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Video Production Vocab
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Subject
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performing-arts
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The inverse square law would suggest that ______ the ____ is the most efficient method of making a mahor change in light intensity
Camera as an observer
SMPTE
Moving the light
Editor
2. A horizontal row of buttons on a video switcher is called a ____.
Bus
Live
Scene-by-scene
Writer
3. When we frame much tighter than head and shoulders this shot is an ____
XCU
Servo
Aspect
720 -486
4. The crew member most responsible for timing the shows is the _____.
Live on tape
Assistant director
Flat
Mode Box
5. The device ised to measute light intensity in the studio is the ______ light meter.
Production assistant
Cut - dissolve - key - and fade
Audio Mixer/sound mixer/sound supervisor
Incident
6. A horizontal row of buttons on a video switcher is called a ____.
Camera assistant
Single and Multi-Camera production
Bus
30
7. Responsible for assisting the director
Iris
Assistant Director
-20
Single and Multi-Camera production
8. Black level is normally set at ____ IEEE units for analog video
Cameo
Editor
XCU
7.5
9. Responsible for setting up their cameras and then operating the cameras to capture the video images requested by the director
Live on tape
Camera's role
Videographer/Camera operator/photographer
Quartz
10. When tone is set at 0VU on the master analog audio board - the audio record levels should be set at ______VU.
Production assistant
Layered
30
-20
11. To send your message to the switcher - click on the_____ button at the top of the screen.
Production assistant
Cameo
LIVE
Pedestal
12. All camera movements are designed by direction of movements of the ____.
LIVE
Upper/lower
Z
Lens
13. When voice levels are peaked at 0db on an analog VU meter music should peak no higher than ____ when intended to be heard.
Roll/crawl compose
-5db
Live
Production crew
14. The additive color mixing - the primary colors are ____ -____ - and _____.
Time
30
Floor manager
Red - blue - and green
15. The control usually used to adjust white levels is the____.
Iris
Writer
Time
Roll/crawl compose
16. Generally responsible for a specific production. Usually concerned with the business organization - budget - choice of staff and crew.
Producer
Production crew
Single and Multi-Camera production
Audio
17. The axis extending straight out from the camera lens is called the _ axis
XCU
Aspect
Producer
Z
18. The triggers for the Kayak Valley are ______ -_____ -_____ -and_____.
Component
Cut - dissolve - key - and fade
Fresnel
Upper/lower
19. What kind of control panel is on the right side of the Chyron
Back
30
Properties
30
20. Each scene or act is shot - corrected - and polished one at a time
Program
Scene-by-scene
Program
7.5
21. The floor manager holds his/her arm in a T shape to indicate __ seconds remaining.
30
Layered
7.5
7.5
22. The triggers for the Kayak Valley are ______ -_____ -_____ -and_____.
30
Cameo
Cut - dissolve - key - and fade
XCU
23. The most common type of microphone used as a professional lavalier is the________.
Camera as an observer
Flat
Bus
Omni-directional condenser
24. The agency which sets industry standards for broadcasting TV equipment in the U.S is the_______.
7.5
Production crew
Keying
SMPTE
25. Selects - compiles - and cuts video and audio to produce programs
Linear and non-linear service
No
Cameo
Editor
26. Responsible for setting up their cameras and then operating the cameras to capture the video images requested by the director
Fresnel
Videographer/Camera operator/photographer
Quartz
Audio Mixer/sound mixer/sound supervisor
27. When one camera is used to cut a hole in another camera picture to insert lettering the process is called ____.
Scene
Fade
Linear and non-linear service
Keying
28. The instrument which provides an objective measure of the luminance in a TV picture is the_______.
Writer
Set designer
Production crew
Waveform monitor
29. On the Grass Valley Kayak switcher the down stream keyer always keys over the _______ bus.
Flat
Roll/crawl compose
Writer
Program
30. Responsible for conceiving - designing - and organizing the scenic treatment for a production
5 -600 degrees
Back
Flickering
Set designer
31. The device ised to measute light intensity in the studio is the ______ light meter.
Incident
Camera as an observer
Top
-5db
32. The agency which sets industry standards for broadcasting TV equipment in the U.S is the_______.
Lens
Servo
Audio Mixer/sound mixer/sound supervisor
SMPTE
33. Generally responsible for a specific production. Usually concerned with the business organization - budget - choice of staff and crew.
Moving the light
Pedestal
Layered
Producer
34. The set unit commonly used to represent a wall is called a____.
Audio
No
Flat
30
35. Shows the scene from various viewpoints and begin to feel a sense of space as we build up a mental image of a situation although the camera is only showing us a small section of the scene in each shot
Production assistant
Assistant producer
Incident
Camera as an observer
36. The message # displayed on the chyron CG screen is usually the number of the ____ page.
Z
Mode Box
-20
Next
37. In order to create text to be rolled or crawled - the ___________button must be clicked BEFORE the text is created.-
Roll/crawl compose
Servo
Floor manager
Production crew
38. The method of timing a script by giving time remaining is called ____ timing.
Safe area
Back
Assistant director
Omni-directional condenser
39. To insure safety - it is most important that the ____ bolt on the lighting instrument always be kept tight.
Aspect
Yoke
Servo
Technical director or vision mixer
40. Each scene or act is shot - corrected - and polished one at a time
Scene-by-scene
Moving the light
Producer
2/3
41. When one camera is used to cut a hole in another camera picture to insert lettering the process is called ____.
Iris
Component
Illusion of reality
Keying
42. When uploading your prompter file you will be prompted to save the file you deleted (the blank script). Do you click yes or no?
Assistant producer
Layered
No
30
43. When voice levels are peaked at 0db on an analog VU meter music should peak no higher than ____ when intended to be heard.
Mode Box
7.5
Gray
-5db
44. To insure safety - it is most important that the ____ bolt on the lighting instrument always be kept tight.
Servo
Yoke
Safe area
Live
45. In order to create text to be rolled or crawled - the ___________button must be clicked BEFORE the text is created.-
Linear and non-linear service
Z
Lens
Roll/crawl compose
46. When inserting a picture - beforehand create or edit it to be ____pixels wide by ____ pixels high.
Scene-by-scene
Assistant Director
720 -486
Scene
47. Generally sits next to the director in the control room and is responsible for operating the television production switcher.
Quartz
Technical director or vision mixer
Mode Box
Audio Mixer/sound mixer/sound supervisor
48. TV is linear service which is broadcasting of a program where the network or station decides when the program will show. Non-linear service is making programs available for on-demand service
Illusion of reality
Fade
Linear and non-linear service
Lens
49. To seperate program information from station ID's and commercial we should prob use ____.
XCU
Fade
Roll/crawl compose
Iris
50. The control usually used to adjust white levels is the____.
Audio
Iris
Time
Component