Tricaster Troubles
Prepped and Ready
Prompter Puzzlers
Editing Enigmas
Director Destroyers
100

Two buttons you should always hit before the show starts

What is stream and record?

100

The time that the director should (ideally) be ready for run through and have all content ordered.

What is 6:00 (when anchors arrive)?

100

A device first invented by Hubert Schlafly in 1950 to help amature anchors who can't memorize their lines. 

What is a teleprompter?

100

Something we always edit on to the end of our segments for about 10 seconds

What is the end card?

100

The three cues director can call for if a show is running long and we need to tell the anchors.

What is slow wrap up, fast wrap up, and cut?

200

Something you should always do with full screen graphics in the Tricaster before the show starts

What is increasing the duration of the full screen?
200

The way you turn on the 3 big cameras downstairs.

What is the switches on the directors stand?
200

A method to quickly punch up and down through the script in Prompter

What is using the arrow keys?

200

The place where all of the thumbnail templates and description templates are found

What is CTV Assets on google drive?

200
The three cues used by director to signify a certain transition to TD.

What is take, auto, and let it fade?

300

The shortcut you use to prepare picture in picture.

What is Alt ME1?

300

The three types of information that can be in a lower third. 

What are websites, names and slugs?

300

The two places you should place bookmarks in the prompter

What is 

after commercial breaks

and at the "out" of the show?

300

The most important thing to ALWAYS include in the description and as a "tag" on YouTube.

The Anchor's Name! (spelled correctly too)

300

Something you should always tell floor director to move before and after weather (not camera 1).

What is the hanging light between weather and desk? 

400

The standard order for weather graphics (6 total)

What is.... 

Current Conditions

Weather VO 

Overnight Lows

Tomorrows Highs

Tomorrows Forecast

5 Day Forecast

400

The 6 things that need to be turned on for a microphone to be heard.

What are..

Audio Board

"on" button on specific mic

Mic (unmuted)

Audio Boxes

Audio Speakers

Switch on Director's stand

400

Four things you should do to get ready for prompter! (100 points per correct thing, up to 4)

What is 

Add bookmarks

start screen sharing

proofread

practice!

400

A question you should always ask yourself before exporting a YouTube Thumbnail.

What is "would I want this thumbnail of myself on YouTube if I were the anchor?"

400
The call used to tell the floor director to adjust how bright camera 1 is.

What is "Iris up or down"

500

Tools in the Tricaster that used to cut black video off of the end of packages

What are in and out points?

500

A check box that should always be selected to make sure videos play when you take them.

What is the "autoplay" check box?

500
The meanings of the colors red, green, and blue in the prompter.

What is 

studio crew cues (red)

Cameras (green)

Names of Anchors (blue)

500

The shortcut used to add an audio fade to the edge of a clip in premiere.

What is command+shift+D?

500

A potential reason why the show won't "go live" on YouTube on the mac by the audio board. (the box is checked in Tricaster already)

What is... The Tricaster got logged out of YouTube lol