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100

This is what the acronym OTS stands for.

What is Over The Shoulder?

100

This is the acronym for the viewpoint of the subject.

What is POV?

100

The type of microphone that clips onto a subject when being interviewed. It has a wire that connects the microphone to the transmitter.

What is a lavalier microphone?

100

This phase of a project is when all of the planning happens. That includes: concept creation, storyboarding, script writing, location scouting, casting, etc.

What is pre-production?

100

This word describes the video that is shot to represent what is being talked about in the script.

What is b-roll?

200

This is the camera angle that looks directly above a subject.

What is Bird's Eye View?

200

This word has the acronym VO.

What is voice over?

200

Ms. Reid's Rule of Thumb: This is the minimum amount of questions you should have prepared before shooting an interview.

What is three?

200

In simple terms - what is the difference between Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects?

(Tip: Think about their purposes)

Premiere Pro - Allows people to edit video clips into sequences

After Effects - Allows people to animate and create motion graphics

200

The person who commands camera shots on a switcher. They tell the camera operators how the shots should be framed and when they are "live."

What is a technical director?

300

This method is when a shot is divided evenly into thirds, both horizontally and vertically, and the subject of the image is placed at the intersection of those dividing lines, or along one of the lines itself.

What is the rule of thirds?

300
This is what the acronym PSA stands for.

What is Public Service Announcement?

300

This is the camera composition we practice when shooting interviews in ATVB. It provides more face room in the direction where the interviewee is looking.

What is long-sided interviews?

300

This is the aspect ratio of high definition.

What is 16x9?

300

This is the camera composition we practice when shooting interviews in ATVB. It provides more face room in the direction where the interviewee is looking.

What is the long-sided interview?

400

The space above a subject in a viewfinder.

What is headroom?

400

This word is defined as changing the proportions of an image. It allows the image, text, etc. to grow bigger or shrink smaller.

What is scaling?

400

If I were to plug a lavalier microphone into input 1 and leave nothing in input 2, what would my audio channel settings look like? 

There are three sections you need to check for each input. List them all.

Input 1: Mic - Ext. - Auto

Input 2: Mic - Int. - Auto

400

This type of codec is considered one of the most commonly used codecs among editors.


(Tip: Think about our exporting settings. We check the location, preset and format. This is the format.)

What is H.264?

400

This is the full name of an A/V script.

What is audio/visual script?

500

What is an establishing (or master) shot?

500

This is the audio cable used to send information from one source to another.

What is XLR?

500

This is the first thing you should do after hitting record during an interview.

What is ask the person to say their first and last name, then spell it.

500

A ______________ work is a new, original product that includes aspects of a preexisting, already copyrighted work. Also known as a "new version," this work can include musical arrangements, motion pictures, art reproductions, sound recordings or translations. They can also include dramatizations and fictionalizations, such as a movie based on a play.

What is derivative?

500

This is what things like interviews and stand-ups are considered.

(Hint: Think - if video that covers other video is considered b-roll, then this is considered....)

What is A-Roll?