Mid-Term

Question 1

Define cinematography.

Answer 1

Greek word meaning writing with motion.

Question 2

Define sound.

Answer 2

Vibrations travelling through the air as sound waves.

Question 3

Define frequency.

Answer 3

The rate (number of times per second) that sound waves cycle from positive to negative positions.

Question 4

What is frequency measured in?

Answer 4

Hertz (Hz).

Question 5

Define amplitude.

Answer 5

The strength of the sound wave.

Question 6

What is amplitude measured in?

Answer 6

Decibles (dB-SPL).

Question 7

Define phase.

Answer 7

Comparing the timing between 2 similar sound waves.

Question 8

How is phased measured?

Answer 8

In degrees from 0 to 360.

Question 9

List the four types of mics talked about in class.

Answer 9

Dynamic, condensor, carbon and ribbon.

Question 10

Describe a dynamic mic.

Answer 10

Has a large magnet, wire and diaphragm. Called “rugged”.

Question 11

Describe a condenser mic.

Answer 11

Variable compasitor and sensitive.

Question 12

Describe a carbon mic.

Answer 12

Used in early telephone, now used mainly for effect.

Question 13

Describe a ribbon microphone.

Answer 13

High end studios used this as it is the best mic.

Question 14

What are the two types of power sources mics could have?

Answer 14

Battery and phantom source.

Question 15

What are the 4 types of pick up patterns mics could have?

Answer 15

omni, cardioid, super cardioid and bi-directonal.

Question 16

Describe an omni pickup pattern.

Answer 16

All around.

Question 17

Describe a cardiod pickup pattern.

Answer 17

Directional.

Question 18

Describe super cardiod pickup pattern.

Answer 18

Focused directional.

Question 19

Describe bi-directional pickup pattern.

Answer 19

Two directional.

Question 20

What are some elements of professionals?

Answer 20

Be on time, be dependable, eat and sleep well before hand, handle all equipment with respect, remain calm and focused, have a good attitude, etc.

Question 21

When was War of the Worlds first broadcast?

Answer 21

October 30, 1938 from 8-9. (The second world war was ramping up).

Question 22

What is a microphone?

Answer 22

A transducer.

Question 23

What frequency of sound can humans hear?

Answer 23

20-20,000 Hz.

Question 24

What are plosives?

Answer 24

“Pops” in the p-sound.

Question 25

What are sybilances?

Answer 25

"S" or "CH" sounds.

Question 26

Who was Claude Chappe?

Answer 26

A Frenchman who created the system of semaphores in 1974.

Question 27

What are semaphores?

Answer 27

A flag system.

Question 28

Who is Samuel B. Morse?

Answer 28

Inventor of Morse code in 1835.

Question 29

What is morse code?

Answer 29

A series of dots and dashes.

Question 30

Who is Paul Nipkow?

Answer 30

A German scientists who invented the Nipkow disk in 1884.

Question 31

What is a Nipkow disk?

Answer 31

A metal disc which has a spiral series of perforations made in it such that when the disc was rotated, it could scan objects by "breaking" the objects into small segments.

Question 32

Who is Karl Barun?

Answer 32

A German who invented the cathode ray tube (CRT) in 1897.

Question 33

Who filed the first patent for a tv system?

Answer 33

Boris Rosing of Russia in 1907.

Question 34

Who is A.A. Campbell Swinton?

Answer 34

A British man who was an armchair engineer who came up with the idea of television in 1908.

Question 35

Who is John Logie Baird?

Answer 35

A Scottish man who invented his own television that would show an outline of his hand in 1992. He went on to even display colour exhibits using Nipkow disks in 1928 using a dummy named "Stooky Bill".

Question 36

Who is Vladimir Zworykin?

Answer 36

A Russian ex-patriot who had worked for Boris Rosing who started working for RCA/NBC under David Sarnoff. In 1923 he invented the "iconoscope".

Question 37

What is an iconoscope?

Answer 37

The first practical video pickup tube.

Question 38

What was the iconoscope so practical?

Answer 38

It required less light to produce an image.

Question 39

Who is David Sarnoff?

Answer 39

A visionary in television who in 1923 suggested to RCA television as a medium of mass entertainment.

Question 40

Who is Philo T. Farnsworth?

Answer 40

An American who created a working electronic television system in 1927.

Question 41

Who is Kenjiro Takayangai?

Answer 41

A Japanese engineer who was working on electronic television in 1927.

Question 42

Who's invention was used to cover the 1936 Olympics in Germany?

Answer 42

Farnsworth's.

Question 43

What happened to television developments in 1939?

Answer 43

They were completely halted until 1946 due to the war.

Question 44

What is the National Television System Committee (NTSC)?

Answer 44

A committee created in 1940 to establish and maintain standards in television.

Question 45

How many scanning lines in television is the standard today?

Answer 45

525.

Question 46

What caused America to halt all television developments in 1941?

Answer 46

The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour.

Question 47

What did TIME magazine call "the most resounding industrial flop of 1956"?

Answer 47

Colour TV.

Question 48

When was the first colour profit from colour TV?

Answer 48

1965 when RCA showed Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Colour.

Question 49

When was colour television introduced in Canada?

Answer 49

1966.

Question 50

Define depth of field.

Answer 50

Distance in front or behind the subject that is in acceptable focus.

Question 51

Define persistence of vision.

Answer 51

An image stays "in" an eye for .12 of a second.

Question 52

What 2 elements make up the perception of light?

Answer 52

Depth of field and persistence of vision.

Question 53

What happens when a light hits a mirror?

Answer 53

It is reflected.

Question 54

What happens when a light hits glass?

Answer 54

It is refracted.

Question 55

When do molecules stop moving?

Answer 55

-237C or 0K.

Question 56

What colour temperature do candles have?

Answer 56

1800 K.

Question 57

What colour temperature do incandescent lights have?

Answer 57

2800 K.

Question 58

What colour temperature does a lighting kit have?

Answer 58

3200 K.

Question 59

What colour temperature does nominal daylight have?

Answer 59

5600 K.

Question 60

What happens when you shine a light on a 3D object?

Answer 60

You get a highlight, shadow, umbra, shadow side and reflection.

Question 61

What is another name for the three point lighting set up?

Answer 61

Hollywood lighting.

Question 62

True or false, hard light casts a shadow.

Answer 62

True.

Question 63

What can one use lighting for?

Answer 63

To create mood, tone and era.

Question 64

Define colour temperature.

Answer 64

The measuring of spectral output of a black body (measured in K).

Question 65

Describe the key light.

Answer 65

Left or right side of the subject, 45o over and up, hard or soft ligt, 100 fc and the starting point of the lighting.

Question 66

Describe the fill light.

Answer 66

Opposite side of the key light, 45o and up, soft light, 50 fc.

Question 67

Describe the back light.

Answer 67

Behind the subject, opposite the key, 200 fc.

Question 68

Describe the background light.

Answer 68

Separates the subject from the background.

Question 69

Define a shallow depth of field.

Answer 69

Not a large distance that's in acceptably sharp focus.

Question 70

True or false, soft light casts a shadow?

Answer 70

False.

Question 71

What does the aperture do?

Answer 71

Allows more or less light into the lens.

Question 72

What is focal length?

Answer 72

The distance from the optical centre of the lens to the focal plane, measured in mm.

Question 73

What does a longer focal length mean?

Answer 73

A smaller depth of field.

Question 74

What is a f-stop?

Answer 74

The ratio between the diameter of the opening and the focal length.

Question 75

Define electricity.

Answer 75

The movement of electrons through a conductor.

Question 76

What is an insalator.

Answer 76

Something that electrons won't flow through.

Question 77

What are the three parts of ohm's law?

Answer 77

Voltage, resistance and current.

Question 78

Define voltage.

Answer 78

Pressure that is pushing current (volts).

Question 79

Define current.

Answer 79

The amount of electron flow (amps).

Question 80

Define resistance.

Answer 80

The opposition to the flow (ohm).

Question 81

True or false, the wider the wire the better for working on set?

Answer 81

True.

Question 82

What is A.C. electricity?

Answer 82

Alternating current, what is used today, 60hz.

Question 83

What is D.C. electricity?

Answer 83

Direct current, in batters and solar panels.

Question 84

What is a bayer filter?

Answer 84

A filter that splits light into red, green and blue.

Question 85

What is a full frame?

Answer 85

36 mm by 24 mm.

Question 86

What is a pan?

Answer 86

A camera movement that's left to right or vice versa.

Question 87

What is a tilt?

Answer 87

A camera movement that's up or down.

Question 88

What types of shots are there?

Answer 88

Long shot, medium shot, close up, extreme close up.

Question 89

What is the rule of thirds?

Answer 89

Everything on the screen must be equally divided by thirds.

Question 90

Define lead space.

Answer 90

Leaving room for the actor's movement.

Question 91

Define head space.

Answer 91

Space for the head.

Question 92

Define leading lines.

Answer 92

Lines that lead the eyes toward an important thing in the frame.

Question 93

Define angle of elevation.

Answer 93

How high or low a camera is.

Question 94

Define objective point of view.

Answer 94

Whatever's playing out does.

Question 95

Define subjective point of view.

Answer 95

From the subject.

Question 96

Define reportorial point of view.

Answer 96

Breaking the fourth wall.

Question 97

What is a di-croic prism assembly?

Answer 97

A prism assembly that splits light into red, green and blue sensors.