Technical Exam

Question 1

Name all the F-Stops

Answer 1

2.8, 4, 5.6, 8, 11, 16, 22

Question 2

Which F stop gives you the least depth of field

Answer 2

2.8

Question 3

What is aesthetic consideration when deciding what f-stop to shoot at?

Answer 3

Angle of view/how you want the frame to look

Question 4

Which f-stops lets in the least amount of light?

Answer 4

f22

Question 5

What millimeter lens is considered a normal lens on a 16mm camera?

Answer 5

35mm lens

Question 6

Does a telephoto/wide angle lens have shallow depth of field?

Answer 6

yes

Question 7

Name two rings on a lens

Answer 7

Aperture and Focus

Question 8

Explain Rule of 3rds

Answer 8

The frame of the camera is broken up into a grid and each intersection of the grid are the most appealing spots to place a subject

Question 9

What is meant by headroom when composing a shot?

Answer 9

That there is enough space above the subject’s head and the top of the frame

Question 10

What is meant by lead room when composing a shot?

Answer 10

That there is enough space in front of the subject if they are moving/turned to the side

Question 11

What is the difference between prime lens and zoom lens?

Answer 11

Zoom lens: multiple focus lengths

Prime fixed lens: Fixed focal lengths, wide, normal, telephoto

Question 12

How do you focus with a zoom lens?

Answer 12

Zoom all the way in on your subject and focus on that, zoom out

Question 13

What is the main benefit of editing with a non linear editing program?

Answer 13

Being able to jump around the timeline and edit whatever you want in whatever order

Question 14

What is the difference between a pan and tilt?

Answer 14

Pan: rotating camera on a vertical or horizontal axis
Tilt: camera stays in a fixed position but rotates up/down on a vertical axis

Question 15

What is a jump cut?

Answer 15

An abrupt transition from one scene/shot to another

Question 16

What is meant by cut on action?

Answer 16

Making a cut that matches the action directly before it

Question 17

Describe the 180 degree rule

Answer 17

Don’t cross the line of action

Question 18

Describe the steps in exporting

Answer 18

Export from timeline (control M)
Make sure format is correct (H.264 for our purposes)
Make sure VBR is correct (2 for our purposes)
Change name/name the file
Look at summary output
Hit export

Question 19

Describe steps in uploading project to server

Answer 19

1. username: filmvideo
   password: MCTCfilm
2. Coursefiles
3. Mary Ahman
4. Production 2017-2018
5. production 1 tuesday
6. in class projects/whatever project name
7. grab project and put it in file

Question 20

What is a dolly shot?

Answer 20

When the camera moves along a track following the action

Question 21

What is a situation which you would use a low angle show?

Answer 21

To show power

Question 22

What is a situation in which you would use a high angle shot?

Answer 22

to show powerlessness

Question 23

why is it important to set the diopter?

Answer 23

Because your shot may be in focus but your view of it could be off. Vice versa

Question 24

When should you set the diopter?

Answer 24

Right away when you turn on the camera

Question 25

What does the term montage-editing mean?

Answer 25

Juxtaposition of shots to tell a story

Question 26

What is the degree Kelvin for daylight?

Answer 26

5000-6500K

Question 27

What is the degree Kevin for tungsten?

Answer 27

3200K

Question 28

What does NTSC stand for?

Answer 28

National Television Standards broadcasting Committee

Question 29

What does ATSC stand for?

Answer 29

Advanced Television Systems Committee

Question 30

What does NLE stand for?

Answer 30

Non Linear Editing

Question 31

What does 1080 and 720 mean?

Answer 31

1080 pixels (interlaced or progressive) or 720 pixels (interlaced or progressive)

Question 32

What tool on the HMC camera do you use to check for over exposure?

Answer 32

zebra

Question 33

What is the recording format Panasonic HMC 150 makes?

Answer 33

AVHCD

Question 34

What is the difference between format and codec?

Answer 34

Codec: software that is used to encode/decode video signal Format: They way information is stored

Question 35

The difference between interlaced and progressive

Answer 35

Interlaced: two fields of video are scanned at different times, first the odds are processed and then the evens Progressive: the fields of video are scanned and processed at the same time (said to be better)

Question 36

What is the aspect ratio of HD

Answer 36

16:9

Question 37

What is chrominance?

Answer 37

Hue (tint of color) and Saturation (intensity of color)

Question 38

What is Luma?

Answer 38

Represents the brightness of the image (shades of black and white)

Question 39

What is timecode?

Answer 39

a coded signal on videotape or film giving information about such things as frame number, time of recording, or exposure. Hours: minutes: seconds: frames

Question 40

What is meant by bit rate?

Answer 40

The amount of data used to describe the audio or video part of the file

Question 41

What is meant by audio sample rate? What is the sample rate you were told to use?

Answer 41

H.264 | The number of samples of audio carried per second

Question 42

What is the difference between lossy and lossless compression?

Answer 42

Lossless: makes smaller but when decoded the file is unchanged Lossy: Lose some video or audio information

Question 43

What is intra frame compression?

Answer 43

Spatial (can get rid of data within that frame and no other frame)

Question 44

What is inter frame compression?

Answer 44

Temporal (uses other frames to reference in the current frame, it encodes only the changes from on frame to the next)

Question 45

What is meant by angle of view?

Answer 45

``` How much can you see in the frame? 28 mm= really wide 50mm= closer 70mm= closer 210mm=really close ```

Question 46

Describe depth of filed

Answer 46

The amount of focus behind and infant of the subject | Shallow vs deep

Question 47

What are the lights called in 3 point lighting? which order do you set them up?

Answer 47

Main (or key), Fill, Backlight | Set up in that order

Question 48

What is the job of the Main (or Key) Light?

Answer 48

Determines the direction and the quality of your light. Motivated by your choice of light

Question 49

What is the job of Fill light?

Answer 49

Fill in a lot or little of the shadows created by the main light. Creates whether the scene is shot in Low or High key light (controls contrast)

Question 50

What is the job of the Back Light?

Answer 50

To create separation between the subject and the background. Creates dimensionality and depth. placed above and behind the subject

Question 51

What is meant by lowkey lighting?

Answer 51

high contrast

Question 52

What is meant by contrast ratio?

Answer 52

1:2- 1 stop difference 1:3- 1.5 stop difference 1:4- 2 stop difference 1:8- 3 stop difference 1:16- 4 stop difference A measurement referring to the ratio of main light to main light and fill

Question 53

What is soft and hard light?`

Answer 53

Soft: Light rays are scattered, wide range of illumination Hard: direct parallel rays produce hard and clean shadows

Question 54

What are we describing when you are talking about hertz?

Answer 54

Pitch/frequency

Question 55

What are we describing when you are talking about decibels?

Answer 55

amplitude of the sound

Question 56

What is room tone?

Answer 56

nonspecific sounds recorded during production.

Question 57

What is ambiance?

Answer 57

presence atmosphere of a scene location and noises present at that location

Question 58

What does ADR stand for?

Answer 58

Automated Dialogue Replacement

Question 59

Omni Directional mics

Answer 59

Pick up sound from everywhere in the room

Question 60

Shotgun mic

Answer 60

Pick up sounds from just where they are pointed