Cameras
Production
Equipment
Editing
Miscellaneous
100
Aperture
What is the measurement of the opening in a lens of a camera that allows a specific amount of light to be let in.
100
Break down
The term for removing and dismantling sets after a production.
100
Sticks
What is another word for tripod.
100
Dissolve
What is a transition between two scenes where the first merges imperceptibly into the second.
100
baby legs
What is another way of referring to a short tripod?
200
Charge Coupled Device
What do the letters C.C.D stand for?
200
In the can
What is the term used to describe a movie or piece that is all finished shooting.
200
Slate Clacker Clapperboard
Which of the following is name for the identifier placed in front of the camera at beginning of a take?
200
Foley
What is the reproduction of everyday sound effects that are added to film, video, and other media in post-production to enhance audio quality.
200
Above the line
What is are writers, directors and producers often referred to in a production?
300
Additive color
What is color created by mixing a number of different light colors, with Red, green, and blue being the primary colors normally used in additive color system.
300
Lighting
In which department does a Grip work?
300
Lighting
What is a dimmer a function of? Is it the camera?
300
Match cut Graphic match In French: raccord
What is a cut in film editing between either two different objects, two different spaces, or two different compositions in which objects in the two shots graphically match, often helping to establish a strong continuity of action and linking the two ...
300
3200 degrees
What is the correct Kelvin temperature for indoor photography?
400
To allow the aperture to open and close, letting more or less light through the lens opening.
What is the function of an F-stop on a camera?
400
Producer
Who oversees all of the major aspects of a production from hiring of actors and crew to determining the budget?
400
Acoustics
What is the science of sound engineering called?
400
Switcher Vision mixer
What is a name for the device used to select between several different video sources and in some cases compositing (mix) video sources together to create special effects. This is similar to what a mixing console does for audio.
400
Red, Green, and Blue
What does RGB stand for?
500
A frame
What is an individual picture in a video referred to as?
500
Gaffer
In a production, who is in charge of the lighting department?
500
HDMI
What is a standard for connecting high-definition video devices?
500
Crossfade
What is a mixing network that combines the output of two or more channels.
500
5600 degrees
What is the correct exterior kelvin temperature for daytime exterior videography?