December Exam

Question 1

What’s the first think you should do after a day of shooting?

Answer 1

Duplicate the footage.

Question 2

What are the steps to editing a film?

Answer 2

Assembly, rough cut, fine cut, final product, export.

Question 3

What was the reasons for showing the bulls head?

Answer 3

Take the everyday and make it extraordinary.

Question 4

What did Hemmingway say every good writer needs?

Answer 4

A built in bullshit detector.

Question 5

What was Hemmingway’s six word story?

Answer 5

For sale, baby shoes, never worn.

Question 6

What are the steps to writing a script?

Answer 6

Come up with themes and concept, genre, beat sheet, short treatment, write script, re-write.

Question 7

What is the theme of a story?

Answer 7

What it’s about, something leads to something else.

Question 8

What is the example of a theme that was given in class?

Answer 8

Empathy leads to understanding.

Question 9

What is the concept of the story?

Answer 9

What is happening.

Question 10

What are the characteristics of a low concept story?

Answer 10

Character driven, characters will change.

Question 11

What are the characteristics of a high concept story?

Answer 11

Simple to describe, story driven, world will change.

Question 12

Describe Act 1 of a script.

Answer 12

Beginning. Establishes only rules, character traits and genre. “What if…?” Inciting incident.

Question 13

Describe Act 2 of a script.

Answer 13

The middle. Provide false hope, tease false peril, pit your protagonists weakness against your antagonist’s strengths. The longest. “What happens next…?”

Question 14

Describe Act 3 of a script.

Answer 14

The ending. Prove your point, showcase your protagonist’s strengths.

Question 15

What are the best endings?

Answer 15

Bitter sweet in which the protagonist doesn’t get everything they want, but are granted the most important part.

Question 16

What type of goals should a character have?

Answer 16

An interior and exterior.

Question 17

Who are the three people on set who are responsible for the creative aspects?

Answer 17

Director, cinematographer and production designer.

Question 18

What are the d.p.’s duties?

Answer 18

Give the director what they want. Decide on framing, camera movements, lighting style, filtration, lenses and continuity. Works with gaffer.

Question 19

What roles make up the camera crew?

Answer 19

Camera operator, the first AC, the second AC, the third AC or loader.

Question 20

Who is the camera operator?

Answer 20

Person who handles the camera. Frames the shots, performs camera moves, runs the camera.

Question 21

Who is the producer?

Answer 21

Handles the budget, responsible for making the production happen.

Question 22

Who is the writer?

Answer 22

Writes and re-writes the script.

Question 23

Who is the storyboard artist?

Answer 23

Draws the important visual elements of the story.

Question 24

Who is the camera assistant?

Answer 24

Works with the camera operator. Loads batteries, helps set up camera.

Question 25

Who is the art director?

Answer 25

Designs the visual "look" of the whole production.

Question 26

Who is the script supervisor?

Answer 26

Follows script to ensure "coverage". Watches for continuity errors.

Question 27

Who is the gaffer?

Answer 27

Works under the director or the D.O.P. to rig and adjust the lighting.

Question 28

Who is the grip?

Answer 28

Physically moves stuff (e.g. Dolly Grip).

Question 29

Who is the clapper/loader?

Answer 29

Slates each slot.

Question 30

Who is the sound recordist/boom operator?

Answer 30

Adjusts audio levels and operators boom microphone.

Question 31

Who is the production assistant?

Answer 31

A.K.A. PA/Gofer. Helps whomever requests help. Runs errands.

Question 32

Who is the talent?

Answer 32

Actors.

Question 33

What are the roles in post production?

Answer 33

Picture editor, sound editor, sound effects, foley, ADR, score, soundtrack.

Question 34

What is a tail slate?

Answer 34

Slate at the end of the take (upside down).

Question 35

What is a split edit?

Answer 35

Also known as a j-cut, lead with the audio in the edit to make the edits as invisible as possible.

Question 36

What is blocking?

Answer 36

Recorded movements.

Question 37

What is the onset protocol script?

Answer 37

Quiet on set, roll camera, rolling, roll audio, speed, slate, mark (click), action.

Question 38

Define directionality of the boom mic.

Answer 38

Pointing the shotgun mic at the sound.

Question 39

What camera did we use in class?

Answer 39

Panasonic AGHVX 200.

Question 40

What is the battery life of the Panasonic AGHVX 200?

Answer 40

~ 2 hours.

Question 41

What type of memory card does it use?

Answer 41

P2 8 Gib Cards.

Question 42

What does the P in P2 stand for?

Answer 42

Professional.

Question 43

When was video tape recorder invented?

Answer 43

1956.

Question 44

When was Betamax invented?

Answer 44

1975.

Question 45

When was home video (VHS) invented?

Answer 45

1976.

Question 46

Why did VHS win the war against Betamax?

Answer 46

Theatrical releases.

Question 47

Define aperture.

Answer 47

Allows more of less light into the lens.

Question 48

Define focal length.

Answer 48

The distance from the optical centre of the lends to the focal plane (mm).

Question 49

What does a longer focal length mean?

Answer 49

Smaller depth of field.

Question 50

Define f-stop.

Answer 50

Ratio between the diameter of the opening and the focal length.

Question 51

What is the frequency response of human hearing?

Answer 51

20 Hz to 20 KHz.

Question 52

What does ATSC stand for?

Answer 52

Advanced Television Systems Committee.

Question 53

What is the type of material through which the flow of electrons can be controlled?

Answer 53

Semi-conductor.

Question 54

What is the dynamic range of human hearing?

Answer 54

0dB to 120dB.

Question 55

What is the threshold of hearing?

Answer 55

0dB.

Question 56

What is the threshold of pain?

Answer 56

120dB.

Question 57

What does CCD stand for?

Answer 57

Charge Coupled Device.

Question 58

How many scan lines are used per frame in a current HDTV consume televisions?

Answer 58

720 or 1080.

Question 59

How does aperture of a lens affect its depth of field?

Answer 59

The larger the aperture the shallower the depth of field.

Question 60

Define pitch.

Answer 60

Our human interpretation of whether a sound wave cycles quickly or slowly from positive to negative.

Question 61

Define MiniDV.

Answer 61

A small tape for recording video (the one used in our project).

Question 62

Define aspect ratio.

Answer 62

The hight by width of a frame. 19x9 for HD, 4x3 for home video.

Question 63

Define the inverse square law.

Answer 63

100 f.c., light 1 m away, moved away double, quarters the intensity. Also true for sound.

Question 64

Define a shotgun microphone.

Answer 64

A mic with a narrow pickup pattern, super-cardio.

Question 65

What is a fresnel lens.

Answer 65

Stepped lens, like convex missing bits to make it lighter.

Question 66

Define a transducer.

Answer 66

Any device that converts any energy to another.

Question 67

Define voltage.

Answer 67

Pressure that pushes electrons.