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| Who Created The First Video Game? |
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| What was the name of the first video game? |
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| What was the First Home Video Game System? |
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| What was the most popular arcade game ever? |
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| What was the first Laser Disc Game? |
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| What was the first holographic game? |
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| What was the first game to use 3-D Polygon models? |
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| What are the parts of a game loop? |
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| Handle Window Messages, Get Input(From controllers), Processing Data, Rendering. |
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| How often do console games perform all of the game loop functions? |
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| When was the Arcade Boom? |
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| When did the video game industry crash? |
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| What are the 2 parts of a design document? |
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| Internal(Programming) and External(Marketing) |
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| What does a Video Game publisher do? |
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| Gets the game to the public |
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| What does the Video Game Developer do? |
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| What 15th Century invention ushered in the Rennaissance? Who Invented it? |
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| The Printing Press, Johannes Gutenburg. |
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| Who invented the 78 rpm flat disc format? |
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| Who predicted wireless radio? |
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| Who patented wireless radio in 1896? |
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| What record company did Thomas Edison start? |
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| What was the first commercial radio station? Where was it? |
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| What did Bell Labs invent in 1920 that replaced the crude recording horn? |
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| What was the first film with synchronized sound? Who was its star? |
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| Jazz Singer (1927) Al Jolson |
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| ________ Created the first 33 1/3 LP in 1931, but it was __________ that reintroduced the format successfully in 1948. |
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| Who created the first magnetic tape recorder? |
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| Who was the first commercial user of Magnetic Tape? What was the show? |
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| Bing Crosby, Philco Radio Time |
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| Who developed multitrack recording? |
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| Who invented the first photograph? What was it called? |
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| Joseph Neipce, Heliograph |
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| 1837 improvement of the Heliograph |
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| What is Eadweard Muybridge famous for? |
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| Photographic Study of motion |
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| What is George Eastman famous for? |
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| What is Fredrick Archer famous for? |
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| Collidion Wet plate Process |
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| What is William Talbot famous for? |
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| What phenomenon makes motion pictures possible? |
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| Who is responsible for the Great Train Robbery and Life Of an American Fireman? |
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| Who is considered the father of science fiction? |
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| George Melies (Trip to the moon) |
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| Who was the first to project movies? |
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| Who was responsible for Birth of a Nation and Intolerance? |
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| What groundbreaking film was Orson Welles responsible for? |
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| Who developed the first telegraph? |
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| Who transmitted the first television image? |
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| Who created the first animated film? |
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| Who was the first to create believable character animation? |
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| Introduced in 1904 the ________ was a tube that allowed the amplification of electrical signals. |
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| A stream of 8 ones and zeros |
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| _______ is a powerful single user computer similar to a pc. |
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| What kind of computer began as so called dummy terminals? |
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| What is the code that represents English characters as numbers? |
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| What was the first "killer application"? |
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| IBM Compatible computers made by other companies were called ________. |
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| What is the relationship between the chipset and the motherboard? |
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| The chipset controls the motherboard. |
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| What does one cycle of a sound wave consist of? |
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| A compression and Rarefaction |
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| Define Frequency. What do we percieve changes in frequency as for sound? What about light? |
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| The number of waves passing through a specific point at a specific time. Pitch. Color |
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| Define Amplitude. What do we percieve it as in sound? How about light? |
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| Strength of the wave. Loudness. Brightness. |
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| What range does the greatest sensitivity of human hearing fall between? |
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| What do we call the time required to complete one cycle of a wave? |
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| What are different exponents with the same base called? |
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| Any _____ increase in loudness is actually double the sound power. |
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| Any ________ increase in loudness is actually 10 times the power. |
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| What is the unit of measure equal to one Newton of force acting uniformly on one square meter? |
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| What occurs when two waves are 180 degrees out of phase? What do we call it? |
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| What occurs when two waves are in phase? What do we call it? |
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| What do we call rooms with many reflections? What do we call rooms with few reflections? |
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| What do we call sound waves that have a lack of vibration at certain points, between which are areas of maximum vibration? |
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| What do we call it when a wave bends around a barrier? |
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| What are the particles of an Atom? What are there charges? |
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| Proton (positive), Neutron (no charge), and electron (negative) |
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| What particles make up the nucleus of an atom? |
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| What are natural magnets found in the earth called? |
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| Do All Magnetic Fields have two poles? |
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| No, a straight wire through which electrons travel only have one pole. |
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| What do we call current that flows in two direcions? |
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| What do we call current that flows in only one direction? |
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| What is the easiest type of electricity to produce in large amounts? |
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| Which property of electricity is measured in Watts? |
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| Which Property of electricity is measured in Amps? |
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| _________ are used to step voltage up or down. |
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| Electrical devices that can serve as amplifiers, detectors, or switches are called __________. |
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| What is an example of a variable resistor used in everyday life? |
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| Volume switches, dimming lights, etc. |
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| Light can only be detected by its affects on __________. |
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| Light can be characterized by its __________. |
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| Who devised the theory of electromagnetism? |
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| Who first measured the speed of light? |
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| Electromagnetic energy is only detected when it is intercepted and transformed into another form of _____________. |
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| What are the parts of the electromagnetic spectrum? |
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| 7 parts. Radio waves, Microwaves, Infared Radiation, Visible Light, UV Rays, X-Rays, Gamma Rays. |
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| What are the colors of the electromagnetic spectrum from lowest frequency to highest? |
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| Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, and Violet. (ROY G BIV) |
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| What do we call high energy particles that travel through space at nearly the speed of light? |
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| Most of the output of a lighting instrument is in the form of ________. |
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| A ________ is a measurement of reflected light equal to one lumen per square meter. |
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| One lumen per square foot is called a __________. |
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| A ________ Is a measurement of luminous intensity. |
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| _________ Decreases inversely to the square of the distance. |
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| The ________ deals with mixing direct light. |
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| Additive color process (RGB) |
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| This color process deals with reflected and filtered light. |
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| Subtractive color process (CMYK) |
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| What is the key color in the Subtractive Color Process? Why do we need one? |
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| Black, we need it because true black cannot be represented with the other colors. |
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| The _______ of a song contrasts in mood or rhythm to the rest of the song. |
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| The main character(s) in the film, who is going through a change. |
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| The character(s) causing the change in the Protagonist(s) |
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| What do we call a recurring physical symbol of importance that appears within a dramatic work? |
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| One page of a screenplay is equal to approximately how much time? |
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| What is the NTSC Standard? |
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| 30 fps, 60 Hz, Interlaces scanning, 525 Lines of Resolution |
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| What is the PAL standard? |
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| 25 fps, 50 Hz, 625 lines of resolution |
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| What are the 4 parts of a television signal? |
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| Luminence, Chrominance, Audio, and Timing and Blanking Pulses |
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| _______ Cameras are for soundstage use in television. |
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| _______ Cameras have a seperate camera and VTR. |
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| EFP (Electronic Field Production) |
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| ________ are cameras that have a camera and VTR in a single unit. |
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| ENG (Electronic News Gathering) |
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| What do we call the imaging device inside of a camera? |
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| How many DTV formats are there? |
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| 18 (8 standard, 6 HD, 4 VGA) |
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| What is the Academy Standard Aspect Ratio? |
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| What is the American Widescreen Aspect Ratio? |
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| Which display operates by controlling light passing through it? |
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| What do we call the standard coaxial cable connector? |
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| Who is responsible for the sale of studio time? |
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| _______ Involves recording core elements of the music. |
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| _______ Is the process of preparing mixes for various consumer formats. |
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| What do we call the machine we use to duplicate cassette tapes? |
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| What do we call the negative vinyl impression made from the original acetate? |
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| Who helps get specific types of music to the right people? |
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| What does the Audio Industry use instead of commercials? |
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| Anything that converts one form of energy into another. Give two examples used in studios. |
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| Transducer, Microphone and speakers. |
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| The kind of transducer that converts mechanical energy to electrical energy. |
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| Overdubbing is made possible by the ___________. |
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| What type of microphone operates by suspending a coiled wire in a magnetic field? |
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| What kind of microphone operates through two oppositely charged plates? |
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| _______ Connectors use 3 wires. |
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| The __________ system is responsible for moving the tape accross the heads. |
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| Left hand reel of the tape machine. |
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| Right hand reel of the tape machine. |
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| What do we call the magnetic dust that actually stores the signal? |
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| What do we call the path the audio signal takes through the console? |
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| What controls the audio signal we send to the multitrack? |
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| What controls the audio signal we recieve from the multitrack? |
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| What controls the entire output of the console? |
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| What do we call a device we use to alter the signal passing through it? |
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| _________ is the ability to fill the venue with sound. |
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| __________ is the ability to amplify the sound without distortion or feedback. |
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| What does DMX 512 control? |
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| Dimmers and moving lights |
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| What is Cobranet used for? |
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| Distribution of digital audio |
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| Who is the head of the Art Department on a film project? |
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| Who is the chief electrician on a film set? |
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| With _________ we can set the mood, evoke emotion, tell time, and enhance subject matter. |
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| What do we call the distance between the center of the lens and the film plane? |
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| The _________ is both literally and figuratively the focal point of the motion picture camera's mechanical operation. |
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| What do we call the process of transferring film to video? |
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| What do we call the process of taking all the sounds and synching them to the motion picture? |
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| If the elements of a film do not remain constant from shot to shot, where is the error? |
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| If the elements of a film do not remain constant from shot to shot, where is the error? |
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| What do we call it when we use a public network to exchange secure information from one computer to another? |
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| What was the first user-friendly interface for the internet called? |
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| What was the first commercially-available online service? |
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| From one _____ phone line you can take a phone call and transmit data at the same time. |
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| _________ is designed to handle voice, video, and data in WAN's at rates of up to 2.488 Gbps |
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| What is the industry term for a bitmapped image? |
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| What is the industry term for an object oriented image? |
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| ________ was designed for the printing industry and is an object oriented image. |
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| ________ was created by Microsoft and is used to save synchronized audio and video data. |
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| _______ is a common file used in Microsoft Windows in regards to video files, but you must have the proper codec to view it. |
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| ________ have different reflective properties we can use to give a realistic appearance to an object. |
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| __________ are two dimensional images that create the look of real texture of a model. |
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| __________ are two dimensional images placed on the surface of a model to give it its color and look. |
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| What type of animation relied on drawings traced onto acetate and shot over background paintings? |
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| In __________, the user changes the position of the model at key times during a scene. |
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| What are the three types of motion capture? |
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| Optical, Magnetic, and electro-mechanical |
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| Researchers at MIT developed the ___________, a device that would allow drawings that could be scaled up or down, and lines that were perfectly straight or curved |
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| In 1973, the first __________ conference was held. This allowed for computer graphics workers to discuss new developments. |
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| What do we call the initial documentation used to sell a video game? |
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| What do we call the interactivity of the video game? |
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| What do we call the back story and settings for the game? |
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| What do we call the environment of the game? |
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| ____________ describes what the player is allowed to do and how the game is played. |
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| Who oversees an entire product line of games? |
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| Who oversees just one specific game? |
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| Who oversees just one specific platform of one specific game? |
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| Who does all the research for the game, performs back-ups for software, etc? |
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| Who is responsible for catching the bugs in a game? |
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| Who performs the final check on a game? |
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| Who offers technical support to the customers who buy the game? |
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| Who supervises the entire programming crew? |
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| In the physics of a game, what do we call changes in velocity? |
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| In the physics of a game, what do we call downward accelleration used for realism? |
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| In the physics of a game, what do we call force against motion from an object? |
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| In the physics of a game, what do we call the response of objects as they strike one another? |
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| What do we call the creation of 2D backgrounds for a game? |
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| What is the process of creating 2D objects that move in a game? |
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| What is the process of sculpting objects for a game? |
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| ________ means giving 3D objects the ability to move. |
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| This part of the game loop is the communication between the game and the Operating System. |
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| This part of the game loop looks at all the inputs, and processes actions/requests from the player. |
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| This part of the game loop updates object positioning due to player action. |
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| This part of the game loop draws the image on the screen. |
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| This part of the game loop draws the image on the screen. |
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| What software interface works on both PC and Mac Platforms? |
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| What software interface works only on Windows? |
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| What software interface works only on Mac? |
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| Who supervises the set up and tear down of a concert tour? |
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| What device controls the amount of voltage going to the lights? |
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| What type of animation allows us to record an actor's performance? |
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| What was the first film to have Computer Graphics in it? |
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| What do we call a number that compares width to height in respect to film and television standards? |
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| What are the three elements of scene building (Animation)? |
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| Composition, Cameras, and Lighting |
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| What is the backbone of computerized editing? |
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| Name two types of moving lights. |
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| What type of computerized 3D modeling allows the use of curved lines? |
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| What section of the design document details what the player must do to advance? |
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| The range of frequencies that can pass through a circuit is known as the ____________. |
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| The number of pixels that can be rendered each second is known as the ___________. |
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