AVTF 3 EOPA #3 Exam Questions and
Answers
Audio - Answers -The sound portion of a broadcast, film or other medium
audio transition - Answers -a gradual increase or decrease in the audio signal (volume)
when one clip or sequence is transitioning to another clip or sequence.
Background light - Answers -Illumination behind the subject that illuminates the
background and separates the subject from the background.
barn doors - Answers -metal flaps mounted in front of a lighting instrument that control
the spread of the light beam
Boom - Answers -Audio: microphone support
Video: part of the camera crane
Bus - Answers -A central connection for several audio sources or a row of buttons on a
switching panel
private property - Answers -What type of property do you need permission to film on?
camera directions, video information - Answers -In the two column script form what is
placed on the left?
Pinstripes - Answers -When adjusting lights on a subject the person (not) should wear?
Moire effect - Answers -When you wear pinstripes what effect could it have on the shot?
Cutaway - Answers -To avoid a jump cut us a... (this is related to the subject but not the
actual subject of the shot, it's B-roll of the room)
Production Assistant - Answers -Common entry level position on a job
To test out audience reactions to a program - Answers -What is the use of the focus
group?
bust shot - Answers -A shot cropped between the shoulders and the belt line
, camera - Answers -A portable video recorder
Character Generator (CG) - Answers -A computer dedicated to the creation of letters
and numbers in various fonts. Its output can be directly superimposed onto a video
image.
Close Up (CU) - Answers -Object or any part of it seen at close range and framed
tightly. Can be extreme (extreme or big) or loose (medium). A shot that usually is
framed from just below the shoulders up.
Color Temperature - Answers -Relative reddishness or bluishness of white light, as
measured on the Kelvin (K) scale.
Control Room - Answers -a room adjacent to the studio in which the director, the
technical director, the audio engineer, and sometimes the lighting director perform their
various production functions
Cut - Answers -1. The instantaneous change from one shot to another
2. Director's signal to interrupt action
Cutaway - Answers -a shot that cuts from the main action to a different action or to a
detail somehow related to the main action. Commonly used between two shots that do
not provide good continuity or to cover a jump cut.
Dissolve - Answers -a gradual transition from one image to another. Also known as a
fade-in or fade-out from black images
Dolly - Answers -A camera support with wheels, used in making tracking (also called
trucking) shots.
Effects bus - Answers -Row of bottom on the switcher that can select the video sources
for a specific effect. Usually the same as a mix bus that has been switched to an effects
function
EFP (electronic field production) - Answers -Video production done outside the studio
that is usually shot for postproduction
ENG (electronic news gathering) - Answers -The use of portable cameras with separate
lights, and sound equipment for the production of daily news stories. Is usually not
planned in advance and is often transmitted live or immediately after postproduction.
establishing shot - Answers -often a long shot, wide shot, or a series of shots that sets
the scene. It is used to establish setting and to show transitions between locations.
Extreme Close Up (ECU) - Answers -The image being shot is a part of a whole, such as
an eye or a hand.
Answers
Audio - Answers -The sound portion of a broadcast, film or other medium
audio transition - Answers -a gradual increase or decrease in the audio signal (volume)
when one clip or sequence is transitioning to another clip or sequence.
Background light - Answers -Illumination behind the subject that illuminates the
background and separates the subject from the background.
barn doors - Answers -metal flaps mounted in front of a lighting instrument that control
the spread of the light beam
Boom - Answers -Audio: microphone support
Video: part of the camera crane
Bus - Answers -A central connection for several audio sources or a row of buttons on a
switching panel
private property - Answers -What type of property do you need permission to film on?
camera directions, video information - Answers -In the two column script form what is
placed on the left?
Pinstripes - Answers -When adjusting lights on a subject the person (not) should wear?
Moire effect - Answers -When you wear pinstripes what effect could it have on the shot?
Cutaway - Answers -To avoid a jump cut us a... (this is related to the subject but not the
actual subject of the shot, it's B-roll of the room)
Production Assistant - Answers -Common entry level position on a job
To test out audience reactions to a program - Answers -What is the use of the focus
group?
bust shot - Answers -A shot cropped between the shoulders and the belt line
, camera - Answers -A portable video recorder
Character Generator (CG) - Answers -A computer dedicated to the creation of letters
and numbers in various fonts. Its output can be directly superimposed onto a video
image.
Close Up (CU) - Answers -Object or any part of it seen at close range and framed
tightly. Can be extreme (extreme or big) or loose (medium). A shot that usually is
framed from just below the shoulders up.
Color Temperature - Answers -Relative reddishness or bluishness of white light, as
measured on the Kelvin (K) scale.
Control Room - Answers -a room adjacent to the studio in which the director, the
technical director, the audio engineer, and sometimes the lighting director perform their
various production functions
Cut - Answers -1. The instantaneous change from one shot to another
2. Director's signal to interrupt action
Cutaway - Answers -a shot that cuts from the main action to a different action or to a
detail somehow related to the main action. Commonly used between two shots that do
not provide good continuity or to cover a jump cut.
Dissolve - Answers -a gradual transition from one image to another. Also known as a
fade-in or fade-out from black images
Dolly - Answers -A camera support with wheels, used in making tracking (also called
trucking) shots.
Effects bus - Answers -Row of bottom on the switcher that can select the video sources
for a specific effect. Usually the same as a mix bus that has been switched to an effects
function
EFP (electronic field production) - Answers -Video production done outside the studio
that is usually shot for postproduction
ENG (electronic news gathering) - Answers -The use of portable cameras with separate
lights, and sound equipment for the production of daily news stories. Is usually not
planned in advance and is often transmitted live or immediately after postproduction.
establishing shot - Answers -often a long shot, wide shot, or a series of shots that sets
the scene. It is used to establish setting and to show transitions between locations.
Extreme Close Up (ECU) - Answers -The image being shot is a part of a whole, such as
an eye or a hand.
