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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. A camera shot that starts with one object in focus - then changes to focus on another object.
CU
Rack focus
Pan
White Balance
2. The area where all video signals are mixed. The director and technical director (and other crew members) control all program elements from this location.
Lead room
Pan
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Control Room
3. people who deliver lines
Stage Manager
Post-Production
VTR
Talent
4. A method of representing video or audio signals using a 'wave' of continuously.
O/S
Analog
AGC
Control Room
5. The part of the lens that allows light to pass through.
Standard Definition
Pan
Servo
Iris
6. small red indicators on a camera to let the talent and camera operator know that the camera is on the air or recording
Lead room
Tally light
O/S
Field Production
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.
Pre-production
Performer Tips
CU
ECU
8. 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
ECU
Executive Producer
Headroom
9. in control room
Set Production Designer
Engineer
Green Rooms
Coaxial Cable
10. A view of the subject from a comfortable distance between a wide shot and close-up.
VTR
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Pedestal mount
Remotes
11. Extreme close up- A very close shot of a person or object - used to intensify drama or show close detail.
Studio Production
ECU
Lead room
crane
12. 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.
Iris
HDTV
Graphics Operator
crane
13. A camera view of the subject from a relatively great distance - usually showing the subject in its entirety.
White Balance
Long shot (head to toe)
Post-Production
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
14. 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.
Art Director
Pedestal mount
Horizon Line
White Balance
15. ...
How to focus a camera like a pro
Lead room
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Control Room
16. A method of representing video or audio signals using a 'wave' of continuously.
Art Director
Tripod
Analog
Digital
17. 1) To pivot the camera vertically by pointing the camera mounting head up or down. 2) the shot produced by tilting a camera.
Digital
Lens
Green Rooms
Tilt
18. 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
Tripod
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Engineer
19. A television format with more lines of resolution and a wider aspect ratio than standard-definition NTSC television.
Tripod
How to focus a camera like a pro
Camera Operators
HDTV
20. A digital interface that allows the simultaneous transfer of audio and video information.
Executive Producer
Remotes
Camera Operators
Firewire (IEE-1394)
21. 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.
Macro focus
dolly
Producer
Rule of thirds
22. helps with routine stuff - anything the director needs - timing of production
Horizon Line
Associate Director
Lead room
Lighting Director
23. An audio setup that allows the talent - wearing a small earpiece - to hear program audio or receive instruction from the director or someone.
Long shot (head to toe)
Interruptible Feedback
AGC
ATSC
24. A series of digital television formats developed by the Advanced Television Systems Committee.
HD
Rule of thirds
ATSC
Analog
25. creates great depth and interest
O/S
Foreground
Digital
White Balance
26. A camera view of the subject from a relatively great distance usually showing the subject in its entirety.
Set Production Designer
Master Control
long lens
ECU
27. Over the shoulder
Long shot (head to toe)
Performer Tips
O/S
ATSC
28. The stage during which all the shooting for a program is undertaken.
crane
Horizon Line
Associate Director
Production
29. The person who makes sure the script is appearing on the right part of the prompter screen so the talent can read it properly.
Aspect Ratios
Teleprompter Operartor
CU
Talent
30. The place in a studio complex where people who are about to appear on a TV show can wait.
Green Rooms
Lens
Coaxial Cable
VTR
31. A person who sets mics in a studio or location setting and/ or operates the audio console.
AGC
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Analog
Lighting Director
32. in control room
VTR
Engineer
Stage Manager
Video Shader
33. The period of time - after individual program segments have been produced and recorded - when elements of a program are assembled.
Post-Production
Pan
Set Production Designer
Graphics Operator
34. The stage during which all the shooting for a program is undertaken.
Post-Production
Grunts
How to focus a camera like a pro
Production
35. creates great depth and interest
Pan
Editor
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Foreground
36. combination of studio and field production. Sports - parades
Control Room
How to focus a camera like a pro
Tripod
Remotes
37. Planning the project
Producer
Firewire (IEE-1394)
dolly
Pre-production
38. Makes sure camera match - lighting
Headroom
Video Shader
Coaxial Cable
dolly
39. small red indicators on a camera to let the talent and camera operator know that the camera is on the air or recording
ECU
Producer
ATSC
Tally light
40. Indicates that the camera is level
Executive Producer
Horizon Line
Post-Production
White Balance
41. Indicates that the camera is level
Foreground
Horizon Line
Long shot (head to toe)
Digital
42. 1) To pivot the camera vertically by pointing the camera mounting head up or down. 2) the shot produced by tilting a camera.
Grunts
Production
Tilt
trucking
43. The person who determines the environment where the production takes place.
Set Production Designer
Producer
Foreground
Production
44. Planning the project
CU
long lens
Pre-production
Production
45. helps with routine stuff - anything the director needs - timing of production
How to focus a camera like a pro
Associate Director
ATSC
Production
46. 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.
trucking
Pedestal mount
HD
Talent
47. Camera and video cable with a central insulted conducting wire and a concentrically arranged outer wire.
Coaxial Cable
Angle of Elevation
Set Production Designer
HDTV
48. Makes sure camera match - lighting
Video Shader
Pre-production
Camera Operators
Lens
49. The period of time - after individual program segments have been produced and recorded - when elements of a program are assembled.
Director
Horizon Line
Post-Production
Technical Director
50. The place in a studio complex where people who are about to appear on a TV show can wait.
ECU
Green Rooms
Production
Macro focus