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| planning and coordinating details before the actual production activities |
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| encode, translate the original program objective into a series of video segments |
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| any activity that occurs after the production. editing or audio sweetening |
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| More important: message hoping to get across OR message viewer perceives |
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| desired effect of program on viewer |
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| message actually perceived by the viewer |
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| particular approach to a story-central theme |
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| moving from idea to the program objective and then backing up to specific medium requirements to achieve program objective |
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| breakdown of time blocks for various activities on actual production day, such as crew call, setup, and camera rehearsal |
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| calendar that shows preproduction, production, and postproduction dates and who is doing what, when, and where |
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| Higher sampling rate, higher picture quality |
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| analog signals are very robust and do not deteriorate over multiple generations |
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| analog signal can be compressed |
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| all production crewmembers expected to show up and start working |
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| clearing of production site |
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| what must be established and maintained among all production personnel in order for production to be effective and successful |
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| viewfinder, imaging device, lens |
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| three basic elements of video camera |
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| optical device within camera that splits the white light into RGB light beams |
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| adjustable lens-opening mechanism (lens diaphragm) |
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| actual opening of lens created by your manipulation of lens-opening mechanism (measured in f-stops) |
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| common name for variable-focal-length lens |
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| recorder (recording device) |
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| camcorder is portable video camera with what build-in? |
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| video camera converts an ________ image into electrical signals that are reconverted by a television receiver into visible screen images |
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| the more ______ a CCD (chip) contains, higher the resolution of video image |
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| wide-angle lens has a SHORT or LONG focal length? |
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| telephoto lens has SHORT or LONG focal length |
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| one lens can open to f-stop of f2.0 and another can open to f-stop f4.5. which is faster |
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| open iris means to let MORE or LESS light through lens |
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| close down lens means to let MORE or LESS light through lens |
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| higher f-stop, SMALLER or LARGER aperture and less light is transmitted by lens |
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| lower f-stop, SMALLER or LARGER aperture and more light is transmitted by lens |
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| to move camera laterally by means of mobile camera mount |
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| device to attach an ENG/EFP camera to mounting head |
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| to tilt camera sideways, also called shooting dutch |
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| to point camera up or down |
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| to move camera toward or away from an object |
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| to turn the camera horizontally |
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| to move camera up or down on a camera crane or jib arm |
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| to change focal length of lens while camera (usually) remains stationary |
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| three-legged camera mount (sticks) |
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| device that connects a camera to its support |
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| to move the camera in a slightly curved dolly or truck |
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| a small camera crane that can be operated by the cameraperson |
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| before panning handheld camera, point knees toward BEGINNING or END of pan? |
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| walk FORWARD or BACKWARD whenever possible? |
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| handheld: shot be more stable and less jittery with lens ZOOMED OUT to wide-angle position or ZOOMED IN to telephoto position? |
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| you SHOULD or SHOULD NOT use drag (friction) controls on the mounting head to lock the camera? |
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| to calibrate zoom lens you must ZOOM IN or ZOOM OUT before setting focus |
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| higher the shutter speed, the MORE or LESS blurring occurs? |
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| the higher the shutter speed, the MORE or LESS light you need? |
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| the manual focus control on camcorders and ENG/EFP cameras is a ring at the ______ of the lens that can be turned by hand. |
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| to calibrate the zoom lens means to preset the lens to keep _________ throughout the zoom |
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| to ___________________ means to adjust the camera so that a white sheet of paper looks white on the television screen regardless of whether the light that illuminates the paper is reddish or bluish |
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| object of any part of it seen at close range and framed tightly |
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| area in which all objects, located at different distances from the camera, appear in focus |
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| portion of a scene visible through a particular lens; its vista |
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| space in front of a laterally moving object or person |
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| object seen from far away or framed very loosely; establishing shot |
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| covers any framing between a long shot and a close-up |
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| the space in front of a person looking toward the edge of behthe screen |
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| mentally filling in missing visual information that will lead to a complete and stable configuration |
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| created by someone or something that unquestionably points in a specific direction, and arrow, a one-way street sign, somebody pointing, etc. |
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| indicates screen depth. extends from camera lens to horizon |
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| relationship of width of screen to its height. 4x3, 16x9, etc. |
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| created by lines or an arrangement of stationary objects that lead the eye in a general direction |
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| when looking through the viewfinder, you must learn to see not only the foreground (target) object but also what is ___________ it. |
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| as a rule of thumb, correct headroom in a close-up places the eyes of the person in the upper _______ of the screen |
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| defining the z-axis in your frame with distinct foreground, middleground, background elements creates the illusion of _______ |
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| always try to keep the camera as _______ as possible and have the people and objects in front of the camera do the ________ |
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| a ______-in brings the object to the viewer; a ______-in takes the viewer to the object |
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camera to object distance
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| depth of field is dependent on 3 factors. name them. |
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| in order to perform a rack-focus shot, do you need the lens in the WIDE-ANGLE or TELEPHOTO position? |
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| does a person running toward the camera on the z-axis appear to run faster with the lens in the WIDE-ANGLE or the TELEPHOTO position? |
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| this field of view is effective on the large screen and essential for the small screen |
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| when your lens is zoomed all the way out to the wide-angle position, objects on the z-axis appear to be _________ than they really are |
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| when your lens is zoomed all the way in to the telephoto position, objects on the z-axis appear to be ________ than they really are |
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| when your lens is zoomed all the way out to the wide-angle position, the depth of field is ________ |
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| when your lens is zoomed all the way in to the telephoto position, the depth of field is _______ |
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