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Video Production Vocab

Subject : 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. Transmitted live to the viewing audience






2. The VCR operator should call out 'speed' when the ____ indicator light remains on.






3. The ratio of the width of the screen to it's height is called the _____ ratio.






4. 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






5. The device ised to measute light intensity in the studio is the ______ light meter.






6. All camera movements are designed by direction of movements of the ____.






7. Responsible for assisting the director






8. On the Chyron CG screen a transparent backround is shown as____






9. To insure safety - it is most important that the ____ bolt on the lighting instrument always be kept tight.






10. Set lights should always be hung with the lamp at the ___ of the instrument.






11. The method of timing a script by giving time remaining is called ____ timing.






12. Responsible for the sound balance as well as the technical and artistic quality of the program sound






13. Sound effects info should be placed on the _____ side of the shooting script.






14. The purpose of interlaced scanning is to prevent_____.






15. The message # displayed on the chyron CG screen is usually the number of the ____ page.






16. A related shot used to cover mismatched shots in a singe camera production is called a ______.






17. The additive color mixing - the primary colors are ____ -____ - and _____.






18. Dollying will decrease the _____ of ______.






19. In most cases the studio technician takes his/her cues from the _____ ________.






20. When tone is set at 0VU on the master analog audio board - the audio record levels should be set at ______VU.






21. Responsible for setting up their cameras and then operating the cameras to capture the video images requested by the director






22. The VCR operator should call out 'speed' when the ____ indicator light remains on.






23. When inserting a picture - beforehand create or edit it to be ____pixels wide by ____ pixels high.






24. What kind of control panel is on the right side of the Chyron






25. On the Grass Valley Kayak switcher the down stream keyer always keys over the _______ bus.






26. The set unit commonly used to represent a wall is called a____.






27. The best instrument to use for a TV key light is a(n) _____ light.






28. To send your message to the switcher - click on the_____ button at the top of the screen.






29. Shot from beginning to end and recorded






30. The control usually used to adjust white levels is the____.






31. All camera movements are designed by direction of movements of the ____.






32. The triggers for the Kayak Valley are ______ -_____ -_____ -and_____.






33. Each scene or act is shot - corrected - and polished one at a time






34. Generally responsible for a specific production. Usually concerned with the business organization - budget - choice of staff and crew.






35. The inverse square law would suggest that ______ the ____ is the most efficient method of making a mahor change in light intensity






36. To send your message to the switcher - click on the_____ button at the top of the screen.






37. Each scene or act is shot - corrected - and polished one at a time






38. The agency which sets industry standards for broadcasting TV equipment in the U.S is the_______.






39. We encode color infor in video by munipulating _____.






40. The area of the directors screen that can be counted on to be seen by the home viewer is called the_____.






41. Of the depth of field approxiamately ___ behind the subject.






42. Responsible for conceiving - designing - and organizing the scenic treatment for a production






43. Generally responsible for a specific production. Usually concerned with the business organization - budget - choice of staff and crew.






44. A horizontal row of buttons on a video switcher is called a ____.






45. To seperate program information from station ID's and commercial we should prob use ____.






46. 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






47. Video tape formats that record the luminance and chroma information at seperate locations are called ______ formats.






48. The most common type of lamp used in the TV studio lights is ____.






49. The floor manager holds his/her arm in a T shape to indicate __ seconds remaining.






50. The method of timing a script by giving time remaining is called ____ timing.