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Video Production Vocab
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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 method of timing a script by giving time remaining is called ____ timing.
30
Back
Floor manager
Iris
2. Some directors imagine that they are using their cameras to show their audience 'things as they are'
Gray
Live on tape
Illusion of reality
Writer
3. The crew member most responsible for timing the shows is the _____.
Production assistant
Mode Box
Assistant director
Gray
4. Generally sits next to the director in the control room and is responsible for operating the television production switcher.
Keying
Production assistant
Technical director or vision mixer
Z
5. The purpose of interlaced scanning is to prevent_____.
Incident
Flickering
Writer
Assistant director
6. There are appox. ___ frames of video per sec. analog NTSC TV.
Depth of field
30
Cutaway
Camera assistant
7. Using the script format - dialog should always be ____/_____ case.
Z
Assistant producer
Audio
Upper/lower
8. Responsible for writing the script
Keying
Writer
Live on tape
Camera's role
9. Camera is the 'eye' This is the objective role or the camera can be used in a subjective role. Camera represents the talent's point of view
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10. The system of lighting the subject brightly & leaving the backround in the darkness is called_____ lighting.
Lens
Editor
Cameo
Scene
11. Responsible for conceiving - designing - and organizing the scenic treatment for a production
30
Cut - dissolve - key - and fade
30
Set designer
12. On the Grass Valley Kayak switcher the down stream keyer always keys over the _______ bus.
Program
Component
Layered
Set designer
13. When we frame much tighter than head and shoulders this shot is an ____
Quartz
LS
-5db
XCU
14. The message # displayed on the chyron CG screen is usually the number of the ____ page.
Aspect
Next
Floor manager
Iris
15. A horizontal row of buttons on a video switcher is called a ____.
Bus
Camera as an observer
Red - blue - and green
5 -600 degrees
16. Black level is normally set at ____ IEEE units for analog video
Camera's role
7.5
30
Technical director or vision mixer
17. Sound effects info should be placed on the _____ side of the shooting script.
Upper/lower
Lens
Camera's role
Audio
18. The instrument which provides an objective measure of the luminance in a TV picture is the_______.
Waveform monitor
Floor manager
Upper/lower
Scene-by-scene
19. What kind of control panel is on the right side of the Chyron
Top
Keying
Properties
Cut - dissolve - key - and fade
20. The most common type of microphone used as a professional lavalier is the________.
Scene-by-scene
Videographer/Camera operator/photographer
Fade
Omni-directional condenser
21. The member of the production team mainly responsible for aesthetic matters is the______.
XCU
5 -600 degrees
Director
30
22. Set lights should always be hung with the lamp at the ___ of the instrument.
Top
Floor manager
Desktop
Assistant director
23. 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
Scene
Set designer
Linear and non-linear service
Video commands
24. The method of timing a script by giving time remaining is called ____ timing.
Live on tape
XCU
Back
Z
25. To send your message to the switcher - click on the_____ button at the top of the screen.
LIVE
Video commands
Bus
Back
26. The triggers for the Kayak Valley are ______ -_____ -_____ -and_____.
Iris
Set designer
Audio
Cut - dissolve - key - and fade
27. The ratio of the width of the screen to it's height is called the _____ ratio.
Properties
30
Production crew
Aspect
28. Some directors imagine that they are using their cameras to show their audience 'things as they are'
Pedestal
Cameo
Cut - dissolve - key - and fade
Illusion of reality
29. To seperate program information from station ID's and commercial we should prob use ____.
Fade
Z
Depth of field
SMPTE
30. The agency which sets industry standards for broadcasting TV equipment in the U.S is the_______.
-20
Top
Servo
SMPTE
31. The axis extending straight out from the camera lens is called the _ axis
Lens
Gray
720 -486
Z
32. When voice levels are peaked at 0db on an analog VU meter music should peak no higher than ____ when intended to be heard.
Director
-5db
XCU
Live
33. Responsible for designing and implementing the graphics for the production
Graphic Design/operator
Gray
Z
Video commands
34. In most cases the studio technician takes his/her cues from the _____ ________.
Incident
Video commands
Cameo
XCU
35. The ratio of the width of the screen to it's height is called the _____ ratio.
Scene-by-scene
Cameo
Program
Aspect
36. When uploading your prompter file you will be prompted to save the file you deleted (the blank script). Do you click yes or no?
No
Yoke
Desktop
Omni-directional condenser
37. A related shot used to cover mismatched shots in a singe camera production is called a ______.
Technical director or vision mixer
SMPTE
Writer
Cutaway
38. Responsible for the sound balance as well as the technical and artistic quality of the program sound
Servo
Audio Mixer/sound mixer/sound supervisor
LIVE
Live
39. Come in all sizes. Can consist of one person with a camera or network dramatic need a lot of people
Red - blue - and green
Yoke
Production crew
Assistant director
40. Assists the director or producer with production needs
Director
2/3
Production assistant
Illusion of reality
41. The axis extending straight out from the camera lens is called the _ axis
Set designer
Z
Camera assistant
5 -600 degrees
42. The best instrument to use for a TV key light is a(n) _____ light.
Producer
Fresnel
Videographer/Camera operator/photographer
Roll/crawl compose
43. Each scene or act is shot - corrected - and polished one at a time
Keying
Scene
No
Scene-by-scene
44. Transmitted live to the viewing audience
Live
720 -486
Cutaway
Keying
45. When voice levels are peaked at 0db on an analog VU meter music should peak no higher than ____ when intended to be heard.
Floor manager
Quartz
Scene
-5db
46. A series of shots that can stand alone is called a_____.
Scene
Red - blue - and green
Assistant producer
No
47. Dollying will decrease the _____ of ______.
Red - blue - and green
Depth of field
Floor manager
Cameo
48. Of the depth of field approxiamately ___ behind the subject.
LS
30
720 -486
2/3
49. The set unit commonly used to represent a wall is called a____.
Flat
Moving the light
Iris
Audio
50. The purpose of interlaced scanning is to prevent_____.
Flickering
7.5
Bus
Editor