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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. A horizontal row of buttons on a video switcher is called a ____.
Next
Desktop
Cutaway
Bus
2. The ratio of the width of the screen to it's height is called the _____ ratio.
Fade
Desktop
Aspect
Keying
3. Responsible for the sound balance as well as the technical and artistic quality of the program sound
30
Audio Mixer/sound mixer/sound supervisor
Next
Red - blue - and green
4. The member of the production team mainly responsible for aesthetic matters is the______.
Flat
Back
Director
Safe area
5. Responsible for the sound balance as well as the technical and artistic quality of the program sound
Red - blue - and green
Audio Mixer/sound mixer/sound supervisor
Back
Mode Box
6. Shot from beginning to end and recorded
Camera as an observer
Technical director or vision mixer
Pedestal
Live on tape
7. The average color temperature of sunlight on a clear day is ____ ______ calvin.
30
5 -600 degrees
Set designer
Linear and non-linear service
8. The system of lighting the subject brightly & leaving the backround in the darkness is called_____ lighting.
SMPTE
Component
Audio Mixer/sound mixer/sound supervisor
Cameo
9. 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
Program
Cut - dissolve - key - and fade
Aspect
Linear and non-linear service
10. Transmitted live to the viewing audience
Cameo
Yoke
Live
Component
11. Responsible for designing and implementing the graphics for the production
Graphic Design/operator
Waveform monitor
Fade
Next
12. Black level is normally set at ____ IEEE units for analog video
Audio Mixer/sound mixer/sound supervisor
Camera as an observer
Videographer/Camera operator/photographer
7.5
13. A related shot used to cover mismatched shots in a singe camera production is called a ______.
Illusion of reality
Top
7.5
Cutaway
14. To send your message to the switcher - click on the_____ button at the top of the screen.
Flickering
Audio Mixer/sound mixer/sound supervisor
5 -600 degrees
LIVE
15. 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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16. Using the script format - dialog should always be ____/_____ case.
Cut - dissolve - key - and fade
Fade
Upper/lower
Servo
17. Responsible for writing the script
Illusion of reality
Set designer
Writer
Single and Multi-Camera production
18. The method of timing a script by giving time remaining is called ____ timing.
Upper/lower
Gray
Back
Director
19. Director's primary representative and contact when the director isn't on the set or in the studio.
Cameo
Cutaway
Waveform monitor
Floor manager
20. Selects - compiles - and cuts video and audio to produce programs
30
Editor
Depth of field
Live on tape
21. The set unit commonly used to represent a wall is called a____.
5 -600 degrees
Keying
Safe area
Flat
22. To seperate program information from station ID's and commercial we should prob use ____.
Quartz
Aspect
Live on tape
Fade
23. On the Grass Valley Kayak switcher the down stream keyer always keys over the _______ bus.
Program
Director
Yoke
Mode Box
24. To send your message to the switcher - click on the_____ button at the top of the screen.
Production crew
LIVE
Camera assistant
Program
25. The average color temperature of sunlight on a clear day is ____ ______ calvin.
Scene
30
5 -600 degrees
Time
26. A horizontal row of buttons on a video switcher is called a ____.
Safe area
Assistant producer
Bus
Assistant Director
27. The crew member most responsible for timing the shows is the _____.
Properties
30
Cutaway
Assistant director
28. Video tape formats that record the luminance and chroma information at seperate locations are called ______ formats.
Cut - dissolve - key - and fade
Single and Multi-Camera production
Component
Quartz
29. The axis extending straight out from the camera lens is called the _ axis
Safe area
Z
Camera's role
Aspect
30. The message # displayed on the chyron CG screen is usually the number of the ____ page.
Mode Box
Next
Camera's role
-5db
31. The inverse square law would suggest that ______ the ____ is the most efficient method of making a mahor change in light intensity
Moving the light
Audio
Next
Video commands
32. All camera movements are designed by direction of movements of the ____.
Lens
Gray
Live
720 -486
33. Of the depth of field approxiamately ___ behind the subject.
Assistant Director
Producer
Incident
2/3
34. When voice levels are peaked at 0db on an analog VU meter music should peak no higher than ____ when intended to be heard.
Writer
-5db
SMPTE
Cutaway
35. Generally sits next to the director in the control room and is responsible for operating the television production switcher.
Linear and non-linear service
Technical director or vision mixer
Quartz
Linear and non-linear service
36. In most cases the studio technician takes his/her cues from the _____ ________.
LS
Video commands
Flickering
Yoke
37. Come in all sizes. Can consist of one person with a camera or network dramatic need a lot of people
Production crew
Program
Back
720 -486
38. The VCR operator should call out 'speed' when the ____ indicator light remains on.
Next
Camera's role
Mode Box
Servo
39. The triggers for the Kayak Valley are ______ -_____ -_____ -and_____.
Component
Videographer/Camera operator/photographer
Quartz
Cut - dissolve - key - and fade
40. Text and graphics are composed using a _____ system
Assistant producer
Live on tape
Layered
Editor
41. The crew member most responsible for timing the shows is the _____.
Assistant director
Audio Mixer/sound mixer/sound supervisor
Back
XCU
42. The axis extending straight out from the camera lens is called the _ axis
Z
LS
Mode Box
Graphic Design/operator
43. Responsible for assisting the director
Pedestal
Assistant Director
Moving the light
Camera's role
44. When voice levels are peaked at 0db on an analog VU meter music should peak no higher than ____ when intended to be heard.
Component
-5db
Production assistant
Desktop
45. 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
Production assistant
LIVE
Assistant producer
Linear and non-linear service
46. 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
Scene
Mode Box
Camera as an observer
Fresnel
47. The control usually used to adjust white levels is the____.
Floor manager
Scene
Iris
Desktop
48. Responsible for assisting the camera operator in setting up the camera.
Time
Production crew
Videographer/Camera operator/photographer
Camera assistant
49. The floor manager holds his/her arm in a T shape to indicate __ seconds remaining.
30
Aspect
Layered
Fresnel
50. When we frame much tighter than head and shoulders this shot is an ____
Scene
XCU
Depth of field
LIVE