JRSP 3510 SPRING FINAL (2024/2025) ASSIGNMENT
BASED ON FINAL EXAMS!!
Camera Operator
Answers :1. Receives assignments from the director and works to constantly
provide the director the best quality images available for the production.
2. Responsible for setup and maintenance of cameras.
3. Must have a complete under standing and operation of the camera.
Cameras
Answers :1. Videographer needs to have a good photographic eye.
2. Videographer understands howto manipulate the various camera and lens
controls to get desired shot.
3. Helps to have good timing to make sure that you are in the right place at the
right time to.capture the perfect shot.
4. Does not hurt to be lucky. Happy Accidents.
Regardless of their size, cost &quality, all video cameras operate on the same
principle
What are the three basic functions of video cameras
Answers :1. Lens
,2. Imaging Device
3. Viewfinder
Lenses
Answers :1. Critical part of the camera.
2. Lens control of focus,zoom & iris are responsible for helping you frame the
shots the way you want them to look.
3. They are classified by focal length,which is a technical measure of the distance
from the iris inside the lens to the plane where the projected image is in focus.
Zoom Lens
Answers :Can change from a short focal length, or wide angle, to a long-focal
length, or narrow angle.
Lenses Functions
Answers :1. Noticeable differences between professional lenses and lenses for
consumer cameras.
2. Professional lenses allow precise manual control over lens attributes that are
necessary for professional production
Focus
Answers :1. Every scene has a central object or subject that must be in focus.
,2. That object or person is known as the point of critical focus in the scene.
3. The focus ring on a camera has a series of numbers.
4. Adjustment of the focal lens to craft the shot into focus.
How to focus
Answers :1. To properly focus a shot with a professional camera, zoom all the way
in until the lens will not zoom anymore.
2. Then focus the shot by turning the focus ring until the image appears sharp in
the viewfinder.
3. If focusing on a person, focus on their eyes.
4. Focus must be readjusted if the camera position changes or the talent moves in
the scene.
5. Manual focus is preferred by professionals over auto focus.
6. Auto focus is always searching for the sharpest focus.
7. Any slight movement in scene could cause the focus to change.
Extra information on focus
Answers :1. All lenses have a minimal focus distance and objects must be at least
this distance in order to get a sharp focus.
, 2. That distance is generally 3-4 feet.
3. Focusing is even more critical for HD, 1080p &4K.
4. Harder to focus on higher end cameras - soft images.
5. Much easier to get out of focus.
Iris
Answers :1. The device that controls the amount of light entering the camera.
2. Composed of a set of metal blades that the videographer can open and close to
dictate the amount of light coming into the camera.
3. Aperture - the opening that allows the light through the lens.
Iris (f-Stop)
Answers :f-Stop
1. The number used to indicate how much light is coming through the aperture.i.
Typical f-stop numbers are f/2.8, f/4, f/5.6, f/8, f/11, f/16
2. Higher numbers like f/16 indicate a smaller opening & less light entering the
camera.
BASED ON FINAL EXAMS!!
Camera Operator
Answers :1. Receives assignments from the director and works to constantly
provide the director the best quality images available for the production.
2. Responsible for setup and maintenance of cameras.
3. Must have a complete under standing and operation of the camera.
Cameras
Answers :1. Videographer needs to have a good photographic eye.
2. Videographer understands howto manipulate the various camera and lens
controls to get desired shot.
3. Helps to have good timing to make sure that you are in the right place at the
right time to.capture the perfect shot.
4. Does not hurt to be lucky. Happy Accidents.
Regardless of their size, cost &quality, all video cameras operate on the same
principle
What are the three basic functions of video cameras
Answers :1. Lens
,2. Imaging Device
3. Viewfinder
Lenses
Answers :1. Critical part of the camera.
2. Lens control of focus,zoom & iris are responsible for helping you frame the
shots the way you want them to look.
3. They are classified by focal length,which is a technical measure of the distance
from the iris inside the lens to the plane where the projected image is in focus.
Zoom Lens
Answers :Can change from a short focal length, or wide angle, to a long-focal
length, or narrow angle.
Lenses Functions
Answers :1. Noticeable differences between professional lenses and lenses for
consumer cameras.
2. Professional lenses allow precise manual control over lens attributes that are
necessary for professional production
Focus
Answers :1. Every scene has a central object or subject that must be in focus.
,2. That object or person is known as the point of critical focus in the scene.
3. The focus ring on a camera has a series of numbers.
4. Adjustment of the focal lens to craft the shot into focus.
How to focus
Answers :1. To properly focus a shot with a professional camera, zoom all the way
in until the lens will not zoom anymore.
2. Then focus the shot by turning the focus ring until the image appears sharp in
the viewfinder.
3. If focusing on a person, focus on their eyes.
4. Focus must be readjusted if the camera position changes or the talent moves in
the scene.
5. Manual focus is preferred by professionals over auto focus.
6. Auto focus is always searching for the sharpest focus.
7. Any slight movement in scene could cause the focus to change.
Extra information on focus
Answers :1. All lenses have a minimal focus distance and objects must be at least
this distance in order to get a sharp focus.
, 2. That distance is generally 3-4 feet.
3. Focusing is even more critical for HD, 1080p &4K.
4. Harder to focus on higher end cameras - soft images.
5. Much easier to get out of focus.
Iris
Answers :1. The device that controls the amount of light entering the camera.
2. Composed of a set of metal blades that the videographer can open and close to
dictate the amount of light coming into the camera.
3. Aperture - the opening that allows the light through the lens.
Iris (f-Stop)
Answers :f-Stop
1. The number used to indicate how much light is coming through the aperture.i.
Typical f-stop numbers are f/2.8, f/4, f/5.6, f/8, f/11, f/16
2. Higher numbers like f/16 indicate a smaller opening & less light entering the
camera.
