The Sound for the screen quiz will be Wednesday, MAY 1st
The quiz will cover the following:
AM
Sound for the Screen Keynote
Sound Vocabulary Sheet
Moving Images Chapter 3 Sound and Image
Video Basics Chapter 7 Audio and Sound Control
PM
Sound for the Screen Keynote
Sound Vocabulary Sheet
Moving Images Chapter 3 Sound and Image
Video Basics Chapter 7 Audio and Sound Control
You will be tested on all of the above especially:
What is the definition of sound according to physics?
What is Amplitude?
What is the healthy human hearing range?
What is a decibel?
How is sample rate defined?
How is bit depth defined?
What are the 6 qualities of sound?
What was the first sound recording device that was developed?
What were the three major problems with recording early sound?
What was Dr. Lee Deforest's contribution to the development of film sound?
What were early sound sync systems originally developed for? Dialog? Music?
Was hollywood against the development of early sound? Why or why not?
Was early sound technology cheap or expensive?
Was Thomas Edison's phonograph the technology that hollywood adopted for early film sound?
What were the reasons why hollywood was concerned about developing sound for film?
What was the first major sync sound film that was developed?
How quickly did hollywood convert most of its films to talkies?
What is a talkie?
What genre's did sound play an essential role in developing?
How did television threaten talkie films?
How far did film audience attendance plummet from 1946-1955?
What is Ray Dolby famous for?
What was Star Wars' contribution to the development of sound?
What are the three major digital sound formats developed in the 90's?
What is monophonic sound? Stereo sound?
What is Dolby Atmos and Barco Auro?
What is the most common way of recording sound? Mono? Stereo?
What is 5.1 surround sound?
what does the .1 mean in 5.1?
What are: Voice over, dialog, sound effects (SFX), the score, ambient sound, wala?
You will need to know the differences between: isolated/library sounds, specialty sounds, foley sounds, ambient sound, wala
What is the role of the foley artist?
What is room tone? Why is it important?
What is the location sound mixers job on set?
What are the responsibilities of the location sound mixer on set?
What equipment do you need to record sound on set?
Be able to identify each of the standard audio cables in the keynote.
What is an XLR? RCA? TRS? Auxiliary cable?
*There will be several scenarios where you will be asked identify what gear is needed in a specific audio shoot*
What polar pattern does a handheld mic have?
What polar pattern does a shotgun mic have?
Be able to identify all of types of microphone technologies?
What are lavalier microphones used for?
What are the pro's and cons of a lav microphone?
What are handheld microphones used for?
What are audio mixer's used for?
What are ideal record levels for digital mixers/cameras? Why?
Do analog and digital mixers have the same recording levels?
What is the different between mic and line level?
What is mic level?
What is line level?
What is phantom power?
What are shotgun microphones used for?
Be able to match the following file types to their definitions: AIFF, WAV, MP3, AAC, ALAC
How should you monitor your audio?
Should you always record audio with your video? Why?
What are the ideal levels for digital audio when recording? Zero? Why or why not?
Are wireless radio microphones reliable? Why or why not?
Do digital audio sample rates matter? Why or why not?
Match the following aspects of music: Rhythm, Melody, Harmony
Who holds the boom microphone?
Where do you place a lav microphone? Who wires talent?
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Monday, April 27, 2020
Thursday, February 13, 2020
STUDY GUIDE: CINEMATOGRAPHY
Here is the study guide for the cinematography unit. The test will cover:
Intro to Cinematography Keynote
Intro to Cinematography Handouts
Intro to Cinematography Vocal
What is cinematography?
What tools does the cinematographer have available to them?
What can aspect ratio be described as?
What was the first aspect ratio?
What was the 1909 standard?
What effect did sound have on aspect ratio?
Why was widescreen invented?
What was televisions effect on the film industry?
What is an anamorphic lens?
Know the difference between the basic aspect ratios from the aspect ratio assignment.
What is the phi phenomenon?
What is frame rate?
What is under and over cranking?
What were the first frame rate standards?
What is the refresh rate of video?
What is color?
How did early films use color?
How was color used in early film?
What was technicolor's role in color filmmaking?
What is a digital intermediate?
Understand the relationship between long, medium and close up shots and emotion.
Know the relationship between power and camera angles.
Know the differences between different camera movements.
Know what piece of filmmaking equipment that is used with the different camera movements.
Be able to match the different types of dollies and their pictures.
Be able to recognize a jib, dolly, slider, steadicam, etc.
What are 3-axis gimbals used for?
What is handheld camera used for? What kind of energy does it impart to the image?
What do wide angle lenses communicate? Telephoto lenses?
Be able to recognize a wide angle shot and a telephoto shot.
Be able to recognize shallow and deep depth of field/focus.
is selective focus used for? What do shallow and deep focus do?
What are the benefits and drawbacks of a zoom lens?
What are the benefits and drawbacks of prime lenses?
What can focus be defined as?
What are the factors that control depth of field?
What do you need to do to achieve shallow depth of field?
What do you need to do to achieve deep depth of field?
What do telephoto lenses do?
What is a T-stop?
Understand what a small vs. large sense camera does and be able to site examples of each.
Be able to match the pro's and cons of a large/small sensor to their pro's and cons.
Be able to describe the roles of: The DP, 1st AC, 2nd AC, camera operator
What is the exposure triangle? What does it do?
What are the camera settings that control exposure in your camera?
What does gain do to your image?
What does the neutral density filter do to your image?
What do faster, shutter speeds do to your image? What would be their desired artist effect?
What can lighting be used to do?
What does Film Noir mean?
What were some of the contributing factors in the origin of Film Noir?
What is Rembrandt lighting?
What is Chiaroscuro?
What are some of the defining features of Film Noir?
What is falloff?
What are the 4 qualities of light?
What is the inverse square law of light?
What does the inverse square law of light mean?
What do dimmers do? What are some of their drawbacks?
Be able to recognize and match basic grip equipment to their pictures/names.
What are gels used for?
Be able to match the different type of gels with their purpose.
Match a hard lit image with the type of lights to use.
Match a soft lit image with the type of lights to use.
Be able to recognize and match the basic types of lighting fixtures with their images.
What color temperatures do tungsten lights come in?
Understand how to calculate paper amps.
Do LED's generate a lot of heat? Do tungsten lights? florescent lights?
What are HMI lights used for?
How are Florescent lights used? What are some of their drawbacks?
What is the gaffers job?
What is the role of the grip department
Match the different pieces of grip equipment with their names.
Intro to Cinematography Keynote
Intro to Cinematography Handouts
Intro to Cinematography Vocal
What is cinematography?
What tools does the cinematographer have available to them?
What can aspect ratio be described as?
What was the first aspect ratio?
What was the 1909 standard?
What effect did sound have on aspect ratio?
Why was widescreen invented?
What was televisions effect on the film industry?
What is an anamorphic lens?
Know the difference between the basic aspect ratios from the aspect ratio assignment.
What is the phi phenomenon?
What is frame rate?
What is under and over cranking?
What were the first frame rate standards?
What is the refresh rate of video?
What is color?
How did early films use color?
How was color used in early film?
What was technicolor's role in color filmmaking?
What is a digital intermediate?
Understand the relationship between long, medium and close up shots and emotion.
Know the relationship between power and camera angles.
Know the differences between different camera movements.
Know what piece of filmmaking equipment that is used with the different camera movements.
Be able to match the different types of dollies and their pictures.
Be able to recognize a jib, dolly, slider, steadicam, etc.
What are 3-axis gimbals used for?
What is handheld camera used for? What kind of energy does it impart to the image?
What do wide angle lenses communicate? Telephoto lenses?
Be able to recognize a wide angle shot and a telephoto shot.
Be able to recognize shallow and deep depth of field/focus.
is selective focus used for? What do shallow and deep focus do?
What are the benefits and drawbacks of a zoom lens?
What are the benefits and drawbacks of prime lenses?
What can focus be defined as?
What are the factors that control depth of field?
What do you need to do to achieve shallow depth of field?
What do you need to do to achieve deep depth of field?
What do telephoto lenses do?
What is a T-stop?
Understand what a small vs. large sense camera does and be able to site examples of each.
Be able to match the pro's and cons of a large/small sensor to their pro's and cons.
Be able to describe the roles of: The DP, 1st AC, 2nd AC, camera operator
What is the exposure triangle? What does it do?
What are the camera settings that control exposure in your camera?
What does gain do to your image?
What does the neutral density filter do to your image?
What do faster, shutter speeds do to your image? What would be their desired artist effect?
What can lighting be used to do?
What does Film Noir mean?
What were some of the contributing factors in the origin of Film Noir?
What is Rembrandt lighting?
What is Chiaroscuro?
What are some of the defining features of Film Noir?
What is falloff?
What are the 4 qualities of light?
What is the inverse square law of light?
What does the inverse square law of light mean?
What do dimmers do? What are some of their drawbacks?
Be able to recognize and match basic grip equipment to their pictures/names.
What are gels used for?
Be able to match the different type of gels with their purpose.
Match a hard lit image with the type of lights to use.
Match a soft lit image with the type of lights to use.
Be able to recognize and match the basic types of lighting fixtures with their images.
What color temperatures do tungsten lights come in?
Understand how to calculate paper amps.
Do LED's generate a lot of heat? Do tungsten lights? florescent lights?
What are HMI lights used for?
How are Florescent lights used? What are some of their drawbacks?
What is the gaffers job?
What is the role of the grip department
Match the different pieces of grip equipment with their names.
Wednesday, February 5, 2020
STUDY GUIDE: EARLY FILM QUIZ
The early cinema quiz is tentatively scheduled for Thursday, February 7th. The test will cover:
The Early Cinema Keynote
The Early Cinema Vocab Sheet
Films Viewed
Study Guide:
What is the persistence of vision principle?
What does the camera obscure do? What is its contribution to cinema history?
What does the magic lantern do? What is its contribution to cinema history?
Why is the phantasmagoria important to cinema history?
What factors made the 19th century important to the development of history?
What is the zoetrope? Why is it important?
Why was the invention of photography important to cinema?
Who too the first photograph?
Who created the first practical photographic process?
What does the first photograph look like?
What was Henry Fox Talbot famous for?
What was Luis Daguerre famous for?
What were the technological requirements to create a motion picture camera?
Who was Eadweard Muybridge? What was he famous for?
What did Eadweard Muybridge's experiments with movement prove?
Why was the kodak camera important to the development of the motion picture camera?
What was Thomas Edison's contribution to film history?
What was William K.L. Dickson's contribution to film history?
What were the monkeyshines films?
What was the first motion picture shown to the public?
What was the kinetoscope? How did it work?
What was the Black Maria? What was it used for?
Who were the Lumiere Brothers? What were they famous fir?
Did Edison invent the Vitascope? If not, where did it come from?
What was the Lumiere Brothers first film?
What were the three dominant types of early cinema?
What is the significance of "A Trip Down Market Street?"
What were early narrative films like?
Were early films in color or black and white?
What is the significant of the Nickelodeon? What does the word mean?
Did early films have sound? Music?
What is the Nickelodeon boom? Why is it significant?
Why was Alice-Guy Blance significant in film history?
What was George Melies' accomplishments?
What is "A Trip to the Moon?" Why is it significant?
What is "The Great Train Robbery?" Why is it significant?
What is "Life of an American Firefighter?" Why is it significant?
What is "Birth of a Nation?" Why is it significant?
What was D.W. Griffith's contribution to cinema? What is one of his most famous films?
What was the result of the patent war?
What is a patent?
What is a monopoly?
What was "The Trust" interested in doing?
Who were the Moguls? Why were they significant?
What was the relationship between the nickelodeon and the movie palaces?
What is the kodak camera? Why is it significant?
What influenced the movie industry to move to southern California?
What was the first animated character?
What was Mary Pickford famous for?
What was Mack Sennett famous for?
What was Charlie Chaplin famous for?
Why was Charlie Chaplin one of the greatest movie stars of all time?
Be able to match all of the following to their contributions to cinema:
William KL Dickson
The Lumiere Brothers
Eadweard Muybridge
George Melies
Alice Guy-Blanche
Joseph Nicephore Niepce
Luis Daguerre
Henry Fox Talbot
George Eastman
Edwin S. Porter
D.W. Griffith
Charlie Chaplin
Mack Sennett
The Early Cinema Keynote
The Early Cinema Vocab Sheet
Films Viewed
Study Guide:
What is the persistence of vision principle?
What does the camera obscure do? What is its contribution to cinema history?
What does the magic lantern do? What is its contribution to cinema history?
Why is the phantasmagoria important to cinema history?
What factors made the 19th century important to the development of history?
What is the zoetrope? Why is it important?
Why was the invention of photography important to cinema?
Who too the first photograph?
Who created the first practical photographic process?
What does the first photograph look like?
What was Henry Fox Talbot famous for?
What was Luis Daguerre famous for?
What were the technological requirements to create a motion picture camera?
Who was Eadweard Muybridge? What was he famous for?
What did Eadweard Muybridge's experiments with movement prove?
Why was the kodak camera important to the development of the motion picture camera?
What was Thomas Edison's contribution to film history?
What was William K.L. Dickson's contribution to film history?
What were the monkeyshines films?
What was the first motion picture shown to the public?
What was the kinetoscope? How did it work?
What was the Black Maria? What was it used for?
Who were the Lumiere Brothers? What were they famous fir?
Did Edison invent the Vitascope? If not, where did it come from?
What was the Lumiere Brothers first film?
What were the three dominant types of early cinema?
What is the significance of "A Trip Down Market Street?"
What were early narrative films like?
Were early films in color or black and white?
What is the significant of the Nickelodeon? What does the word mean?
Did early films have sound? Music?
What is the Nickelodeon boom? Why is it significant?
Why was Alice-Guy Blance significant in film history?
What was George Melies' accomplishments?
What is "A Trip to the Moon?" Why is it significant?
What is "The Great Train Robbery?" Why is it significant?
What is "Life of an American Firefighter?" Why is it significant?
What is "Birth of a Nation?" Why is it significant?
What was D.W. Griffith's contribution to cinema? What is one of his most famous films?
What was the result of the patent war?
What is a patent?
What is a monopoly?
What was "The Trust" interested in doing?
Who were the Moguls? Why were they significant?
What was the relationship between the nickelodeon and the movie palaces?
What is the kodak camera? Why is it significant?
What influenced the movie industry to move to southern California?
What was the first animated character?
What was Mary Pickford famous for?
What was Mack Sennett famous for?
What was Charlie Chaplin famous for?
Why was Charlie Chaplin one of the greatest movie stars of all time?
Be able to match all of the following to their contributions to cinema:
William KL Dickson
The Lumiere Brothers
Eadweard Muybridge
George Melies
Alice Guy-Blanche
Joseph Nicephore Niepce
Luis Daguerre
Henry Fox Talbot
George Eastman
Edwin S. Porter
D.W. Griffith
Charlie Chaplin
Mack Sennett
Mary Pickford
Tuesday, December 10, 2019
STUDY GUIDE: FALL FINAL STUDY GUIDE
The fall final will be Friday, December 13th. The midterm will consist of existing questions from the quiz's you've already taken plus a few questions on the AV Scriptwriting Keynote.
The materials you'll need to study are:
PRODUCTION PROCESS
Preproduction Keynote
Production Keynote
Post Production Keynote
Set Jobs Keynote
Preproduction Vocabulary I & II
Production Vocabulary
Post Production Vocabulary
Details:
You will need to know the order of preproduction and post production on a video project.
You will need to know who says what before shooting a take.
You will need to know what the key roles on a crew are and their responsibilities.
EDITING
Introduction to Editing Keynote
Editing Vocabulary Handout
1. Study what the art of editing is - Keynote
2. What is the editors role? Who does he collaborate with?
3. Study the layout of the premiere pro interface. You will be quizzed on what each of the panels of the interface are and the detailed parts of the source and timeline panels.
4. You must know what: An insert edit, overwrite edit, lift edit, extract edit are.
5. You will need to know the order of the stages in the editing process.
6. How to create your folder structure to begin your project.
7. What was Edwin S. Porters contribution to editing?
8. What was D.W. Griffith's contribution to editing?
9. What is The Kuleshov Theory?
10. What is montage theory?
11. Know the differences between the 5 different types of montage theory.
12. What is the order from frame to project? What do each of the terms mean?
13. What does mise en scene mean?
14. Be able to identify what a J or L cut is.
15. What are Walter Murch's top 2 rules of editing?
16. Be able to visually identify the different transitions by seeing a motion image example.
CAMERA
Intro to the Camera Keynote
Camera Framing Handout
Camera Movement Handout
Anatomy of:
Sony FS5
Sony EX3
Benro BV8 Tripod
You will also be tested on the following:
1. What does proper white balance look like? What does it not look like?
2. What does 3200K mean?
3. What does 5600K mean?
4. What does the ND filter do?
5. What does gain do?
6. What are the differences between 24p and 30p?
7. What is the proper shutter speed for 24p and 30p usually?
8. Is balancing your camera important? Why?
9. What are the proper procedures for checking out a camera in this class?
10. What does good/bad headroom look like?
COMPOSITION AND AESTHETICS
Composition and Aesthetics Keynote
Be able to identify each of the shot framing sizes by seeing a visual example of them.
Be able to identify each of the common shot angles by seeing a visual example of them.
What is 2-D screen direction?
What is 3-D screen direction?
What is the golden mean and how does it relate to the rule of thirds?
What is unbalanced screen composition?
What is balanced screen composition?
Be able to identify a balanced vs. unbalance screen composition by seeing a visual example.
What is Hitchcock's rule?
Monday, November 25, 2019
STUDY GUIDE: THE PRODUCTION PROCESS
The quiz will cover the following material:
The Production Process Keynote
Preproduction Vocabulary I & II
Production Vocabulary
Post Production Vocabulary
Set Chain of Command Handout
Production Jobs Handout
Chapter 8 - Moving Images - The Production Process
Details:
You will need to know the order of preproduction and post production on a video project.
You will need to know who says what before shooting a take.
You will need to know what the key roles on a crew are and their responsibilities.
The quiz is not open note. It consists of multiple choice, true and false, order, matching and sorting questions.
What is the director of photography's role on set?
What is a pitch?
What is a great way to brainstorm?
In pre-production action is defined as what?
What is the development process?
How long is a feature film?
What is a green light?
What is a longline?
What is a paradigm?
What does INT. and EXT. mean?
What is a location?
What do props consist of?
What is a synopsis?
What is blocking?
What is the 'Abby Singer?"
What does "Speed" mean?
What is coverage?
What is the magic hour?
What does the Wardrobe department mean?
What is the slate for?
What is continuity for?
What is the call time on set for?
What is a circle take?
What does 1080P mean?
What are the assistant editors duties?
What is color grading?
What does picture lock mean?
What does the foley process mean?
What does timecode do?
What does CGI mean?
What are the screenwriters duties?
What does the Key Grip do?
What does the Gaffer do?
What order do the Pre-Production steps go in?
What is the cinematographers role in the camera department?
What are the stages of green light approval? Green? Yellow? Red? What do they mean?
Be able to match up the story arc parts with their definitions.
Be able to place the following jobs in their order of authority: Executive Producer, Producer, Line Producer, Director, Director of Photography, Production Assistant
Are locations exteriors or interiors?
A take can be defined as?
What is the role of the sound recordist?
What is the role of the production designer?
The Production Process Keynote
- Pre-Production
- Production
- Post Production
- Production Jobs
- Production Sectors
Preproduction Vocabulary I & II
Production Vocabulary
Post Production Vocabulary
Set Chain of Command Handout
Production Jobs Handout
Chapter 8 - Moving Images - The Production Process
Details:
You will need to know the order of preproduction and post production on a video project.
You will need to know who says what before shooting a take.
You will need to know what the key roles on a crew are and their responsibilities.
The quiz is not open note. It consists of multiple choice, true and false, order, matching and sorting questions.
What is the director of photography's role on set?
What is a pitch?
What is a great way to brainstorm?
In pre-production action is defined as what?
What is the development process?
How long is a feature film?
What is a green light?
What is a longline?
What is a paradigm?
What does INT. and EXT. mean?
What is a location?
What do props consist of?
What is a synopsis?
What is blocking?
What is the 'Abby Singer?"
What does "Speed" mean?
What is coverage?
What is the magic hour?
What does the Wardrobe department mean?
What is the slate for?
What is continuity for?
What is the call time on set for?
What is a circle take?
What does 1080P mean?
What are the assistant editors duties?
What is color grading?
What does picture lock mean?
What does the foley process mean?
What does timecode do?
What does CGI mean?
What are the screenwriters duties?
What does the Key Grip do?
What does the Gaffer do?
What order do the Pre-Production steps go in?
What is the cinematographers role in the camera department?
What are the stages of green light approval? Green? Yellow? Red? What do they mean?
Be able to match up the story arc parts with their definitions.
Be able to place the following jobs in their order of authority: Executive Producer, Producer, Line Producer, Director, Director of Photography, Production Assistant
Are locations exteriors or interiors?
A take can be defined as?
What is the role of the sound recordist?
What is the role of the production designer?
Thursday, October 24, 2019
STUDY GUIDE: CAMERA & COMPOSITION
The intro to the camera and composition quiz will be held thisTuesday, October 29th. If you are not in class that day, you will receive a zero.
There will be a quiz on the anatomy of the:
Sony FS5
Sony EX3
Sony EX1
Benro BV8 Tripod
Intro to the Camera Keynote
Composition Keynote
Camera & Composition Vocab
Intro to the camera unit study guide
Camera Unit Handouts - Framing, Movement, etc.
You will also be tested on the following:
Be able to identify each of the shot framing sizes by seeing a visual example of them.
Be able to identify each of the common shot angles by seeing a visual example of them.
What is 2-D screen direction?
What is 3-D screen direction?
What is the golden mean and how does it relate to the rule of thirds?
What is unbalanced screen composition?
What is balanced screen composition?
Be able to identify a balanced vs. unbalance screen composition by seeing a visual example.
What is Hitchcock's rule?
You will also be tested on the following:
2. What does 3200K mean?
3. What does 5600K mean?
4. What does the ND filter do?
5. What does gain do?
6. What are the differences between 24p and 30p?
7. What is the proper shutter speed for 24p and 30p usually?
8. Is balancing your camera important? Why?
9. What are the proper procedures for checking out a camera in this class?
10. What does good/bad headroom look like?
Friday, September 20, 2019
STUDY GUIDE: EDITING QUIZ
The Editing unit quiz will be Tuesday the 24th for PM Wednesday the 25th for the AM at 8AM & 1PM.
Your quiz will cover the following material:
Introduction to Editing Keynote
Editing Vocabulary Handout
Video Basics Chapter 12 Questions PM CLASS
Video Basics Chapter 13 Questions PM CLASS
Editing Unit Study Guide:
1. Study what the art of editing is - Keynote
2. What is the editors role? Who does he collaborate with?
3. Study the layout of the premiere pro interface. You will be quizzed on what each of the panels of the interface are and the detailed parts of the source and timeline panels.
4. You must know what: An insert edit, overwrite edit, lift edit, extract edit are.
5. You will need to know the order of the stages in the editing process.
6. How to create your folder structure to begin your project.
7. What was Edwin S. Porters contribution to editing?
8. What was D.W. Griffith's contribution to editing?
9. What is The Kuleshov Theory?
10. What is montage theory?
11. Know the differences between the 5 different types of montage theory.
12. What is the order from frame to project? What do each of the terms mean?
13. What does mise en scene mean?
14. Be able to identify what a J or L cut is.
15. What are Walter Murch's top 2 rules of editing?
16. Be able to visually identify the different transitions by seeing a motion image example.
17. What is the difference between analog and digital video?
18. What is the difference between progressive and interlaced frames?
19. What is timecode? What is it used for?
Your quiz will cover the following material:
Introduction to Editing Keynote
Editing Vocabulary Handout
Video Basics Chapter 12 Questions PM CLASS
Video Basics Chapter 13 Questions PM CLASS
Editing Unit Study Guide:
1. Study what the art of editing is - Keynote
2. What is the editors role? Who does he collaborate with?
3. Study the layout of the premiere pro interface. You will be quizzed on what each of the panels of the interface are and the detailed parts of the source and timeline panels.
4. You must know what: An insert edit, overwrite edit, lift edit, extract edit are.
5. You will need to know the order of the stages in the editing process.
6. How to create your folder structure to begin your project.
7. What was Edwin S. Porters contribution to editing?
8. What was D.W. Griffith's contribution to editing?
9. What is The Kuleshov Theory?
10. What is montage theory?
11. Know the differences between the 5 different types of montage theory.
12. What is the order from frame to project? What do each of the terms mean?
13. What does mise en scene mean?
14. Be able to identify what a J or L cut is.
15. What are Walter Murch's top 2 rules of editing?
16. Be able to visually identify the different transitions by seeing a motion image example.
17. What is the difference between analog and digital video?
18. What is the difference between progressive and interlaced frames?
19. What is timecode? What is it used for?
Tuesday, August 27, 2019
STUDY GUIDE: SET SAFETY / CAREER READINESS / DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP
The quiz will be Wednesday the 27th @ 1PM and Thursday the 28th @ 8AM
18 Questions
25 Points
The quiz will be on:
Set Safety & Etiquette Keynote
Career Readiness & Copyright Keynote
Most of the questions are scenarios that are presented where you will use your knowledge of the material to guess the correct answer.
18 Questions
25 Points
The quiz will be on:
Set Safety & Etiquette Keynote
Career Readiness & Copyright Keynote
Most of the questions are scenarios that are presented where you will use your knowledge of the material to guess the correct answer.
Tuesday, May 14, 2019
STUDY GUIDE: SPRING FINAL EXAM
The Spring Final Exam will be Tuesday, May 21st.
The quiz will cover the following:
Documentary Film Keynote
3-Point Lighting
Sound for the Screen Keynote
Sound Vocabulary Sheet
Storytelling/Screenwriting lecture/keynote
Storytelling Vocabulary Sheet
The Early Cinema Keynote
The Early Cinema Vocab Sheet
PSA & Video Scriptwriting Keynote
You will be tested on all of the above especially:
PSA & VIDEO SCRIPTWRITING
Where does the Video description go?
Where does the Audio description go?
Be able to match the shot abbreviations with their shot descriptions.
What does SOT mean?
STORY & SCREENWRITING
What are the 7 Types of dramatic conflict?
What are the elements of drama?
How do the elements of drama effect storytelling?
What is a protagonist? What do they do in a story?
What is an antagonist? What do they do in a story?
What are the essential questions you need to ask in order to figure out who your character is?
What is internal conflict?
What is external conflict?
What is exposition? What is its role in a story?
What is backstory? What is its role in a story?
What is theme? How does it affect the story?
What is dialogs role in a story?
What are the different archetypes in the hero's journey? What is the purpose of each of the archetypes in the story?
What are the different steps in the hero's journey? What does each step mean?
What are the three acts of a 3-act story?
What is an inciting incident?
What is the role of conflict and crisis in a story?
SOUND
What is the definition of sound according to physics?
What is Amplitude?
How is sample rate defined?
How is bit depth defined?
What are the 6 qualities of sound?
What is a talkie?
What is monophonic sound? Stereo sound?
What is the most common way of recording sound? Mono? Stereo?
What are: Voice over, dialog, sound effects (SFX), the score, ambient sound, wala?
You will need to know the differences between: isolated/library sounds, specialty sounds, foley sounds, ambient sound, wala
What is the role of the foley artist?
What is room tone? Why is it important?
What is the location sound mixers job on set?
What are the responsibilities of the location sound mixer on set?
What equipment do you need to record sound on set?
Be able to identify each of the standard audio cables in the keynote.
What is an XLR? RCA? TRS? Auxiliary cable?
*There will be several scenarios where you will be asked identify what gear is needed in a specific audio shoot*
What polar pattern does a handheld mic have?
What polar pattern does a shotgun mic have?
Be able to identify all of types of microphone technologies?
What are lavalier microphones used for?
What are the pro's and cons of a lav microphone?
What are handheld microphones used for?
What are audio mixer's used for?
What are ideal record levels for digital mixers/cameras? Why?
Do analog and digital mixers have the same recording levels?
What is the different between mic and line level?
What is mic level?
What is line level?
What is phantom power?
What are shotgun microphones used for?
How should you monitor your audio?
Should you always record audio with your video? Why?
What are the ideal levels for digital audio when recording? Zero? Why or why not?
Are wireless radio microphones reliable? Why or why not?
Do digital audio sample rates matter? Why or why not?
Who holds the boom microphone?
Where do you place a lav microphone? Who wires talent?
CINEMA HISTORY
What is the persistence of vision principle?
What does the camera obscure do? What is its contribution to cinema history?
Why was the invention of photography important to cinema?
Who too the first photograph?
Who created the first practical photographic process?
What does the first photograph look like?
What was Henry Fox Talbot famous for?
What was Luis Daguerre famous for?
Who was Eadweard Muybridge? What was he famous for?
What did Eadweard Muybridge's experiments with movement prove?
What was Thomas Edison's contribution to film history?
What was William K.L. Dickson's contribution to film history?
What was the kinetoscope? How did it work?
Who were the Lumiere Brothers? What were they famous fir?
What was the Lumiere Brothers first film?
Why was Alice-Guy Blance significant in film history?
What was George Melies' accomplishments?
What is "A Trip to the Moon?" Why is it significant?
What is "The Great Train Robbery?" Why is it significant?
What is "Birth of a Nation?" Why is it significant?
What was D.W. Griffith's contribution to cinema? What is one of his most famous films?
What was Edwin S. Porters Life of an American Fire Fighter famous for?
DOCUMENTARY
What does Cinema Verite mean?
What is A-Roll?
What is B-Roll?
Be able to match each of the 4-point lights with their descriptions from the keynote.
The quiz will cover the following:
Documentary Film Keynote
3-Point Lighting
Sound for the Screen Keynote
Sound Vocabulary Sheet
Storytelling/Screenwriting lecture/keynote
Storytelling Vocabulary Sheet
The Early Cinema Keynote
The Early Cinema Vocab Sheet
PSA & Video Scriptwriting Keynote
You will be tested on all of the above especially:
PSA & VIDEO SCRIPTWRITING
Where does the Video description go?
Where does the Audio description go?
Be able to match the shot abbreviations with their shot descriptions.
What does SOT mean?
STORY & SCREENWRITING
What are the 7 Types of dramatic conflict?
What are the elements of drama?
How do the elements of drama effect storytelling?
What is a protagonist? What do they do in a story?
What is an antagonist? What do they do in a story?
What are the essential questions you need to ask in order to figure out who your character is?
What is internal conflict?
What is external conflict?
What is exposition? What is its role in a story?
What is backstory? What is its role in a story?
What is theme? How does it affect the story?
What is dialogs role in a story?
What are the different archetypes in the hero's journey? What is the purpose of each of the archetypes in the story?
What are the different steps in the hero's journey? What does each step mean?
What are the three acts of a 3-act story?
What is an inciting incident?
What is the role of conflict and crisis in a story?
SOUND
What is the definition of sound according to physics?
What is Amplitude?
How is sample rate defined?
How is bit depth defined?
What are the 6 qualities of sound?
What is a talkie?
What is monophonic sound? Stereo sound?
What is the most common way of recording sound? Mono? Stereo?
What are: Voice over, dialog, sound effects (SFX), the score, ambient sound, wala?
You will need to know the differences between: isolated/library sounds, specialty sounds, foley sounds, ambient sound, wala
What is the role of the foley artist?
What is room tone? Why is it important?
What is the location sound mixers job on set?
What are the responsibilities of the location sound mixer on set?
What equipment do you need to record sound on set?
Be able to identify each of the standard audio cables in the keynote.
What is an XLR? RCA? TRS? Auxiliary cable?
*There will be several scenarios where you will be asked identify what gear is needed in a specific audio shoot*
What polar pattern does a handheld mic have?
What polar pattern does a shotgun mic have?
Be able to identify all of types of microphone technologies?
What are lavalier microphones used for?
What are the pro's and cons of a lav microphone?
What are handheld microphones used for?
What are audio mixer's used for?
What are ideal record levels for digital mixers/cameras? Why?
Do analog and digital mixers have the same recording levels?
What is the different between mic and line level?
What is mic level?
What is line level?
What is phantom power?
What are shotgun microphones used for?
How should you monitor your audio?
Should you always record audio with your video? Why?
What are the ideal levels for digital audio when recording? Zero? Why or why not?
Are wireless radio microphones reliable? Why or why not?
Do digital audio sample rates matter? Why or why not?
Who holds the boom microphone?
Where do you place a lav microphone? Who wires talent?
CINEMA HISTORY
What is the persistence of vision principle?
What does the camera obscure do? What is its contribution to cinema history?
Why was the invention of photography important to cinema?
Who too the first photograph?
Who created the first practical photographic process?
What does the first photograph look like?
What was Henry Fox Talbot famous for?
What was Luis Daguerre famous for?
Who was Eadweard Muybridge? What was he famous for?
What did Eadweard Muybridge's experiments with movement prove?
What was Thomas Edison's contribution to film history?
What was William K.L. Dickson's contribution to film history?
What was the kinetoscope? How did it work?
Who were the Lumiere Brothers? What were they famous fir?
What was the Lumiere Brothers first film?
Why was Alice-Guy Blance significant in film history?
What was George Melies' accomplishments?
What is "A Trip to the Moon?" Why is it significant?
What is "The Great Train Robbery?" Why is it significant?
What is "Birth of a Nation?" Why is it significant?
What was D.W. Griffith's contribution to cinema? What is one of his most famous films?
What was Edwin S. Porters Life of an American Fire Fighter famous for?
DOCUMENTARY
What does Cinema Verite mean?
What is A-Roll?
What is B-Roll?
Be able to match each of the 4-point lights with their descriptions from the keynote.
Tuesday, April 23, 2019
STUDY GUIDE: STORYTELLING QUIZ - APRIL 19TH
There will be a unit quiz on Tuesday, April 30th - PM, Wednesday, May 1st - AM on the following elements in the story unit:
Storytelling/Screenwriting lecture/keynote
Storytelling Vocabulary Sheet
Handouts: Screenplay formatting, Hero's Journey Cycle/Structure
You will be tested on all of the above especially:
What are the 7 Types of dramatic conflict?
What are the elements of drama?
How do the elements of drama effect storytelling?
What is a protagonist? What do they do in a story?
What is an antagonist? What do they do in a story?
What are the essential questions you need to ask in order to figure out who your character is?
What is internal conflict?
What is external conflict?
What is interactional conflict?
What is exposition? What is its role in a story?
What is backstory? What is its role in a story?
What are "stakes?" What is it's role in a story?
What is theme? How does it affect the story?
What is dialogs role in a story?
What is genre's role in a story? How can it be used?
What are the different archetypes in the hero's journey? What is the purpose of each of the archetypes in the story?
What are the different steps in the hero's journey? What does each step mean?
What are the three acts of a 3-act story?
What is an inciting incident?
What is a climax?
What is the role of conflict and crisis in a story?
What is the role of resolution in a story?
What is the role of the twist in a story?
Be able to identify each of the main structural elements of a screenplay in an example page:
Slugline, action, dialog, transition, parenthetical
What does a proper slug line look like?
Be able to match the description of each of the major structural elements of a screenplay with the item:
Storytelling/Screenwriting lecture/keynote
Storytelling Vocabulary Sheet
Handouts: Screenplay formatting, Hero's Journey Cycle/Structure
You will be tested on all of the above especially:
What are the 7 Types of dramatic conflict?
What are the elements of drama?
How do the elements of drama effect storytelling?
What is a protagonist? What do they do in a story?
What is an antagonist? What do they do in a story?
What are the essential questions you need to ask in order to figure out who your character is?
What is internal conflict?
What is external conflict?
What is interactional conflict?
What is exposition? What is its role in a story?
What is backstory? What is its role in a story?
What are "stakes?" What is it's role in a story?
What is theme? How does it affect the story?
What is dialogs role in a story?
What is genre's role in a story? How can it be used?
What are the different archetypes in the hero's journey? What is the purpose of each of the archetypes in the story?
What are the different steps in the hero's journey? What does each step mean?
What are the three acts of a 3-act story?
What is an inciting incident?
What is a climax?
What is the role of conflict and crisis in a story?
What is the role of resolution in a story?
What is the role of the twist in a story?
Be able to identify each of the main structural elements of a screenplay in an example page:
Slugline, action, dialog, transition, parenthetical
What does a proper slug line look like?
Be able to match the description of each of the major structural elements of a screenplay with the item:
Slugline, action, dialog, transition, parenthetical
Monday, April 1, 2019
STUDY GUIDE: SOUND FOR THE SCREEN
The Sound for the screen quiz will be Wednesday, April 3rd
The quiz will cover the following:
AM
Sound for the Screen Keynote
Sound Vocabulary Sheet
Moving Images Chapter 3 Sound and Image
Video Basics Chapter 7 Audio and Sound Control
PM
Sound for the Screen Keynote
Sound Vocabulary Sheet
Moving Images Chapter 3 Sound and Image
Video Basics Chapter 7 Audio and Sound Control
You will be tested on all of the above especially:
What is the definition of sound according to physics?
What is Amplitude?
What is the healthy human hearing range?
What is a decibel?
How is sample rate defined?
How is bit depth defined?
What are the 6 qualities of sound?
What was the first sound recording device that was developed?
What were the three major problems with recording early sound?
What was Dr. Lee Deforest's contribution to the development of film sound?
What were early sound sync systems originally developed for? Dialog? Music?
Was hollywood against the development of early sound? Why or why not?
Was early sound technology cheap or expensive?
Was Thomas Edison's phonograph the technology that hollywood adopted for early film sound?
What were the reasons why hollywood was concerned about developing sound for film?
What was the first major sync sound film that was developed?
How quickly did hollywood convert most of its films to talkies?
What is a talkie?
What genre's did sound play an essential role in developing?
How did television threaten talkie films?
How far did film audience attendance plummet from 1946-1955?
What is Ray Dolby famous for?
What was Star Wars' contribution to the development of sound?
What are the three major digital sound formats developed in the 90's?
What is monophonic sound? Stereo sound?
What is Dolby Atmos and Barco Auro?
What is the most common way of recording sound? Mono? Stereo?
What is 5.1 surround sound?
what does the .1 mean in 5.1?
What are: Voice over, dialog, sound effects (SFX), the score, ambient sound, wala?
You will need to know the differences between: isolated/library sounds, specialty sounds, foley sounds, ambient sound, wala
What is the role of the foley artist?
What is room tone? Why is it important?
What is the location sound mixers job on set?
What are the responsibilities of the location sound mixer on set?
What equipment do you need to record sound on set?
Be able to identify each of the standard audio cables in the keynote.
What is an XLR? RCA? TRS? Auxiliary cable?
*There will be several scenarios where you will be asked identify what gear is needed in a specific audio shoot*
What polar pattern does a handheld mic have?
What polar pattern does a shotgun mic have?
Be able to identify all of types of microphone technologies?
What are lavalier microphones used for?
What are the pro's and cons of a lav microphone?
What are handheld microphones used for?
What are audio mixer's used for?
What are ideal record levels for digital mixers/cameras? Why?
Do analog and digital mixers have the same recording levels?
What is the different between mic and line level?
What is mic level?
What is line level?
What is phantom power?
What are shotgun microphones used for?
Be able to match the following file types to their definitions: AIFF, WAV, MP3, AAC, ALAC
How should you monitor your audio?
Should you always record audio with your video? Why?
What are the ideal levels for digital audio when recording? Zero? Why or why not?
Are wireless radio microphones reliable? Why or why not?
Do digital audio sample rates matter? Why or why not?
Match the following aspects of music: Rhythm, Melody, Harmony
Who holds the boom microphone?
Where do you place a lav microphone? Who wires talent?
The quiz will cover the following:
AM
Sound for the Screen Keynote
Sound Vocabulary Sheet
Moving Images Chapter 3 Sound and Image
Video Basics Chapter 7 Audio and Sound Control
PM
Sound for the Screen Keynote
Sound Vocabulary Sheet
Moving Images Chapter 3 Sound and Image
Video Basics Chapter 7 Audio and Sound Control
You will be tested on all of the above especially:
What is the definition of sound according to physics?
What is Amplitude?
What is the healthy human hearing range?
What is a decibel?
How is sample rate defined?
How is bit depth defined?
What are the 6 qualities of sound?
What was the first sound recording device that was developed?
What were the three major problems with recording early sound?
What was Dr. Lee Deforest's contribution to the development of film sound?
What were early sound sync systems originally developed for? Dialog? Music?
Was hollywood against the development of early sound? Why or why not?
Was early sound technology cheap or expensive?
Was Thomas Edison's phonograph the technology that hollywood adopted for early film sound?
What were the reasons why hollywood was concerned about developing sound for film?
What was the first major sync sound film that was developed?
How quickly did hollywood convert most of its films to talkies?
What is a talkie?
What genre's did sound play an essential role in developing?
How did television threaten talkie films?
How far did film audience attendance plummet from 1946-1955?
What is Ray Dolby famous for?
What was Star Wars' contribution to the development of sound?
What are the three major digital sound formats developed in the 90's?
What is monophonic sound? Stereo sound?
What is Dolby Atmos and Barco Auro?
What is the most common way of recording sound? Mono? Stereo?
What is 5.1 surround sound?
what does the .1 mean in 5.1?
What are: Voice over, dialog, sound effects (SFX), the score, ambient sound, wala?
You will need to know the differences between: isolated/library sounds, specialty sounds, foley sounds, ambient sound, wala
What is the role of the foley artist?
What is room tone? Why is it important?
What is the location sound mixers job on set?
What are the responsibilities of the location sound mixer on set?
What equipment do you need to record sound on set?
Be able to identify each of the standard audio cables in the keynote.
What is an XLR? RCA? TRS? Auxiliary cable?
*There will be several scenarios where you will be asked identify what gear is needed in a specific audio shoot*
What polar pattern does a handheld mic have?
What polar pattern does a shotgun mic have?
Be able to identify all of types of microphone technologies?
What are lavalier microphones used for?
What are the pro's and cons of a lav microphone?
What are handheld microphones used for?
What are audio mixer's used for?
What are ideal record levels for digital mixers/cameras? Why?
Do analog and digital mixers have the same recording levels?
What is the different between mic and line level?
What is mic level?
What is line level?
What is phantom power?
What are shotgun microphones used for?
Be able to match the following file types to their definitions: AIFF, WAV, MP3, AAC, ALAC
How should you monitor your audio?
Should you always record audio with your video? Why?
What are the ideal levels for digital audio when recording? Zero? Why or why not?
Are wireless radio microphones reliable? Why or why not?
Do digital audio sample rates matter? Why or why not?
Match the following aspects of music: Rhythm, Melody, Harmony
Who holds the boom microphone?
Where do you place a lav microphone? Who wires talent?
Friday, March 15, 2019
STUDY GUIDE: CINEMATOGRAPHY
Here is the study guide for the cinematography unit. The test will cover:
Intro to Cinematography Keynote
Intro to Cinematography Handouts
Intro to Cinematography Vocal
What is cinematography?
What tools does the cinematographer have available to them?
What can aspect ratio be described as?
What was the first aspect ratio?
What was the 1909 standard?
What effect did sound have on aspect ratio?
Why was widescreen invented?
What was televisions effect on the film industry?
What is an anamorphic lens?
Know the difference between the basic aspect ratios from the aspect ratio assignment.
What is the phi phenomenon?
What is frame rate?
What is under and over cranking?
What were the first frame rate standards?
What is the refresh rate of video?
What is color?
How did early films use color?
How was color used in early film?
What was technicolor's role in color filmmaking?
What is a digital intermediate?
Understand the relationship between long, medium and close up shots and emotion.
Know the relationship between power and camera angles.
Know the differences between different camera movements.
Know what piece of filmmaking equipment that is used with the different camera movements.
Be able to match the different types of dollies and their pictures.
Be able to recognize a jib, dolly, slider, steadicam, etc.
What are 3-axis gimbals used for?
What is handheld camera used for? What kind of energy does it impart to the image?
What do wide angle lenses communicate? Telephoto lenses?
Be able to recognize a wide angle shot and a telephoto shot.
Be able to recognize shallow and deep depth of field/focus.
is selective focus used for? What do shallow and deep focus do?
What are the benefits and drawbacks of a zoom lens?
What are the benefits and drawbacks of prime lenses?
What can focus be defined as?
What are the factors that control depth of field?
What do you need to do to achieve shallow depth of field?
What do you need to do to achieve deep depth of field?
What do telephoto lenses do?
What is a T-stop?
Understand what a small vs. large sense camera does and be able to site examples of each.
Be able to match the pro's and cons of a large/small sensor to their pro's and cons.
Be able to describe the roles of: The DP, 1st AC, 2nd AC, camera operator
What is the exposure triangle? What does it do?
What are the camera settings that control exposure in your camera?
What does gain do to your image?
What does the neutral density filter do to your image?
What do faster, shutter speeds do to your image? What would be their desired artist effect?
What can lighting be used to do?
What does Film Noir mean?
What were some of the contributing factors in the origin of Film Noir?
What is Rembrandt lighting?
What is Chiaroscuro?
What are some of the defining features of Film Noir?
What is falloff?
What are the 4 qualities of light?
What is the inverse square law of light?
What does the inverse square law of light mean?
What do dimmers do? What are some of their drawbacks?
Be able to recognize and match basic grip equipment to their pictures/names.
What are gels used for?
Be able to match the different type of gels with their purpose.
Match a hard lit image with the type of lights to use.
Match a soft lit image with the type of lights to use.
Be able to recognize and match the basic types of lighting fixtures with their images.
What color temperatures do tungsten lights come in?
Understand how to calculate paper amps.
Do LED's generate a lot of heat? Do tungsten lights? florescent lights?
What are HMI lights used for?
How are Florescent lights used? What are some of their drawbacks?
What is the gaffers job?
What is the role of the grip department
Match the different pieces of grip equipment with their names.
Intro to Cinematography Keynote
Intro to Cinematography Handouts
Intro to Cinematography Vocal
What is cinematography?
What tools does the cinematographer have available to them?
What can aspect ratio be described as?
What was the first aspect ratio?
What was the 1909 standard?
What effect did sound have on aspect ratio?
Why was widescreen invented?
What was televisions effect on the film industry?
What is an anamorphic lens?
Know the difference between the basic aspect ratios from the aspect ratio assignment.
What is the phi phenomenon?
What is frame rate?
What is under and over cranking?
What were the first frame rate standards?
What is the refresh rate of video?
What is color?
How did early films use color?
How was color used in early film?
What was technicolor's role in color filmmaking?
What is a digital intermediate?
Understand the relationship between long, medium and close up shots and emotion.
Know the relationship between power and camera angles.
Know the differences between different camera movements.
Know what piece of filmmaking equipment that is used with the different camera movements.
Be able to match the different types of dollies and their pictures.
Be able to recognize a jib, dolly, slider, steadicam, etc.
What are 3-axis gimbals used for?
What is handheld camera used for? What kind of energy does it impart to the image?
What do wide angle lenses communicate? Telephoto lenses?
Be able to recognize a wide angle shot and a telephoto shot.
Be able to recognize shallow and deep depth of field/focus.
is selective focus used for? What do shallow and deep focus do?
What are the benefits and drawbacks of a zoom lens?
What are the benefits and drawbacks of prime lenses?
What can focus be defined as?
What are the factors that control depth of field?
What do you need to do to achieve shallow depth of field?
What do you need to do to achieve deep depth of field?
What do telephoto lenses do?
What is a T-stop?
Understand what a small vs. large sense camera does and be able to site examples of each.
Be able to match the pro's and cons of a large/small sensor to their pro's and cons.
Be able to describe the roles of: The DP, 1st AC, 2nd AC, camera operator
What is the exposure triangle? What does it do?
What are the camera settings that control exposure in your camera?
What does gain do to your image?
What does the neutral density filter do to your image?
What do faster, shutter speeds do to your image? What would be their desired artist effect?
What can lighting be used to do?
What does Film Noir mean?
What were some of the contributing factors in the origin of Film Noir?
What is Rembrandt lighting?
What is Chiaroscuro?
What are some of the defining features of Film Noir?
What is falloff?
What are the 4 qualities of light?
What is the inverse square law of light?
What does the inverse square law of light mean?
What do dimmers do? What are some of their drawbacks?
Be able to recognize and match basic grip equipment to their pictures/names.
What are gels used for?
Be able to match the different type of gels with their purpose.
Match a hard lit image with the type of lights to use.
Match a soft lit image with the type of lights to use.
Be able to recognize and match the basic types of lighting fixtures with their images.
What color temperatures do tungsten lights come in?
Understand how to calculate paper amps.
Do LED's generate a lot of heat? Do tungsten lights? florescent lights?
What are HMI lights used for?
How are Florescent lights used? What are some of their drawbacks?
What is the gaffers job?
What is the role of the grip department
Match the different pieces of grip equipment with their names.
Thursday, January 31, 2019
STUDY GUIDE: EARLY CINEMA
The early cinema quiz is tentatively scheduled for Thursday, February 15th. The test will cover:
The Early Cinema Keynote
The Early Cinema Vocab Sheet
Films Viewed
Study Guide:
What is the persistence of vision principle?
What does the camera obscure do? What is its contribution to cinema history?
What does the magic lantern do? What is its contribution to cinema history?
Why is the phantasmagoria important to cinema history?
What factors made the 19th century important to the development of history?
What is the zoetrope? Why is it important?
Why was the invention of photography important to cinema?
Who too the first photograph?
Who created the first practical photographic process?
What does the first photograph look like?
What was Henry Fox Talbot famous for?
What was Luis Daguerre famous for?
What were the technological requirements to create a motion picture camera?
Who was Eadweard Muybridge? What was he famous for?
What did Eadweard Muybridge's experiments with movement prove?
Why was the kodak camera important to the development of the motion picture camera?
What was Thomas Edison's contribution to film history?
What was William K.L. Dickson's contribution to film history?
What were the monkeyshines films?
What was the first motion picture shown to the public?
What was the kinetoscope? How did it work?
What was the Black Maria? What was it used for?
Who were the Lumiere Brothers? What were they famous fir?
Did Edison invent the Vitascope? If not, where did it come from?
What was the Lumiere Brothers first film?
What were the three dominant types of early cinema?
What is the significance of "A Trip Down Market Street?"
What were early narrative films like?
Were early films in color or black and white?
What is the significant of the Nickelodeon? What does the word mean?
Did early films have sound? Music?
What is the Nickelodeon boom? Why is it significant?
Why was Alice-Guy Blance significant in film history?
What was George Melies' accomplishments?
What is "A Trip to the Moon?" Why is it significant?
What is "The Great Train Robbery?" Why is it significant?
What is "Life of an American Firefighter?" Why is it significant?
What is "Birth of a Nation?" Why is it significant?
What was D.W. Griffith's contribution to cinema? What is one of his most famous films?
What was the result of the patent war?
What is a patent?
What is a monopoly?
What was "The Trust" interested in doing?
Who were the Moguls? Why were they significant?
What was the relationship between the nickelodeon and the movie palaces?
What is the kodak camera? Why is it significant?
What influenced the movie industry to move to southern California?
What was the first animated character?
What was Mary Pickford famous for?
What was Mack Sennett famous for?
What was Charlie Chaplin famous for?
Why was Charlie Chaplin one of the greatest movie stars of all time?
Be able to match all of the following to their contributions to cinema:
William KL Dickson
The Lumiere Brothers
Eadweard Muybridge
George Melies
Alice Guy-Blanche
Joseph Nicephore Niepce
Luis Daguerre
Henry Fox Talbot
George Eastman
Edwin S. Porter
D.W. Griffith
Charlie Chaplin
Mack Sennett
The Early Cinema Keynote
The Early Cinema Vocab Sheet
Films Viewed
Study Guide:
What is the persistence of vision principle?
What does the camera obscure do? What is its contribution to cinema history?
What does the magic lantern do? What is its contribution to cinema history?
Why is the phantasmagoria important to cinema history?
What factors made the 19th century important to the development of history?
What is the zoetrope? Why is it important?
Why was the invention of photography important to cinema?
Who too the first photograph?
Who created the first practical photographic process?
What does the first photograph look like?
What was Henry Fox Talbot famous for?
What was Luis Daguerre famous for?
What were the technological requirements to create a motion picture camera?
Who was Eadweard Muybridge? What was he famous for?
What did Eadweard Muybridge's experiments with movement prove?
Why was the kodak camera important to the development of the motion picture camera?
What was Thomas Edison's contribution to film history?
What was William K.L. Dickson's contribution to film history?
What were the monkeyshines films?
What was the first motion picture shown to the public?
What was the kinetoscope? How did it work?
What was the Black Maria? What was it used for?
Who were the Lumiere Brothers? What were they famous fir?
Did Edison invent the Vitascope? If not, where did it come from?
What was the Lumiere Brothers first film?
What were the three dominant types of early cinema?
What is the significance of "A Trip Down Market Street?"
What were early narrative films like?
Were early films in color or black and white?
What is the significant of the Nickelodeon? What does the word mean?
Did early films have sound? Music?
What is the Nickelodeon boom? Why is it significant?
Why was Alice-Guy Blance significant in film history?
What was George Melies' accomplishments?
What is "A Trip to the Moon?" Why is it significant?
What is "The Great Train Robbery?" Why is it significant?
What is "Life of an American Firefighter?" Why is it significant?
What is "Birth of a Nation?" Why is it significant?
What was D.W. Griffith's contribution to cinema? What is one of his most famous films?
What was the result of the patent war?
What is a patent?
What is a monopoly?
What was "The Trust" interested in doing?
Who were the Moguls? Why were they significant?
What was the relationship between the nickelodeon and the movie palaces?
What is the kodak camera? Why is it significant?
What influenced the movie industry to move to southern California?
What was the first animated character?
What was Mary Pickford famous for?
What was Mack Sennett famous for?
What was Charlie Chaplin famous for?
Why was Charlie Chaplin one of the greatest movie stars of all time?
Be able to match all of the following to their contributions to cinema:
William KL Dickson
The Lumiere Brothers
Eadweard Muybridge
George Melies
Alice Guy-Blanche
Joseph Nicephore Niepce
Luis Daguerre
Henry Fox Talbot
George Eastman
Edwin S. Porter
D.W. Griffith
Charlie Chaplin
Mack Sennett
Mary Pickford
Tuesday, December 11, 2018
STUDY GUIDE: FALL FINAL STUDY GUIDE
The fall final will be Friday, December 14th. The midterm will consist of existing questions from the quiz's you've already taken plus a few questions on the AV Scriptwriting Keynote.
The materials you'll need to study are:
PRODUCTION PROCESS
Preproduction Keynote
Production Keynote
Post Production Keynote
Set Jobs Keynote
Preproduction Vocabulary I & II
Production Vocabulary
Post Production Vocabulary
Details:
You will need to know the order of preproduction and post production on a video project.
You will need to know who says what before shooting a take.
You will need to know what the key roles on a crew are and their responsibilities.
EDITING
Introduction to Editing Keynote
Editing Vocabulary Handout
1. Study what the art of editing is - Keynote
2. What is the editors role? Who does he collaborate with?
3. Study the layout of the premiere pro interface. You will be quizzed on what each of the panels of the interface are and the detailed parts of the source and timeline panels.
4. You must know what: An insert edit, overwrite edit, lift edit, extract edit are.
5. You will need to know the order of the stages in the editing process.
6. How to create your folder structure to begin your project.
7. What was Edwin S. Porters contribution to editing?
8. What was D.W. Griffith's contribution to editing?
9. What is The Kuleshov Theory?
10. What is montage theory?
11. Know the differences between the 5 different types of montage theory.
12. What is the order from frame to project? What do each of the terms mean?
13. What does mise en scene mean?
14. Be able to identify what a J or L cut is.
15. What are Walter Murch's top 2 rules of editing?
16. Be able to visually identify the different transitions by seeing a motion image example.
CAMERA
Intro to the Camera Keynote
Camera Framing Handout
Camera Movement Handout
Anatomy of:
Sony EX3
Sony EX1
Benro BV8 Tripod
You will also be tested on the following:
1. What does proper white balance look like? What does it not look like?
2. What does 3200K mean?
3. What does 5600K mean?
4. What does the ND filter do?
5. What does gain do?
6. What are the differences between 24p and 30p?
7. What is the proper shutter speed for 24p and 30p usually?
8. Is balancing your camera important? Why?
9. What are the proper procedures for checking out a camera in this class?
10. What does good/bad headroom look like?
COMPOSITION AND AESTHETICS
Composition and Aesthetics Keynote
Be able to identify each of the shot framing sizes by seeing a visual example of them.
Be able to identify each of the common shot angles by seeing a visual example of them.
What is 2-D screen direction?
What is 3-D screen direction?
What is the golden mean and how does it relate to the rule of thirds?
What is unbalanced screen composition?
What is balanced screen composition?
Be able to identify a balanced vs. unbalance screen composition by seeing a visual example.
What is Hitchcock's rule?
Monday, November 19, 2018
STUDY GUIDE: THE PRODUCTION PROCESS
The quiz will cover the following material:
The Production Process Keynote
Preproduction Vocabulary I & II
Production Vocabulary
Post Production Vocabulary
Set Chain of Command Handout
Production Jobs Handout
Chapter 1 Video Basics: The Production Process
Details:
You will need to know the order of preproduction and post production on a video project.
You will need to know who says what before shooting a take.
You will need to know what the key roles on a crew are and their responsibilities.
The quiz is not open note. It consists of multiple choice, true and false, order, matching and sorting questions.
What is the director of photography's role on set?
What is a pitch?
What is a great way to brainstorm?
In pre-production action is defined as what?
What is the development process?
How long is a feature film?
What is a green light?
What is a longline?
What is a paradigm?
What does INT. and EXT. mean?
What is a location?
What do props consist of?
What is a synopsis?
What is blocking?
What is the 'Abby Singer?"
What does "Speed" mean?
What is coverage?
What is the magic hour?
What does the Wardrobe department mean?
What is the slate for?
What is continuity for?
What is the call time on set for?
What is a circle take?
What does 1080P mean?
What are the assistant editors duties?
What is color grading?
What does picture lock mean?
What does the foley process mean?
What does timecode do?
What does CGI mean?
What are the screenwriters duties?
What does the Key Grip do?
What does the Gaffer do?
What order do the Pre-Production steps go in?
What is the cinematographers role in the camera department?
What are the stages of green light approval? Green? Yellow? Red? What do they mean?
Be able to match up the story arc parts with their definitions.
Be able to place the following jobs in their order of authority: Executive Producer, Producer, Line Producer, Director, Director of Photography, Production Assistant
Are locations exteriors or interiors?
A take can be defined as?
What is the role of the sound recordist?
What is the role of the production designer?
The Production Process Keynote
- Pre-Production
- Production
- Post Production
- Production Jobs
- Production Sectors
Preproduction Vocabulary I & II
Production Vocabulary
Post Production Vocabulary
Set Chain of Command Handout
Production Jobs Handout
Chapter 1 Video Basics: The Production Process
Details:
You will need to know the order of preproduction and post production on a video project.
You will need to know who says what before shooting a take.
You will need to know what the key roles on a crew are and their responsibilities.
The quiz is not open note. It consists of multiple choice, true and false, order, matching and sorting questions.
What is the director of photography's role on set?
What is a pitch?
What is a great way to brainstorm?
In pre-production action is defined as what?
What is the development process?
How long is a feature film?
What is a green light?
What is a longline?
What is a paradigm?
What does INT. and EXT. mean?
What is a location?
What do props consist of?
What is a synopsis?
What is blocking?
What is the 'Abby Singer?"
What does "Speed" mean?
What is coverage?
What is the magic hour?
What does the Wardrobe department mean?
What is the slate for?
What is continuity for?
What is the call time on set for?
What is a circle take?
What does 1080P mean?
What are the assistant editors duties?
What is color grading?
What does picture lock mean?
What does the foley process mean?
What does timecode do?
What does CGI mean?
What are the screenwriters duties?
What does the Key Grip do?
What does the Gaffer do?
What order do the Pre-Production steps go in?
What is the cinematographers role in the camera department?
What are the stages of green light approval? Green? Yellow? Red? What do they mean?
Be able to match up the story arc parts with their definitions.
Be able to place the following jobs in their order of authority: Executive Producer, Producer, Line Producer, Director, Director of Photography, Production Assistant
Are locations exteriors or interiors?
A take can be defined as?
What is the role of the sound recordist?
What is the role of the production designer?
Tuesday, October 16, 2018
STUDY GUIDE: CAMERA AND COMPOSITION
The intro to the camera and composition quiz will be held this Friday, October 18th. If you are not in class that day, you will receive a zero.
There will be a quiz on the anatomy of the:
Sony FS5
Sony EX3
Sony EX1
Benro BV8 Tripod
Intro to the Camera Keynote
Composition Keynote
Camera & Composition Vocab
Intro to the camera unit study guide
Camera Unit Handouts - Framing, Movement, etc.
You will also be tested on the following:
Be able to identify each of the shot framing sizes by seeing a visual example of them.
Be able to identify each of the common shot angles by seeing a visual example of them.
What is 2-D screen direction?
What is 3-D screen direction?
What is the golden mean and how does it relate to the rule of thirds?
What is unbalanced screen composition?
What is balanced screen composition?
Be able to identify a balanced vs. unbalance screen composition by seeing a visual example.
What is Hitchcock's rule?
You will also be tested on the following:
2. What does 3200K mean?
3. What does 5600K mean?
4. What does the ND filter do?
5. What does gain do?
6. What are the differences between 24p and 30p?
7. What is the proper shutter speed for 24p and 30p usually?
8. Is balancing your camera important? Why?
9. What are the proper procedures for checking out a camera in this class?
10. What does good/bad headroom look like?
Monday, September 24, 2018
STUDY GUIDE: EDITING UNIT QUIZ
The Editing unit quiz will be Tuesday the 25th for the PM and Wednesday the 26th for the AM right after blogging.
Your quiz will cover the following material:
Introduction to Editing Keynote
Editing Vocabulary Handout
Video Basics Chapter 12 Questions PM CLASS
Video Basics Chapter 13 Questions PM CLASS
Editing Unit Study Guide:
1. Study what the art of editing is - Keynote
2. What is the editors role? Who does he collaborate with?
3. Study the layout of the premiere pro interface. You will be quizzed on what each of the panels of the interface are and the detailed parts of the source and timeline panels.
4. You must know what: An insert edit, overwrite edit, lift edit, extract edit are.
5. You will need to know the order of the stages in the editing process.
6. How to create your folder structure to begin your project.
7. What was Edwin S. Porters contribution to editing?
8. What was D.W. Griffith's contribution to editing?
9. What is The Kuleshov Theory?
10. What is montage theory?
11. Know the differences between the 5 different types of montage theory.
12. What is the order from frame to project? What do each of the terms mean?
13. What does mise en scene mean?
14. Be able to identify what a J or L cut is.
15. What are Walter Murch's top 2 rules of editing?
16. Be able to visually identify the different transitions by seeing a motion image example.
17. What is the difference between analog and digital video?
18. What is the difference between progressive and interlaced frames?
19. What is timecode? What is it used for?
Your quiz will cover the following material:
Introduction to Editing Keynote
Editing Vocabulary Handout
Video Basics Chapter 12 Questions PM CLASS
Video Basics Chapter 13 Questions PM CLASS
Editing Unit Study Guide:
1. Study what the art of editing is - Keynote
2. What is the editors role? Who does he collaborate with?
3. Study the layout of the premiere pro interface. You will be quizzed on what each of the panels of the interface are and the detailed parts of the source and timeline panels.
4. You must know what: An insert edit, overwrite edit, lift edit, extract edit are.
5. You will need to know the order of the stages in the editing process.
6. How to create your folder structure to begin your project.
7. What was Edwin S. Porters contribution to editing?
8. What was D.W. Griffith's contribution to editing?
9. What is The Kuleshov Theory?
10. What is montage theory?
11. Know the differences between the 5 different types of montage theory.
12. What is the order from frame to project? What do each of the terms mean?
13. What does mise en scene mean?
14. Be able to identify what a J or L cut is.
15. What are Walter Murch's top 2 rules of editing?
16. Be able to visually identify the different transitions by seeing a motion image example.
17. What is the difference between analog and digital video?
18. What is the difference between progressive and interlaced frames?
19. What is timecode? What is it used for?
Monday, May 14, 2018
STUDY GUIDE: SPRING FINAL EXAM MONDAY, MAY 21ST
The Spring Final Exam will be Monday, May 21st.
The quiz will cover the following:
Documentary Film Keynote
3-Point Lighting
Sound for the Screen Keynote
Sound Vocabulary Sheet
Storytelling/Screenwriting lecture/keynote
Storytelling Vocabulary Sheet
The Early Cinema Keynote
The Early Cinema Vocab Sheet
PSA & Video Scriptwriting Keynote
You will be tested on all of the above especially:
PSA & VIDEO SCRIPTWRITING
Where does the Video description go?
Where does the Audio description go?
Be able to match the shot abbreviations with their shot descriptions.
What does SOT mean?
STORY & SCREENWRITING
What are the 7 Types of dramatic conflict?
What are the elements of drama?
How do the elements of drama effect storytelling?
What is a protagonist? What do they do in a story?
What is an antagonist? What do they do in a story?
What are the essential questions you need to ask in order to figure out who your character is?
What is internal conflict?
What is external conflict?
What is exposition? What is its role in a story?
What is backstory? What is its role in a story?
What is theme? How does it affect the story?
What is dialogs role in a story?
What are the different archetypes in the hero's journey? What is the purpose of each of the archetypes in the story?
What are the different steps in the hero's journey? What does each step mean?
What are the three acts of a 3-act story?
What is an inciting incident?
What is the role of conflict and crisis in a story?
SOUND
What is the definition of sound according to physics?
What is Amplitude?
How is sample rate defined?
How is bit depth defined?
What are the 6 qualities of sound?
What is a talkie?
What is monophonic sound? Stereo sound?
What is the most common way of recording sound? Mono? Stereo?
What are: Voice over, dialog, sound effects (SFX), the score, ambient sound, wala?
You will need to know the differences between: isolated/library sounds, specialty sounds, foley sounds, ambient sound, wala
What is the role of the foley artist?
What is room tone? Why is it important?
What is the location sound mixers job on set?
What are the responsibilities of the location sound mixer on set?
What equipment do you need to record sound on set?
Be able to identify each of the standard audio cables in the keynote.
What is an XLR? RCA? TRS? Auxiliary cable?
*There will be several scenarios where you will be asked identify what gear is needed in a specific audio shoot*
What polar pattern does a handheld mic have?
What polar pattern does a shotgun mic have?
Be able to identify all of types of microphone technologies?
What are lavalier microphones used for?
What are the pro's and cons of a lav microphone?
What are handheld microphones used for?
What are audio mixer's used for?
What are ideal record levels for digital mixers/cameras? Why?
Do analog and digital mixers have the same recording levels?
What is the different between mic and line level?
What is mic level?
What is line level?
What is phantom power?
What are shotgun microphones used for?
How should you monitor your audio?
Should you always record audio with your video? Why?
What are the ideal levels for digital audio when recording? Zero? Why or why not?
Are wireless radio microphones reliable? Why or why not?
Do digital audio sample rates matter? Why or why not?
Who holds the boom microphone?
Where do you place a lav microphone? Who wires talent?
CINEMA HISTORY
What is the persistence of vision principle?
What does the camera obscure do? What is its contribution to cinema history?
Why was the invention of photography important to cinema?
Who too the first photograph?
Who created the first practical photographic process?
What does the first photograph look like?
What was Henry Fox Talbot famous for?
What was Luis Daguerre famous for?
Who was Eadweard Muybridge? What was he famous for?
What did Eadweard Muybridge's experiments with movement prove?
What was Thomas Edison's contribution to film history?
What was William K.L. Dickson's contribution to film history?
What was the kinetoscope? How did it work?
Who were the Lumiere Brothers? What were they famous fir?
What was the Lumiere Brothers first film?
Why was Alice-Guy Blance significant in film history?
What was George Melies' accomplishments?
What is "A Trip to the Moon?" Why is it significant?
What is "The Great Train Robbery?" Why is it significant?
What is "Birth of a Nation?" Why is it significant?
What was D.W. Griffith's contribution to cinema? What is one of his most famous films?
What was Edwin S. Porters Life of an American Fire Fighter famous for?
DOCUMENTARY
What does Cinema Verite mean?
What is A-Roll?
What is B-Roll?
Be able to match each of the 4-point lights with their descriptions from the keynote.
The quiz will cover the following:
Documentary Film Keynote
3-Point Lighting
Sound for the Screen Keynote
Sound Vocabulary Sheet
Storytelling/Screenwriting lecture/keynote
Storytelling Vocabulary Sheet
The Early Cinema Keynote
The Early Cinema Vocab Sheet
PSA & Video Scriptwriting Keynote
You will be tested on all of the above especially:
PSA & VIDEO SCRIPTWRITING
Where does the Video description go?
Where does the Audio description go?
Be able to match the shot abbreviations with their shot descriptions.
What does SOT mean?
STORY & SCREENWRITING
What are the 7 Types of dramatic conflict?
What are the elements of drama?
How do the elements of drama effect storytelling?
What is a protagonist? What do they do in a story?
What is an antagonist? What do they do in a story?
What are the essential questions you need to ask in order to figure out who your character is?
What is internal conflict?
What is external conflict?
What is exposition? What is its role in a story?
What is backstory? What is its role in a story?
What is theme? How does it affect the story?
What is dialogs role in a story?
What are the different archetypes in the hero's journey? What is the purpose of each of the archetypes in the story?
What are the different steps in the hero's journey? What does each step mean?
What are the three acts of a 3-act story?
What is an inciting incident?
What is the role of conflict and crisis in a story?
SOUND
What is the definition of sound according to physics?
What is Amplitude?
How is sample rate defined?
How is bit depth defined?
What are the 6 qualities of sound?
What is a talkie?
What is monophonic sound? Stereo sound?
What is the most common way of recording sound? Mono? Stereo?
What are: Voice over, dialog, sound effects (SFX), the score, ambient sound, wala?
You will need to know the differences between: isolated/library sounds, specialty sounds, foley sounds, ambient sound, wala
What is the role of the foley artist?
What is room tone? Why is it important?
What is the location sound mixers job on set?
What are the responsibilities of the location sound mixer on set?
What equipment do you need to record sound on set?
Be able to identify each of the standard audio cables in the keynote.
What is an XLR? RCA? TRS? Auxiliary cable?
*There will be several scenarios where you will be asked identify what gear is needed in a specific audio shoot*
What polar pattern does a handheld mic have?
What polar pattern does a shotgun mic have?
Be able to identify all of types of microphone technologies?
What are lavalier microphones used for?
What are the pro's and cons of a lav microphone?
What are handheld microphones used for?
What are audio mixer's used for?
What are ideal record levels for digital mixers/cameras? Why?
Do analog and digital mixers have the same recording levels?
What is the different between mic and line level?
What is mic level?
What is line level?
What is phantom power?
What are shotgun microphones used for?
How should you monitor your audio?
Should you always record audio with your video? Why?
What are the ideal levels for digital audio when recording? Zero? Why or why not?
Are wireless radio microphones reliable? Why or why not?
Do digital audio sample rates matter? Why or why not?
Who holds the boom microphone?
Where do you place a lav microphone? Who wires talent?
CINEMA HISTORY
What is the persistence of vision principle?
What does the camera obscure do? What is its contribution to cinema history?
Why was the invention of photography important to cinema?
Who too the first photograph?
Who created the first practical photographic process?
What does the first photograph look like?
What was Henry Fox Talbot famous for?
What was Luis Daguerre famous for?
Who was Eadweard Muybridge? What was he famous for?
What did Eadweard Muybridge's experiments with movement prove?
What was Thomas Edison's contribution to film history?
What was William K.L. Dickson's contribution to film history?
What was the kinetoscope? How did it work?
Who were the Lumiere Brothers? What were they famous fir?
What was the Lumiere Brothers first film?
Why was Alice-Guy Blance significant in film history?
What was George Melies' accomplishments?
What is "A Trip to the Moon?" Why is it significant?
What is "The Great Train Robbery?" Why is it significant?
What is "Birth of a Nation?" Why is it significant?
What was D.W. Griffith's contribution to cinema? What is one of his most famous films?
What was Edwin S. Porters Life of an American Fire Fighter famous for?
DOCUMENTARY
What does Cinema Verite mean?
What is A-Roll?
What is B-Roll?
Be able to match each of the 4-point lights with their descriptions from the keynote.
Monday, April 16, 2018
STUDY GUIDE: SOUND FOR THE SCREEN
The Sound for the screen quiz will be Wednesday, April 18th
The quiz will cover the following:
Sound for the Screen Keynote
Sound Vocabulary Sheet
Moving Images Chapter 3 Sound and Image
Video Basics Chapter 7 Audio and Sound Control
You will be tested on all of the above especially:
What is the definition of sound according to physics?
What is Amplitude?
What is the healthy human hearing range?
What is a decibel?
How is sample rate defined?
How is bit depth defined?
What are the 6 qualities of sound?
What was the first sound recording device that was developed?
What were the three major problems with recording early sound?
What was Dr. Lee Deforest's contribution to the development of film sound?
What were early sound sync systems originally developed for? Dialog? Music?
Was hollywood against the development of early sound? Why or why not?
Was early sound technology cheap or expensive?
Was Thomas Edison's phonograph the technology that hollywood adopted for early film sound?
What were the reasons why hollywood was concerned about developing sound for film?
What was the first major sync sound film that was developed?
How quickly did hollywood convert most of its films to talkies?
What is a talkie?
What genre's did sound play an essential role in developing?
How did television threaten talkie films?
How far did film audience attendance plummet from 1946-1955?
What is Ray Dolby famous for?
What was Star Wars' contribution to the development of sound?
What are the three major digital sound formats developed in the 90's?
What is monophonic sound? Stereo sound?
What is Dolby Atmos and Barco Auro?
What is the most common way of recording sound? Mono? Stereo?
What is 5.1 surround sound?
what does the .1 mean in 5.1?
What are: Voice over, dialog, sound effects (SFX), the score, ambient sound, wala?
You will need to know the differences between: isolated/library sounds, specialty sounds, foley sounds, ambient sound, wala
What is the role of the foley artist?
What is room tone? Why is it important?
What is the location sound mixers job on set?
What are the responsibilities of the location sound mixer on set?
What equipment do you need to record sound on set?
Be able to identify each of the standard audio cables in the keynote.
What is an XLR? RCA? TRS? Auxiliary cable?
*There will be several scenarios where you will be asked identify what gear is needed in a specific audio shoot*
What polar pattern does a handheld mic have?
What polar pattern does a shotgun mic have?
Be able to identify all of types of microphone technologies?
What are lavalier microphones used for?
What are the pro's and cons of a lav microphone?
What are handheld microphones used for?
What are audio mixer's used for?
What are ideal record levels for digital mixers/cameras? Why?
Do analog and digital mixers have the same recording levels?
What is the different between mic and line level?
What is mic level?
What is line level?
What is phantom power?
What are shotgun microphones used for?
Be able to match the following file types to their definitions: AIFF, WAV, MP3, AAC, ALAC
How should you monitor your audio?
Should you always record audio with your video? Why?
What are the ideal levels for digital audio when recording? Zero? Why or why not?
Are wireless radio microphones reliable? Why or why not?
Do digital audio sample rates matter? Why or why not?
Match the following aspects of music: Rhythm, Melody, Harmony
Who holds the boom microphone?
Where do you place a lav microphone? Who wires talent?
Study Groups:
PM
Jesus Ramos , Marcus , Neil
Alex , Alann , Jay
Jorge , Joel , Dominique
Jordan , Brian , Cassandra
Francis , Richard , Toni Laveroni
Salvador , Matt , Rachel
Patricia , Christian
Jamie , Parmjit, Azeal
The quiz will cover the following:
Sound for the Screen Keynote
Sound Vocabulary Sheet
Moving Images Chapter 3 Sound and Image
Video Basics Chapter 7 Audio and Sound Control
You will be tested on all of the above especially:
What is the definition of sound according to physics?
What is Amplitude?
What is the healthy human hearing range?
What is a decibel?
How is sample rate defined?
How is bit depth defined?
What are the 6 qualities of sound?
What was the first sound recording device that was developed?
What were the three major problems with recording early sound?
What was Dr. Lee Deforest's contribution to the development of film sound?
What were early sound sync systems originally developed for? Dialog? Music?
Was hollywood against the development of early sound? Why or why not?
Was early sound technology cheap or expensive?
Was Thomas Edison's phonograph the technology that hollywood adopted for early film sound?
What were the reasons why hollywood was concerned about developing sound for film?
What was the first major sync sound film that was developed?
How quickly did hollywood convert most of its films to talkies?
What is a talkie?
What genre's did sound play an essential role in developing?
How did television threaten talkie films?
How far did film audience attendance plummet from 1946-1955?
What is Ray Dolby famous for?
What was Star Wars' contribution to the development of sound?
What are the three major digital sound formats developed in the 90's?
What is monophonic sound? Stereo sound?
What is Dolby Atmos and Barco Auro?
What is the most common way of recording sound? Mono? Stereo?
What is 5.1 surround sound?
what does the .1 mean in 5.1?
What are: Voice over, dialog, sound effects (SFX), the score, ambient sound, wala?
You will need to know the differences between: isolated/library sounds, specialty sounds, foley sounds, ambient sound, wala
What is the role of the foley artist?
What is room tone? Why is it important?
What is the location sound mixers job on set?
What are the responsibilities of the location sound mixer on set?
What equipment do you need to record sound on set?
Be able to identify each of the standard audio cables in the keynote.
What is an XLR? RCA? TRS? Auxiliary cable?
*There will be several scenarios where you will be asked identify what gear is needed in a specific audio shoot*
What polar pattern does a handheld mic have?
What polar pattern does a shotgun mic have?
Be able to identify all of types of microphone technologies?
What are lavalier microphones used for?
What are the pro's and cons of a lav microphone?
What are handheld microphones used for?
What are audio mixer's used for?
What are ideal record levels for digital mixers/cameras? Why?
Do analog and digital mixers have the same recording levels?
What is the different between mic and line level?
What is mic level?
What is line level?
What is phantom power?
What are shotgun microphones used for?
Be able to match the following file types to their definitions: AIFF, WAV, MP3, AAC, ALAC
How should you monitor your audio?
Should you always record audio with your video? Why?
What are the ideal levels for digital audio when recording? Zero? Why or why not?
Are wireless radio microphones reliable? Why or why not?
Do digital audio sample rates matter? Why or why not?
Match the following aspects of music: Rhythm, Melody, Harmony
Who holds the boom microphone?
Where do you place a lav microphone? Who wires talent?
Study Groups:
PM
Jesus Ramos , Marcus , Neil
Alex , Alann , Jay
Jorge , Joel , Dominique
Jordan , Brian , Cassandra
Francis , Richard , Toni Laveroni
Salvador , Matt , Rachel
Patricia , Christian
Jamie , Parmjit, Azeal
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