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Technical Exam Flashcards

1
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Name all the F-Stops

A

2.8, 4, 5.6, 8, 11, 16, 22

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2
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Which F stop gives you the least depth of field

A

2.8

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3
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What is aesthetic consideration when deciding what f-stop to shoot at?

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Angle of view/how you want the frame to look

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4
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Which f-stops lets in the least amount of light?

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f22

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5
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What millimeter lens is considered a normal lens on a 16mm camera?

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35mm lens

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6
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Does a telephoto/wide angle lens have shallow depth of field?

A

yes

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7
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Name two rings on a lens

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Aperture and Focus

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8
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Explain Rule of 3rds

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The frame of the camera is broken up into a grid and each intersection of the grid are the most appealing spots to place a subject

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9
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What is meant by headroom when composing a shot?

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That there is enough space above the subject’s head and the top of the frame

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10
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What is meant by lead room when composing a shot?

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That there is enough space in front of the subject if they are moving/turned to the side

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11
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What is the difference between prime lens and zoom lens?

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Zoom lens: multiple focus lengths

Prime fixed lens: Fixed focal lengths, wide, normal, telephoto

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12
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How do you focus with a zoom lens?

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Zoom all the way in on your subject and focus on that, zoom out

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13
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What is the main benefit of editing with a non linear editing program?

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Being able to jump around the timeline and edit whatever you want in whatever order

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14
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What is the difference between a pan and tilt?

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Pan: rotating camera on a vertical or horizontal axis
Tilt: camera stays in a fixed position but rotates up/down on a vertical axis

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15
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What is a jump cut?

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An abrupt transition from one scene/shot to another

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16
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What is meant by cut on action?

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Making a cut that matches the action directly before it

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17
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Describe the 180 degree rule

A

Don’t cross the line of action

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18
Q

Describe the steps in exporting

A

Export from timeline (control M)
Make sure format is correct (H.264 for our purposes)
Make sure VBR is correct (2 for our purposes)
Change name/name the file
Look at summary output
Hit export

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19
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Describe steps in uploading project to server

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  1. username: filmvideo
    password: MCTCfilm
  2. Coursefiles
  3. Mary Ahman
  4. Production 2017-2018
  5. production 1 tuesday
  6. in class projects/whatever project name
  7. grab project and put it in file
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20
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What is a dolly shot?

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When the camera moves along a track following the action

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21
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What is a situation which you would use a low angle show?

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To show power

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22
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What is a situation in which you would use a high angle shot?

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to show powerlessness

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23
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why is it important to set the diopter?

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Because your shot may be in focus but your view of it could be off. Vice versa

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24
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When should you set the diopter?

A

Right away when you turn on the camera

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25
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What does the term montage-editing mean?

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Juxtaposition of shots to tell a story

26
Q

What is the degree Kelvin for daylight?

A

5000-6500K

27
Q

What is the degree Kevin for tungsten?

A

3200K

28
Q

What does NTSC stand for?

A

National Television Standards broadcasting Committee

29
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What does ATSC stand for?

A

Advanced Television Systems Committee

30
Q

What does NLE stand for?

A

Non Linear Editing

31
Q

What does 1080 and 720 mean?

A

1080 pixels (interlaced or progressive) or 720 pixels (interlaced or progressive)

32
Q

What tool on the HMC camera do you use to check for over exposure?

A

zebra

33
Q

What is the recording format Panasonic HMC 150 makes?

A

AVHCD

34
Q

What is the difference between format and codec?

A

Codec: software that is used to encode/decode video signal
Format: They way information is stored

35
Q

The difference between interlaced and progressive

A

Interlaced: two fields of video are scanned at different times, first the odds are processed and then the evens
Progressive: the fields of video are scanned and processed at the same time (said to be better)

36
Q

What is the aspect ratio of HD

A

16:9

37
Q

What is chrominance?

A

Hue (tint of color) and Saturation (intensity of color)

38
Q

What is Luma?

A

Represents the brightness of the image (shades of black and white)

39
Q

What is timecode?

A

a coded signal on videotape or film giving information about such things as frame number, time of recording, or exposure. Hours: minutes: seconds: frames

40
Q

What is meant by bit rate?

A

The amount of data used to describe the audio or video part of the file

41
Q

What is meant by audio sample rate? What is the sample rate you were told to use?

A

H.264

The number of samples of audio carried per second

42
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What is the difference between lossy and lossless compression?

A

Lossless: makes smaller but when decoded the file is unchanged
Lossy: Lose some video or audio information

43
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What is intra frame compression?

A

Spatial (can get rid of data within that frame and no other frame)

44
Q

What is inter frame compression?

A

Temporal (uses other frames to reference in the current frame, it encodes only the changes from on frame to the next)

45
Q

What is meant by angle of view?

A 
How much can you see in the frame? 
28 mm= really wide
50mm= closer
70mm= closer
210mm=really close
46
Q

Describe depth of filed

A

The amount of focus behind and infant of the subject

Shallow vs deep

47
Q

What are the lights called in 3 point lighting? which order do you set them up?

A

Main (or key), Fill, Backlight

Set up in that order

48
Q

What is the job of the Main (or Key) Light?

A

Determines the direction and the quality of your light. Motivated by your choice of light

49
Q

What is the job of Fill light?

A

Fill in a lot or little of the shadows created by the main light. Creates whether the scene is shot in Low or High key light (controls contrast)

50
Q

What is the job of the Back Light?

A

To create separation between the subject and the background. Creates dimensionality and depth. placed above and behind the subject

51
Q

What is meant by lowkey lighting?

A

high contrast

52
Q

What is meant by contrast ratio?

A

1:2- 1 stop difference
1:3- 1.5 stop difference
1:4- 2 stop difference
1:8- 3 stop difference
1:16- 4 stop difference
A measurement referring to the ratio of main light to main light and fill

53
Q

What is soft and hard light?`

A

Soft: Light rays are scattered, wide range of illumination
Hard: direct parallel rays produce hard and clean shadows

54
Q

What are we describing when you are talking about hertz?

A

Pitch/frequency

55
Q

What are we describing when you are talking about decibels?

A

amplitude of the sound

56
Q

What is room tone?

A

nonspecific sounds recorded during production.

57
Q

What is ambiance?

A

presence atmosphere of a scene location and noises present at that location

58
Q

What does ADR stand for?

A

Automated Dialogue Replacement

59
Q

Omni Directional mics

A

Pick up sound from everywhere in the room

60
Q

Shotgun mic

A

Pick up sounds from just where they are pointed

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