Video Production Skills
Safety
Pre-Production
Production
Post-Production
100

This stage of the production process includes script / screenwriting and budgeting

What is Pre-production?

100

This acronym is helpful when remembering to use a fire extinguisher. 

What is PASS? (Pull - Aim - Squeeze - Sweep)

100

Different aspects of groups including race, gender, age range, and income are all examples of this.

What are Demographics?

100

A key light, fill light, and back light are all part of this lighting system.

What is 3-point?

100
Determining if a project is meant to be educational/informative, artistic, or commercial is an example of finding this.

What is purpose?

200

These types of productions are often more reliable. They are shot on a pre-made set.

What are Studio Productions?

200

This body part is the most important to consider when doing heavy lifting.

What are the legs?

200

This visual representation of shots is useful for the planning of a production.

What is a storyboard?

200

This type of microphone is known to be more durable and is often used in field recordings.

What is a Dynamic Mic?

200

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?

300
These are required for filmmakers to shoot on location.

What are Field Permits?

300

Coiling is the best way to store these production essentials. 

What is a cord or cable?

300

The action of the characters (where to move & how) written in the script is known as this.

What is blocking?

300

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?

300

16:9 is a common this for standard HD televisions.

What is an aspect ratio?

400

This production role is responsible for the "visual" style of the film.

What is a Cinematographer or Director of Photography?

400

Fabric and exposed wires are examples.

What are flammable materials?

400

Withdrawing consent from a production "release" can be included and is called this.

What is Revocation?

400

This piece of camera equipment allows for vertical movement without having to lift or tilt the tripod.

What is a pedestal? 

400

Screen resolution is measured in this.

What are pixels?

500

This production role "visualizes" the script and coordinates the other workers.

What is a Director?

500

"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?

500

Periods of time that can obstruct the production, known as this, are best to be avoided.

What is a bottleneck?

500

This type of shot is common to film to characters talking to each other.

What is an over the shoulder shot?

500

This tool is used for lowering file size while maintaining quality.

What is a Codec?