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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. When uploading your prompter file you will be prompted to save the file you deleted (the blank script). Do you click yes or no?






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






4. When we frame much tighter than head and shoulders this shot is an ____






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






6. 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






7. Responsible for designing and implementing the graphics for the production






8. When we frame much tighter than head and shoulders this shot is an ____






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






10. The axis extending straight out from the camera lens is called the _ axis






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






12. Responsible for assisting the producer






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






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






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






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






17. The most common type of microphone used as a professional lavalier is the________.






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






19. The crew member most responsible for timing the shows is the _____.






20. When uploading a document for Win Que where should you put the file at?






21. Some directors imagine that they are using their cameras to show their audience 'things as they are'






22. When one camera is used to cut a hole in another camera picture to insert lettering the process is called ____.






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






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






25. The shot which includes a person from head to foot is abbreviated as ___






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






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






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






29. Shot from beginning to end and recorded






30. There are appox. ___ frames of video per sec. analog NTSC TV.






31. When voice levels are peaked at 0db on an analog VU meter music should peak no higher than ____ when intended to be heard.






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






33. Using the script format - dialog should always be ____/_____ case.






34. The axis extending straight out from the camera lens is called the _ axis






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






36. A series of shots that can stand alone is called a_____.






37. When saving a CG make sure that 2D is selected in the ____ _____ of the Properties window.






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






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






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






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






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






43. 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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44. The instrument which provides an objective measure of the luminance in a TV picture is the_______.






45. Transmitted live to the viewing audience






46. The average color temperature of sunlight on a clear day is ____ ______ calvin.






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






48. Generally sits next to the director in the control room and is responsible for operating the television production switcher.






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






50. Responsible for assisting the director