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Television Production NOCTI Exam
Questions and Answers
Production Assistant - Answer- an entry-level position. For many it is their first industry
job.
Talent - Answer- the name for anything performing or appearing in front of the camera
Floor Manager - Answer- personnel in charge of making sure everybody is in place and
all equipment is ready during a LIVE show. They will also cue talent
Sound Engineers - Answer- operate the audio console during the show. Also called
mixer
Switcher - Answer- (also called vision mixer) device used to select between several
different video sources and in some cases compositing video sources together to create
special effects
Bus - Answer- a row of buttons with each button representing a video source. Pressing
a button will select a video to play live
Executive Producer - Answer- provides the financial backing for a production
Camera Control Unit - Answer- CCU, regulates all the elements of the camera signal.
(such as focus, white balance, and color balance)
Broadcasting - Answer- depends on cooperate (advertising) or public funding (donations
and grants)
Subscription TV - Answer- depends on monthly fees from the audience to fund
programming
Arbitron - Answer- survey organization that keeps track of who's watching what and at
what time
Ratings - Answer- info of who, what, and when are watching
Shares - Answer- a tally of how many people are watching a given program
, Demographics - Answer- measure of what type of people are watching (race, age,
gender, etc.)
Primetime - Answer- (between 8-11pm) is the time mot people are at home and
watching
Commercials - Answer- generate income for the broadcaster to pay for the cost of
producing or acquiring the program
Focus Groups - Answer- screen a show and meet to discuss likes and dislikes
Concept - Answer- the initial idea for a show
Treatment - Answer- a brief narrative description of what a program will be
Storyboard - Answer- a comic book styled sequence of drawings that will help the crew
understand the director's vision
Outline - Answer- the scene by scene development of the events in your teleplay
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) - Answer- an organization to license Radio
and Television stations. They determine the standards and practices
American Society of Composer and Performers (ASCAP) and Broadcast Music Inc.
(BMI) - Answer- two organizations (full name and letters) that license music rights to
show producers
Release Form - Answer- all persons appearing in a film must sign this which gives the
film maker the right to use the face and likeness of the performer in the finished film
Copyrighted Material - Answer- intellectual property belonging to the copyright holder.
Permission must be obtained before using their work
Synchronization Rights - Answer- permission by the music copyright holder for you to
use that music under a scene in your film
Lower Third - Answer- graphic used to identify an on-camera speaker (his name
appearing under him)
Crawl - Answer- a title moving along the bottom of the screen left to right (Cali term)
Roll - Answer- stack of titles that run up the screen (Cali term)
Spotlight - Answer- creates sharp directional beam of light onto a controlled specific
area of the subject
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