Video Production Skills
This stage of the production process includes script / screenwriting and budgeting
What is Pre-production?
This acronym is helpful when remembering to use a fire extinguisher.
What is PASS? (Pull - Aim - Squeeze - Sweep)
Different aspects of groups including race, gender, age range, and income are all examples of this.
What are Demographics?
A key light, fill light, and back light are all part of this lighting system.
What is 3-point?
What is purpose?
These types of productions are often more reliable. They are shot on a pre-made set.
What are Studio Productions?
This body part is the most important to consider when doing heavy lifting.
What are the legs?
This visual representation of shots is useful for the planning of a production.
What is a storyboard?
This type of microphone is known to be more durable and is often used in field recordings.
What is a Dynamic Mic?
Editing something "out of order" is an easy way to cut scenes and is often referred to as this.
What is non-linear editing or NLE?
What are Field Permits?
Coiling is the best way to store these production essentials.
What is a cord or cable?
The action of the characters (where to move & how) written in the script is known as this.
What is blocking?
This measurement of a camera's aperture (the "opening" of the camera) is measured in a ratio. f/2.8 is an example.
What is an f-stop?
16:9 is a common this for standard HD televisions.
What is an aspect ratio?
This production role is responsible for the "visual" style of the film.
What is a Cinematographer or Director of Photography?
Fabric and exposed wires are examples.
What are flammable materials?
Withdrawing consent from a production "release" can be included and is called this.
What is Revocation?
This piece of camera equipment allows for vertical movement without having to lift or tilt the tripod.
What is a pedestal?
Screen resolution is measured in this.
What are pixels?
This production role "visualizes" the script and coordinates the other workers.
What is a Director?
"A straight ladder should be placed so the base is 1 foot away from the wall for every 4 feet of height" is also known as this.
What is the four-to-one ratio?
Periods of time that can obstruct the production, known as this, are best to be avoided.
What is a bottleneck?
This type of shot is common to film to characters talking to each other.
What is an over the shoulder shot?
This tool is used for lowering file size while maintaining quality.
What is a Codec?