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Undergraduate 1
04/21/2009

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Term
Talent
Definition
Anyone seen or heard (not including the audience)
Term
List different people that could be talent.
Definition
Host
Guest
Term
What should the guest and host do ahead of time? (Don't say "Have Sex")
Definition
Talk about what they'll be talking about.
Term
How many of the questions should be follow up? (It's a percentage)
Definition
50%
Term

What things should you not say on air?

(Name Three)

Definition

Uh-huh

yeah

ok

 

Term

True or False

 

Questions should have more than one line answers.

Definition
True
Term

What are all of the major control room positions?

 

(4)

Definition

Switcher

Graphics

Audio

Director

Term
What is another name for the switcher?
Definition
Technical Director
Term
When is the latest graphics should be done?
Definition
The day before the show
Term
What does audio do before the show starts?
Definition
Set up mics and perform audio checks.
Term
What is the overall job of the director?
Definition
Decide on the way the show will work and how to execute it.
Term
What are the two types of directing commands?
Definition

Ready commands

execute commands

Term
What does the switcher do during the show?
Definition
Cut between shots when director says
Term
What are the different types of transitions the switcher can use?
Definition

Fade

Dissolve

Wipe

Push

Split Screen

Super Imposure

Key

Term
What is a fade?
Definition
Fading to black or from
Term
What is a dissolve?
Definition
Slow transition into another picture
Term
What is a wipe?
Definition
One picture wipes over another
Term
What is a push?
Definition
One picture pushes another off the screen.
Term
What is a Split Screen?
Definition
A wipe stopped in progress
Term
What is a super imposure?
Definition
A dissolve stopped in progress
Term
What are the different shots?
Definition

Close up

Long Shot

Medium Shot

Big Close up

Extreme Close Up

Medium Long

Extreme Long Shot

Wide Shot

2 Shot

3 Shot

Term
What are the different camera angles?
Definition

Low

High

Canted

Normal

Dutch

 

Term
What are the different camera movements?
Definition

Tilt (Up & Down)

Pan (Left & Right)

Zoom (In & Out)

Dolly (Moving cam forward)

Truck (Moving cam Left & Right)

Term
What did Vladimir Zworykin?
Definition

Worked with electronic scanning

 

Took work to David Sarnoff who agreed to fund his work in television.

Term
Who is Philo Farnsworth?
Definition
Morman from Idaho who made plans to create television at the age of 16.
Term

True or False

 

Farnsworth sold his work to RCA when they asked for it.

Definition

False

 

He didn't which angered Sarnoff who kept Farnsworth out of the history of television.

Term

True or False

 

The FCC approved the first television RCA manufactored.

Definition

False

 

RCA didn't approve because they wanted a system that would be better than Europe's TV system.

Term
How many scan lines did the FCC want the first television to have?
Definition
480
Term
What year was the first television system finished?
Definition
1940
Term
What are the qualities of the NTSC TV system?
Definition

30 Frames per second

60 fields per second

Interlaced System

Term
How does an interlaced system read images?
Definition
Scans all odd lines first followed by the even. Then puts the images together to create the TV picture.
Term
What does the aspect ratio 4:3 mean?
Definition
Television image is 4 inches wide and 3 high
Term
What is the aspect ratio for digital?
Definition
16:9
Term
Was the NTSC system analog or digital?
Definition
Analog
Term
Why was all television manufacturing haulted at the end of 1941?
Definition
World War 2 began
Term
How many original stations were still on the air by the end of WW2?
Definition
Six
Term
What year did the FCC place a hold on all their television station applications?
Definition
1948
Term
What percentage of americans had a television in 1948?
Definition
1%
Term
What percentage of americans had a television in 1960?
Definition
90%
Term
What percentage of americans had a television in 1970?
Definition
98.5%
Term
What was the first syndicated show?
Definition
I Love Lucy
Term
What kind of cameras were used for taping I love lucy?
Definition
Film cameras
Term
What does off-network mean?
Definition
The show was on the network
Term
What does First run mean?
Definition
It is a live show or hasn't been syndicated yet.
Term
What year did the FCC release the NBC/RCA color system?
Definition
1954
Term
When was the first color broadcast?
Definition
1956
Term
What percentage of the NBC lineup was in color?
Definition
50%
Term
What game show was in the middle of the game show scandals?
Definition
21
Term
What were some of the ways that the game shows were fabricated?
Definition
Answer coaching and being told to miss certain questions even when they know the answers.
Term
What was the first telecommunication satellite called and when was it launched
Definition
Telstar / 1963
Term

True or False

 

The telstar was a low orbiting satellite that hovered over the earth at 300 miles.

Definition

True

 

Term
What is a Gyrosynchronous satellite?
Definition
Kept in earth's orbit.
Term
What was C.A.T.V.
Definition
The first cable station
Term
What company created a TV station that only played movies?
Definition
Time
Term
What was the first station the played only movies called?
Definition
HBO
Term

True or False

 

HBO was only broadcast in the city

Definition

False

 

The city didn't have cable. Only rural areas did.

Term
What was a premium channel?
Definition
A channel you had to pay to receive
Term
Who introduced the first video cassette and what was it called?
Definition
Sony & Betamax
Term
JVS invented what?
Definition
VHS
Term
Movie companies decided to back VHS why?
Definition
It didn't have a licensing fee.
Term
In 1982 who introduced the muse tv system?
Definition
The Japanese
Term
What is going to happen to analog systems in 2009?
Definition
They are all going off air.
Term
What are the four formats for TV today?
Definition

1080i

720p

480p

480i

Term
How many scan lines does digital have?
Definition
1920 lines
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