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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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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. The floor manager holds his/her arm in a T shape to indicate __ seconds remaining.
Floor manager
Time
30
Floor manager
2. Come in all sizes. Can consist of one person with a camera or network dramatic need a lot of people
Production crew
LIVE
Live on tape
Single and Multi-Camera production
3. The purpose of interlaced scanning is to prevent_____.
Flickering
Gray
-20
Director
4. The ratio of the width of the screen to it's height is called the _____ ratio.
Keying
Properties
Aspect
Time
5. The device ised to measute light intensity in the studio is the ______ light meter.
Incident
Servo
Assistant director
Camera assistant
6. Black level is normally set at ____ IEEE units for analog video
Top
7.5
Production crew
Assistant producer
7. The device ised to measute light intensity in the studio is the ______ light meter.
Gray
Cutaway
Properties
Incident
8. To seperate program information from station ID's and commercial we should prob use ____.
Audio
Graphic Design/operator
Production crew
Fade
9. Using the script format - dialog should always be ____/_____ case.
Upper/lower
Incident
XCU
Safe area
10. There are appox. ___ frames of video per sec. analog NTSC TV.
XCU
Red - blue - and green
Safe area
30
11. The additive color mixing - the primary colors are ____ -____ - and _____.
Red - blue - and green
Iris
Upper/lower
720 -486
12. Set lights should always be hung with the lamp at the ___ of the instrument.
Top
Pedestal
Scene-by-scene
Video commands
13. Responsible for assisting the director
Assistant Director
Servo
Incident
Camera assistant
14. A series of shots that can stand alone is called a_____.
Scene
Depth of field
Cutaway
Safe area
15. Text and graphics are composed using a _____ system
Director
Red - blue - and green
Assistant Director
Layered
16. A related shot used to cover mismatched shots in a singe camera production is called a ______.
Keying
Component
Back
Cutaway
17. Generally responsible for a specific production. Usually concerned with the business organization - budget - choice of staff and crew.
Gray
Gray
Servo
Producer
18. There are appox. ___ frames of video per sec. analog NTSC TV.
Moving the light
30
Time
Linear and non-linear service
19. The average color temperature of sunlight on a clear day is ____ ______ calvin.
Component
Cutaway
5 -600 degrees
Cut - dissolve - key - and fade
20. When one camera is used to cut a hole in another camera picture to insert lettering the process is called ____.
Keying
Single and Multi-Camera production
Quartz
Depth of field
21. 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
Linear and non-linear service
Fresnel
Lens
7.5
22. All camera movements are designed by direction of movements of the ____.
Lens
Audio Mixer/sound mixer/sound supervisor
Cut - dissolve - key - and fade
Component
23. Generally responsible for a specific production. Usually concerned with the business organization - budget - choice of staff and crew.
Writer
Producer
Assistant Director
Component
24. Some directors imagine that they are using their cameras to show their audience 'things as they are'
Technical director or vision mixer
Videographer/Camera operator/photographer
Illusion of reality
No
25. The message # displayed on the chyron CG screen is usually the number of the ____ page.
Next
Waveform monitor
-5db
Aspect
26. Using the script format - dialog should always be ____/_____ case.
Upper/lower
Bus
Desktop
Top
27. The method of timing a script by giving time remaining is called ____ timing.
Program
Back
Incident
Camera's role
28. The crew member most responsible for timing the shows is the _____.
Cutaway
Z
Assistant director
Bus
29. Generally sits next to the director in the control room and is responsible for operating the television production switcher.
Technical director or vision mixer
LIVE
30
Videographer/Camera operator/photographer
30. 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
Videographer/Camera operator/photographer
Omni-directional condenser
Linear and non-linear service
Time
31. The control usually used to adjust white levels is the____.
Safe area
Iris
Top
Roll/crawl compose
32. Shot from beginning to end and recorded
-20
Live
Top
Live on tape
33. On the Grass Valley Kayak switcher the down stream keyer always keys over the _______ bus.
Live on tape
Program
Linear and non-linear service
Production assistant
34. When saving a CG make sure that 2D is selected in the ____ _____ of the Properties window.
Linear and non-linear service
Mode Box
Audio
Live
35. In order to create text to be rolled or crawled - the ___________button must be clicked BEFORE the text is created.-
LIVE
Editor
Roll/crawl compose
Top
36. The set unit commonly used to represent a wall is called a____.
Production assistant
Flat
5 -600 degrees
No
37. The triggers for the Kayak Valley are ______ -_____ -_____ -and_____.
Aspect
Linear and non-linear service
Back
Cut - dissolve - key - and fade
38. Video tape formats that record the luminance and chroma information at seperate locations are called ______ formats.
Audio Mixer/sound mixer/sound supervisor
Waveform monitor
Component
Camera assistant
39. When uploading a document for Win Que where should you put the file at?
7.5
Production assistant
Desktop
30
40. The most common type of microphone used as a professional lavalier is the________.
Red - blue - and green
Assistant director
XCU
Omni-directional condenser
41. When saving a CG make sure that 2D is selected in the ____ _____ of the Properties window.
Layered
2/3
Program
Mode Box
42. The purpose of interlaced scanning is to prevent_____.
5 -600 degrees
Z
Flickering
Omni-directional condenser
43. Transmitted live to the viewing audience
5 -600 degrees
Illusion of reality
-5db
Live
44. A horizontal row of buttons on a video switcher is called a ____.
Program
Back
Live
Bus
45. The best instrument to use for a TV key light is a(n) _____ light.
Camera assistant
Producer
2/3
Fresnel
46. Dollying will decrease the _____ of ______.
Yoke
Aspect
Cameo
Depth of field
47. On the Grass Valley Kayak switcher the down stream keyer always keys over the _______ bus.
Video commands
Audio Mixer/sound mixer/sound supervisor
Editor
Program
48. Black level is normally set at ____ IEEE units for analog video
Component
Omni-directional condenser
30
7.5
49. Responsible for assisting the director
Assistant Director
Producer
Aspect
LIVE
50. Responsible for setting up their cameras and then operating the cameras to capture the video images requested by the director
Graphic Design/operator
Fresnel
Assistant Director
Videographer/Camera operator/photographer