Gear & Equipment
This three-pronged cable is the standard for high-quality audio connections.
What is an XLR cable?
This equipment is used specifically to block light from reaching a subject or area.
What is a black flag?
This small microphone is typically clipped onto a person's clothing.
What is a lavalier (or lapel) mic?
These are the single dots of color that make up a video image.
What are pixels?
This phase of production includes the actual filming and acting.
What is Production?
This small, portable media card is the standard for capturing and storing footage in most modern cameras.
What is an SD card?
This Hobbit is the primary protagonist who inherits the One Ring from his uncle, Bilbo Baggins.
Who is Frodo Baggins?
This versatile stand is used to support lighting equipment, modifiers, and accessories on set.
What is a C-Stand?
This tool is used to redirect light onto a subject.
What is a reflector?
This is the term for creating everyday sound effects like footsteps or cloth rustling in post-production.
What is foley?
This supplemental footage helps tell the story or provide detail and is used alongside your main shots.
What is B-roll?
This phase of production is when scriptwriting and storyboarding take place.
What is Pre-production?
This camera part, often indicated by a red arrow on diagrams, allows the operator to see exactly what they are filming.
What is the viewfinder?
This is the name of the dark lord who created the One Ring to rule all of Middle-earth.
Who is Sauron?
This kind of hard drive is the fastest, making it the best choice for video production.
What is a Solid State Drive (SSD)?
This is the unit of measurement used to determine color temperature.
What are degrees Kelvin?
This pickup pattern is designed to minimize background noise by focusing on sound from only one direction.
What is unidirectional (or cardioid)?
This composition rule involves placing your subject on the intersection points of an imaginary grid.
What is the Rule of Thirds?
This phase of production includes editing, color correction, and exporting.
What is Post-production?
This crew member is specifically responsible for managing the camera during production.
Who is the Camera Operator?
The Fellowship begins their journey from this Elven stronghold, where the Council of Elrond is held.
What is Rivendell?
These heavy bags are used on set to weigh down stands and ensure safety.
What are sandbags?
This lighting setup, named after a Dutch painter, lights half the face while creating a small triangle of light on the shadowed side.
What is Rembrandt lighting?
This process involves re-recording dialogue in a studio to replace lines that were recorded on set.
What is Automated Dialogue Replacement (ADR)?
This rule states that the camera should stay on one side of an imaginary line between two subjects to maintain spatial consistency.
What is the 180-degree rule?
In a standard timecode (00:00:00:00), the two digits on the far right represent this.
What are frames?
This high-level role can involve being in charge of one or more large productions or program series at the same time.
Who is the Executive Producer?
While traveling through the Mines of Moria, the wizard Gandalf falls into an abyss after battling this ancient, fiery demon.
What is a Balrog?
This wooden box is used for various tasks on set, such as raising a subject or a piece of equipment.
What is an apple box?
This material is used to soften or diffuse light on a subject.
What is a diffuser (or silk)?
This device is used to hold a microphone (usually a shotgun mic) above a subject's head.
What is a boom pole?
These are lines within a shot that naturally draw the audience's attention toward the subject.
What are leading lines?
This specific file format is the most common compression type used for online media.
What is h.264?
When exporting a video for the web, this setting allows you to choose where the file is saved and what it will be named.
What is the file name/destination?
At the end of the first movie, the Fellowship is broken at Amon Hen after this member of the group falls in battle defending Merry and Pippin.
Who is Boromir?