AV TECH EOPA review guide
Executive Producer - Answers -- provides the financial backing for a production
- Never on the set
Producer - Answers -- Person in charge of production (movie/Television show)
- From beginning to end
- Deals with marketing the project as well
Director - Answers -- Creative head of production
- Coordinating technical and non-technical elements
talent - Answers -People in front of the camera
Cross-dissolving - Answers -- Command+D
- in PICTURE, fading one image while replacing it with another image
Capturing - Answers -transferring digital video from tape or SD card to a hard drive
Importing - Answers -bringing audio or graphic file into the editing software
Edit Decision List (EDL) - Answers -a text file listing the in and out points of the source
material (picture, audio, and graphic) and the frame counts at which they appear in the
timeline
Timecode - Answers -used to number and identify each frame of the camera roll or
editing timeline
Leader - Answers -finished films begin with this. Contains color bars, test tone, slate,
and countdown
auditions - Answers -help determine skills/capabilities of a performer
Proper Z Blocking - Answers -arranging people and props along the z-axis in close
proximity and toward/away from the camera.
Production Assistant (PA) - Answers -Entry-level job that usually performs lower-level
tasks
Stages of film - Answers -1) Pre-Production - Planning and getting crew together
2) Production - Filming
, 3) Post-Production - Editing
Concept - Answers -The initial idea for a show
treatment - Answers -A brief narrative description of what a program will be
Storyboard - Answers -A comic book styled sequence of drawings that will help the crew
understand the director's vision
outline - Answers -The scene-by-scene development of the events in your teleplay
Body, Lens, and Viewfinder - Answers -the three major parts to studio cameras
aperture - Answers -hole in the iris of a lens
F-stop - Answers -calibrated ring on the lens indicating the aperture setting
Charged Coupled Device (CCD) - Answers -most common light-sensitive imaging
surface on a video camera. Splits the white light into its red, green, and blue
components
Camera Movement - Answers -Dolly, truck, tilt, pedestrial, pan, roll
3D Axis - Answers -XYZ
Automatic Dialogue Replacement (ADR) - Answers -re-recording sound in a studio that
is not usable due to noise or distortion on location.
Safety Stuff - Answers -- Gloves used when handling lights because they get hot
- When lifting keep the back straight, spread the feet comfortably apart, and lift with the
Leg muscles.
Type A fire extinguisher - Answers -Used for ordinary combustible substances like
wood, paper, or cloth
Type B fire extinguisher - Answers -Used for flammable substances such as grease, oil,
or gas fires.
Type C fire extinguisher - Answers -Used for electrical equipment because the
extinguishing agent is non-conductive
Type D fire extinguisher - Answers -Used for chemical fires and are mostly found in
chemical laboratories.
Jump Cut - Answers -When a subject appears to move for no apparent reason from one
shot to the next
Executive Producer - Answers -- provides the financial backing for a production
- Never on the set
Producer - Answers -- Person in charge of production (movie/Television show)
- From beginning to end
- Deals with marketing the project as well
Director - Answers -- Creative head of production
- Coordinating technical and non-technical elements
talent - Answers -People in front of the camera
Cross-dissolving - Answers -- Command+D
- in PICTURE, fading one image while replacing it with another image
Capturing - Answers -transferring digital video from tape or SD card to a hard drive
Importing - Answers -bringing audio or graphic file into the editing software
Edit Decision List (EDL) - Answers -a text file listing the in and out points of the source
material (picture, audio, and graphic) and the frame counts at which they appear in the
timeline
Timecode - Answers -used to number and identify each frame of the camera roll or
editing timeline
Leader - Answers -finished films begin with this. Contains color bars, test tone, slate,
and countdown
auditions - Answers -help determine skills/capabilities of a performer
Proper Z Blocking - Answers -arranging people and props along the z-axis in close
proximity and toward/away from the camera.
Production Assistant (PA) - Answers -Entry-level job that usually performs lower-level
tasks
Stages of film - Answers -1) Pre-Production - Planning and getting crew together
2) Production - Filming
, 3) Post-Production - Editing
Concept - Answers -The initial idea for a show
treatment - Answers -A brief narrative description of what a program will be
Storyboard - Answers -A comic book styled sequence of drawings that will help the crew
understand the director's vision
outline - Answers -The scene-by-scene development of the events in your teleplay
Body, Lens, and Viewfinder - Answers -the three major parts to studio cameras
aperture - Answers -hole in the iris of a lens
F-stop - Answers -calibrated ring on the lens indicating the aperture setting
Charged Coupled Device (CCD) - Answers -most common light-sensitive imaging
surface on a video camera. Splits the white light into its red, green, and blue
components
Camera Movement - Answers -Dolly, truck, tilt, pedestrial, pan, roll
3D Axis - Answers -XYZ
Automatic Dialogue Replacement (ADR) - Answers -re-recording sound in a studio that
is not usable due to noise or distortion on location.
Safety Stuff - Answers -- Gloves used when handling lights because they get hot
- When lifting keep the back straight, spread the feet comfortably apart, and lift with the
Leg muscles.
Type A fire extinguisher - Answers -Used for ordinary combustible substances like
wood, paper, or cloth
Type B fire extinguisher - Answers -Used for flammable substances such as grease, oil,
or gas fires.
Type C fire extinguisher - Answers -Used for electrical equipment because the
extinguishing agent is non-conductive
Type D fire extinguisher - Answers -Used for chemical fires and are mostly found in
chemical laboratories.
Jump Cut - Answers -When a subject appears to move for no apparent reason from one
shot to the next
