The original television standard approved in the United States in the 1940s. The letter stand for National Television System Committee.
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
NTSC
Teleprompter Operartor
Talent
10. in control room
Coaxial Cable
Foreground
HDTV
Engineer
11. The place in a studio complex where people who are about to appear on a TV show can wait.
Green Rooms
Servo
Director
Associate Director
12. 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)
Lead room
Digital
Firewire (IEE-1394)
HD
13. in control room
CU
Engineer
Interruptible Feedback
Lighting Director
14. An audio setup that allows the talent - wearing a small earpiece - to hear program audio or receive instruction from the director or someone.
Interruptible Feedback
White Balance
Analog
Firewire (IEE-1394)
15. Pointing the camera down or up
Editor
Control Room
Angle of Elevation
Headroom
16. punched switcher
CU
Technical Director
Digital
Tripod
17. The stage during which all the shooting for a program is undertaken.
O/S
Production
Lens
Angle of Elevation
18. The ratio of the height of a television screen to its width.
Angle of Elevation
Pedestal mount
ECU
Aspect Ratios
19. Camcorder is essential because this is when you are filming outdoors or not in a studio. 'real world' shooting
Field Production
Remotes
Post-Production
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
20. A camera view of the subject from a relatively great distance - usually showing the subject in its entirety.
Director
Camera Operators
Long shot (head to toe)
Green Rooms
21. 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.
Servo
Control Room
Pedestal mount
Post-Production
22. The directors key assistant in charge of all production concerns on the floor. Example: communicate with talent
Stage Manager
Talent
Lighting Director
Tilt
23. Planning the project
Stage Manager
Pre-production
Studio Production
Lead room
24. A three legged camera mount - sometimes equipped with casters to facilitate camera movement.
Production
Engineer
Tripod
Master Control
25. people who deliver lines
Producer
Talent
Art Director
trucking
26. The person who assembles raw footage into a final program.
Editor
Studio Production
Headroom
Standard Definition
27. 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)
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Stage Manager
Digital
Lead room
28. The person who assembles raw footage into a final program.
Editor
Horizon Line
CU
Lighting Director
29. A digital interface that allows the simultaneous transfer of audio and video information.
Producer
Green Rooms
Grunts
Firewire (IEE-1394)
30. The part of the lens that allows light to pass through.
Director
Iris
Set Production Designer
NTSC
31. Additional framing space in a camera picture on the side toward which a subject is looking or moving
HDTV
Pedestal mount
Horizon Line
Lead room
32. To move the camera and its mount closer to or farther from the subject.
Rule of thirds
Performer Tips
Graphics Operator
dolly
33. 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.
Associate Director
Macro focus
Master Control
Angle of Elevation
34. ...
How to focus a camera like a pro
Aspect Ratios
Standard Definition
Iris
35. The space between the top of a subjects head and the upper edge of the camera frame.
Tilt
Headroom
CU
Medium Shot (head to toe)
36. 1) To pivot the camera vertically by pointing the camera mounting head up or down. 2) the shot produced by tilting a camera.
VTR
Aspect Ratios
White Balance
Tilt
37. Indicates that the camera is level
NTSC
Horizon Line
How to focus a camera like a pro
Teleprompter Operartor
38. 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
O/S
crane
Lead room
39. The part of the lens that allows light to pass through.
Lead room
trucking
Post-Production
Iris
40. A person who creates words - drawings and some visual effects that are incorporated with a production.
Lens
Graphics Operator
dolly
Tripod
41. The part of a tape recorder or player that pulls the tape through the machine at the proper speed.
Tilt
Studio Production
long lens
Servo
42. 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.
CU
Pedestal mount
trucking
Lead room
43. Over the shoulder
Horizon Line
Director
Post-Production
O/S
44. Camcorder is essential because this is when you are filming outdoors or not in a studio. 'real world' shooting
HDTV
ATSC
NTSC
Field Production
45. A camera view of the subject from a relatively great distance - usually showing the subject in its entirety.
Macro focus
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Tripod
Long shot (head to toe)
46. A person who sets mics in a studio or location setting and/ or operates the audio console.
How to focus a camera like a pro
Performer Tips
Control Room
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
47. 1) To turn a camera horizontally by rotating the camera mounting head. 2) The shot produced by panning a camera. 3) A rectangular floodlight
Pan
Production
Iris
Grunts
48. Extreme close up- A very close shot of a person or object - used to intensify drama or show close detail.
Long shot (head to toe)
ECU
Grunts
Camera Operators
49. The person who makes sure the script is appearing on the right part of the prompter screen so the talent can read it properly.
Foreground
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Teleprompter Operartor
Control Room
50. Makes sure camera match - lighting
Lighting Director
Video Shader
Angle of Elevation
NTSC