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TV Production Basics
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Camcorder is essential because this is when you are filming outdoors or not in a studio. 'real world' shooting
Director
O/S
Field Production
dolly
2. A camera shot that starts with one object in focus - then changes to focus on another object.
AGC
crane
HD
Rack focus
3. 1) To turn a camera horizontally by rotating the camera mounting head. 2) The shot produced by panning a camera. 3) A rectangular floodlight
VTR
CU
Pan
Set Production Designer
4. The creator and originator of a television program - usually in charge of elements such as writing - music clearance - financial considerations - and hiring the director.
Coaxial Cable
Technical Director
Producer
Interruptible Feedback
5. 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.
Lens
Lighting Director
Tilt
Standard Definition
6. Interns - Cable Pullers - 2nd Assistant Directors
Grunts
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Set Production Designer
Tally light
7. The person who oversees the lighting of the set and makes lighting changes - if they are needed - during production.
dolly
Angle of Elevation
Pedestal mount
Lighting Director
8. 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.
Producer
Rule of thirds
Rule of thirds
Pedestal mount
9. A view of the subject from a comfortable distance between a wide shot and close-up.
Technical Director
Art Director
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Executive Producer
10. An audio setup that allows the talent - wearing a small earpiece - to hear program audio or receive instruction from the director or someone.
Green Rooms
Interruptible Feedback
Grunts
Aspect Ratios
11. small red indicators on a camera to let the talent and camera operator know that the camera is on the air or recording
Pre-production
Tally light
Macro focus
Pedestal mount
12. 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.
Control Room
Interruptible Feedback
Post-Production
Master Control
13. The person in charge of the creative aspects of a production and all the procedures that occur in the studio or field.
Director
long lens
Remotes
ECU
14. in control room
Editor
Engineer
Tally light
Post-Production
15. The period of time - after individual program segments have been produced and recorded - when elements of a program are assembled.
Post-Production
Engineer
NTSC
AGC
16. The period of time - after individual program segments have been produced and recorded - when elements of a program are assembled.
Grunts
Studio Production
Post-Production
Rule of thirds
17. Pointing the camera down or up
AGC
O/S
Angle of Elevation
Headroom
18. The directors key assistant in charge of all production concerns on the floor. Example: communicate with talent
Associate Director
Art Director
Stage Manager
Digital
19. Indicates that the camera is level
Studio Production
Master Control
Horizon Line
Rule of thirds
20. The person who determines the environment where the production takes place.
Lens
Set Production Designer
Tally light
White Balance
21. A camera shot that starts with one object in focus - then changes to focus on another object.
Tripod
Rack focus
Video Shader
AGC
22. A series of digital television formats developed by the Advanced Television Systems Committee.
NTSC
Editor
ATSC
ECU
23. creates great depth and interest
Control Room
Iris
Foreground
Video Shader
24. Makes sure camera match - lighting
Stage Manager
AGC
Video Shader
crane
25. A feature found on some zoom lenses that allows the operator to focus on objects very close to the lens.
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Macro focus
O/S
VTR
26. creates great depth and interest
Talent
Art Director
Foreground
Pre-production
27. The person who assembles raw footage into a final program.
Post-Production
Editor
Post-Production
Interruptible Feedback
28. A camera view of the subject from a relatively great distance - usually showing the subject in its entirety.
Pedestal mount
Teleprompter Operartor
Talent
Long shot (head to toe)
29. Over the shoulder
ATSC
Green Rooms
Iris
O/S
30. The space between the top of a subjects head and the upper edge of the camera frame.
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Lead room
Headroom
Field Production
31. A three legged camera mount - sometimes equipped with casters to facilitate camera movement.
Associate Director
Tripod
Remotes
Pedestal mount
32. Extreme close up- A very close shot of a person or object - used to intensify drama or show close detail.
Studio Production
Tilt
Lighting Director
ECU
33. combination of studio and field production. Sports - parades
Engineer
Video Shader
Aspect Ratios
Remotes
34. The original television standard approved in the United States in the 1940s. The letter stand for National Television System Committee.
Angle of Elevation
NTSC
Studio Production
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
35. The stage during which all the shooting for a program is undertaken.
Production
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Pan
Master Control
36. Camera and video cable with a central insulted conducting wire and a concentrically arranged outer wire.
Coaxial Cable
Grunts
Field Production
trucking
37. Extreme close up- A very close shot of a person or object - used to intensify drama or show close detail.
Aspect Ratios
Master Control
ECU
Pedestal mount
38. The place in a studio complex where people who are about to appear on a TV show can wait.
Green Rooms
Horizon Line
Engineer
Pedestal mount
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.
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Editor
White Balance
Tally light
40. The person in charge of the creative aspects of a production and all the procedures that occur in the studio or field.
Director
Associate Director
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Analog
41. people who deliver lines
Director
Lighting Director
Talent
Long shot (head to toe)
42. 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
Horizon Line
Lens
AGC
Camera Operators
43. helps with routine stuff - anything the director needs - timing of production
Associate Director
AGC
Production
Remotes
44. 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.
Lighting Director
Tripod
Green Rooms
crane
45. A view of the subject from a comfortable distance between a wide shot and close-up.
Tilt
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Engineer
Tally light
46. 1) To pivot the camera vertically by pointing the camera mounting head up or down. 2) the shot produced by tilting a camera.
Tilt
Headroom
Set Production Designer
Director
47. 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.
Iris
Talent
Rule of thirds
Pedestal mount
48. A person who deals with the look of sets and other artistic aspects of a television program.
Art Director
Tripod
Pre-production
long lens
49. A feature found on some zoom lenses that allows the operator to focus on objects very close to the lens.
Teleprompter Operartor
Macro focus
Technical Director
Pre-production
50. ...
Standard Definition
How to focus a camera like a pro
CU
Talent
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