Television Production NOCTI Exam
verified answers and questions 2024.
Production Assistant - -an entry-level position. For many it is their first
industry job.
-Talent - -the name for anything performing or appearing in front of the
camera
-Floor Manager - -personnel in charge of making sure everybody is in place
and all equipment is ready during a LIVE show. They will also cue talent
-Sound Engineers - -operate the audio console during the show. Also called
mixer
-Switcher - -(also called vision mixer) device used to select between several
different video sources and in some cases compositing video sources
together to create special effects
-Bus - -a row of buttons with each button representing a video source.
Pressing a button will select a video to play live
-Executive Producer - -provides the financial backing for a production
-Camera Control Unit - -CCU, regulates all the elements of the camera
signal. (such as focus, white balance, and color balance)
-Broadcasting - -depends on cooperate (advertising) or public funding
(donations and grants)
-Subscription TV - -depends on monthly fees from the audience to fund
programming
-Arbitron - -survey organization that keeps track of who's watching what
and at what time
-Ratings - -info of who, what, and when are watching
-Shares - -a tally of how many people are watching a given program
-Demographics - -measure of what type of people are watching (race, age,
gender, etc.)
, -Primetime - -(between 8-11pm) is the time mot people are at home and
watching
-Commercials - -generate income for the broadcaster to pay for the cost of
producing or acquiring the program
-Focus Groups - -screen a show and meet to discuss likes and dislikes
-Concept - -the initial idea for a show
-Treatment - -a brief narrative description of what a program will be
-Storyboard - -a comic book styled sequence of drawings that will help the
crew understand the director's vision
-Outline - -the scene by scene development of the events in your teleplay
-Federal Communications Commission (FCC) - -an organization to license
Radio and Television stations. They determine the standards and practices
-American Society of Composer and Performers (ASCAP) and Broadcast
Music Inc. (BMI) - -two organizations (full name and letters) that license
music rights to show producers
-Release Form - -all persons appearing in a film must sign this which gives
the film maker the right to use the face and likeness of the performer in the
finished film
-Copyrighted Material - -intellectual property belonging to the copyright
holder. Permission must be obtained before using their work
-Synchronization Rights - -permission by the music copyright holder for you
to use that music under a scene in your film
-Lower Third - -graphic used to identify an on-camera speaker (his name
appearing under him)
-Crawl - -a title moving along the bottom of the screen left to right (Cali
term)
-Roll - -stack of titles that run up the screen (Cali term)
-Spotlight - -creates sharp directional beam of light onto a controlled
specific area of the subject
-Floodlight - -creates even washes of light over whole set
verified answers and questions 2024.
Production Assistant - -an entry-level position. For many it is their first
industry job.
-Talent - -the name for anything performing or appearing in front of the
camera
-Floor Manager - -personnel in charge of making sure everybody is in place
and all equipment is ready during a LIVE show. They will also cue talent
-Sound Engineers - -operate the audio console during the show. Also called
mixer
-Switcher - -(also called vision mixer) device used to select between several
different video sources and in some cases compositing video sources
together to create special effects
-Bus - -a row of buttons with each button representing a video source.
Pressing a button will select a video to play live
-Executive Producer - -provides the financial backing for a production
-Camera Control Unit - -CCU, regulates all the elements of the camera
signal. (such as focus, white balance, and color balance)
-Broadcasting - -depends on cooperate (advertising) or public funding
(donations and grants)
-Subscription TV - -depends on monthly fees from the audience to fund
programming
-Arbitron - -survey organization that keeps track of who's watching what
and at what time
-Ratings - -info of who, what, and when are watching
-Shares - -a tally of how many people are watching a given program
-Demographics - -measure of what type of people are watching (race, age,
gender, etc.)
, -Primetime - -(between 8-11pm) is the time mot people are at home and
watching
-Commercials - -generate income for the broadcaster to pay for the cost of
producing or acquiring the program
-Focus Groups - -screen a show and meet to discuss likes and dislikes
-Concept - -the initial idea for a show
-Treatment - -a brief narrative description of what a program will be
-Storyboard - -a comic book styled sequence of drawings that will help the
crew understand the director's vision
-Outline - -the scene by scene development of the events in your teleplay
-Federal Communications Commission (FCC) - -an organization to license
Radio and Television stations. They determine the standards and practices
-American Society of Composer and Performers (ASCAP) and Broadcast
Music Inc. (BMI) - -two organizations (full name and letters) that license
music rights to show producers
-Release Form - -all persons appearing in a film must sign this which gives
the film maker the right to use the face and likeness of the performer in the
finished film
-Copyrighted Material - -intellectual property belonging to the copyright
holder. Permission must be obtained before using their work
-Synchronization Rights - -permission by the music copyright holder for you
to use that music under a scene in your film
-Lower Third - -graphic used to identify an on-camera speaker (his name
appearing under him)
-Crawl - -a title moving along the bottom of the screen left to right (Cali
term)
-Roll - -stack of titles that run up the screen (Cali term)
-Spotlight - -creates sharp directional beam of light onto a controlled
specific area of the subject
-Floodlight - -creates even washes of light over whole set
