COMMUNICATION 265
TEST ONE STUDY GUIDE
Unit One – The
Production Process: (Chapter 1)
1. You should know the proper order of all
productions.
Examples:
What is the planning stage called?
What occurs during the production phase?
What occurs during postproduction?
2. Know the various aspects of the
effect-to-cause model.
3. What are items you should check for in a
remote survey?
Unit One – The Production Team: (Chapter
2)
1. Know the functions of the executive producer,
producer, director, technical director and floor director.
Unit Two – Image
Formation and Digital Video: (Chapter 3)
1. You should know what NTSC and ATSC stand for.
2. You should know all the parameters of the
NTSC scanning system.
Examples:
How many scan lines, frames, fields, etc.
3. You should know the difference between
progressive and interlaced scanning.
4. You should know about digital sampling.
5. You should know why digital is generally
better than analog.
Unit Two – The Video Camera: (Chapter 4)
1. What is a CCD, a prism block?
2. You should know the video imaging process.
3. You should know the elements of a camera
chain.
4. You should know lens ratios, zoom/focal
length relationships, aperture/f-stop/lens
speed
relationships.
Unit Three – Operating the Camera: (Chapter
5)
1. You should know the properties of focal
length and what angle of view different focal length lenses can give you.
2. You should know when and how to precalibrate
a zoom lens.
3. You should know the various camera shots and their
categories as lens or camera moves.
4. You should know when to white balance.
Unit Four – Looking
Through the Viewfinder: (Chapter 6)
1. You should know what depth of field is and
how it can increase/decrease.
2. Know the properties and symbols of the shots
described in the “Field of View” section.
3. You should know what proper head room and
leadroom is and how to achieve it.
4. You should know what the rule of thirds is
pertaining to composition.
5. You should know the relationship between focal
length, depth of field, and focus?