Video Production final exam
Production Team - ANS-everyone involved in the production including both staff and student
Crew - ANS-Production personel that work behind the scenes and generally includes
management and designers
Talent - ANS-Anyone seen by the camera, whether or not they have a speaking or any other
significant role in the program, as well as individuals who provide only their vocal skills to the
production.
Executive producer - ANS-the person, or people, who provides the funding necessary to
produce the program
Producer - ANS-In a non news environment, the producer purchases materials and services in
the creation of a finished program
Director - ANS-the person who is in charge of the creative aspects of the program and interacts
with the entire staff
Production Assistant - ANS-The person who provides general assistance around the studio or
production facility. The PA is commonly hired to fill a variety of positions when key personnel are
sick, out of town, working on another project, or otherwise unavailable
Cue - ANS-A signal that directs something specific to happen
Anchor - ANS-The person who delivers the news from the news desk set in a studio
Audio Engineer - ANS-the person who is responsible for the audio/ sound quality on the
production and related equipment.
Gaffer - ANS-the lighting director's assistant who often does the actual hauling of heavy
instruments up and down ladders
Content Specialist - ANS-A person who works with the script writer and is considered to be an
expert in the program's subject matter.
Grip - ANS-a person who moves the equipment, scenery, and props on a studio set
Production Values - ANS-The general aesthetics of the show.
Framing - ANS-Involves placing items in the camera's frame by operating the camera and tripod
, production switching - ANS-the process of cutting between cameras
Charged Couple Device - ANS-a dime-sized component of the camera head into which light
enters and is converted into an electronic signal.
Gain - ANS-the strength of a video or audio signal
Zebra Stripes - ANS-A special function of come viewfinders that displays black and white
diagonal stripes on any object in a shot that is too brightly lit
Lens - ANS-an assembly of several glass discs placed in a tube attached to the front of the
camera
optical center - ANS-The Physical Location Within the Lens assembly where an image is
inverted also called focal point
focal length - ANS-the distance from the center of the lens to the focal point
variable focal length lens - ANS-A camera lens in which the optical center can vary its position
within the lens assembly, varying the focal length measurement as well, also called a zoom lens.
Iris - ANS-a component of a lens that is compromised by blades that physically expand and
contract and adjusting the aperture size
aperture - ANS-the opening adjusted by the iris and through which light passes the lens
f-stop - ANS-a camera setting that determines the amount of light passing through the aperture
of the lens by controlling the size of the iris
shutter - ANS-a circuit on a video camera that regulates how long the ccd is exposed to light
coming through the lens
subjective camera - ANS-A hand-held camera technique, in which the camera itself becomes
the eye of one cast member. The viewers see the world through the eyes of that character.
Hot - ANS-the state of a video camera when the image captured by the camera is being
recorded
pan handle - ANS-a device attached to the back of the tripod head that allows the camera
operator to move the tripod head while standing behind the tripod.
Jib - ANS-a type of camera mount that allows the camera to be raised high over the set and
swung in any direction
Production Team - ANS-everyone involved in the production including both staff and student
Crew - ANS-Production personel that work behind the scenes and generally includes
management and designers
Talent - ANS-Anyone seen by the camera, whether or not they have a speaking or any other
significant role in the program, as well as individuals who provide only their vocal skills to the
production.
Executive producer - ANS-the person, or people, who provides the funding necessary to
produce the program
Producer - ANS-In a non news environment, the producer purchases materials and services in
the creation of a finished program
Director - ANS-the person who is in charge of the creative aspects of the program and interacts
with the entire staff
Production Assistant - ANS-The person who provides general assistance around the studio or
production facility. The PA is commonly hired to fill a variety of positions when key personnel are
sick, out of town, working on another project, or otherwise unavailable
Cue - ANS-A signal that directs something specific to happen
Anchor - ANS-The person who delivers the news from the news desk set in a studio
Audio Engineer - ANS-the person who is responsible for the audio/ sound quality on the
production and related equipment.
Gaffer - ANS-the lighting director's assistant who often does the actual hauling of heavy
instruments up and down ladders
Content Specialist - ANS-A person who works with the script writer and is considered to be an
expert in the program's subject matter.
Grip - ANS-a person who moves the equipment, scenery, and props on a studio set
Production Values - ANS-The general aesthetics of the show.
Framing - ANS-Involves placing items in the camera's frame by operating the camera and tripod
, production switching - ANS-the process of cutting between cameras
Charged Couple Device - ANS-a dime-sized component of the camera head into which light
enters and is converted into an electronic signal.
Gain - ANS-the strength of a video or audio signal
Zebra Stripes - ANS-A special function of come viewfinders that displays black and white
diagonal stripes on any object in a shot that is too brightly lit
Lens - ANS-an assembly of several glass discs placed in a tube attached to the front of the
camera
optical center - ANS-The Physical Location Within the Lens assembly where an image is
inverted also called focal point
focal length - ANS-the distance from the center of the lens to the focal point
variable focal length lens - ANS-A camera lens in which the optical center can vary its position
within the lens assembly, varying the focal length measurement as well, also called a zoom lens.
Iris - ANS-a component of a lens that is compromised by blades that physically expand and
contract and adjusting the aperture size
aperture - ANS-the opening adjusted by the iris and through which light passes the lens
f-stop - ANS-a camera setting that determines the amount of light passing through the aperture
of the lens by controlling the size of the iris
shutter - ANS-a circuit on a video camera that regulates how long the ccd is exposed to light
coming through the lens
subjective camera - ANS-A hand-held camera technique, in which the camera itself becomes
the eye of one cast member. The viewers see the world through the eyes of that character.
Hot - ANS-the state of a video camera when the image captured by the camera is being
recorded
pan handle - ANS-a device attached to the back of the tripod head that allows the camera
operator to move the tripod head while standing behind the tripod.
Jib - ANS-a type of camera mount that allows the camera to be raised high over the set and
swung in any direction
