Production
Wild Card
Equipment
Camera
Microphones
100
This piece of safety gear should insure none of the equipment becomes electrically shorted.
What is a surge protector>
100
The three signs of a nearly perfect video shot.
What are Foreground, middle ground and back ground?
100
Shadows on the subject's face can be very distinct under this type of lighting.
What is hard light?
100
Nothing works better than these when making sure your camera shot is level, focused and properly white balanced?
What are your eyes and senses?
100
This can happen if your microphone is too close to the source of your audio.
What is over-modulated?
200
Making sure all of the equipment is ready to go is the reason this person has responsibilities during the pre-production process.
What is camera operator?
200
This common signal flow connector can support audio and video signals.
What are RCA connectors?
200
Lighting technique you may use of if you want to decrease harsh lighting and no lighting implements such as a soft box or reflector are available.
What is bounce lighting?
200
It may not be necessary to use these when recording natural sound but definitely use them when recording someone talking on camera.
What are headphones?
200
What is a mic on a boom?
A microphone connected to a pole which allows the user to be in motion during sound gathering.
300
This is one job other than editing which is involved in the post-production process?
What is special effects?
300
This should be the color temperature if there is no sunlight interfering with your lighted indoor production.
What is 3200K?
300
This is the video editing hardware and software.
What is final cut pro and the Mac?
300
There are two of these audio inputs on the camera.
What are XLR inputs?
300
These are the microphone cable damages which should cause you to stop using that mic cable immediately.
What is cut, nicked or frayed?
400
These members of the production are mainly used during production but are sometimes also needed during post.
Who are the actors/talent?
400
These are just four of the safety measures where the production staff should receive training.
What are lifting, electrical, ladder and scissor lift?
400
This will occur if you increase the camera gain to the limit at 18db.
What is noisy or grainy video?
400
Turning this last ring on the lens to the right will decrease the gain on the camera.
What is the iris?
400
This can happen if two wireless microphones are competing for dominance on the same frequency?
What is interference?
500
It's feasible this person could have responsibilities during each stage of the production process.
Who is the producer?
500
You may notice this type of lighting when watching a comedy.
What is brighter and harder lighting?
500
This explains the reason why four times as many lights are needed if you increase the distance between the lights and the subject.
What is the inverse square law?
500
If you're using a new video storage hardware in the camera, this process allows recorded footage to be saved and transported to the editor. It also erases all footage on a previously used video storage device.
What is formatting the SD card?
500
This two connectors along with the cable are needed for proper audio signal flow between the audio input and output on the cameras.
What is XLR and 1/8 inch headphone?