2. Chapter 2 Vocabulary Review

3. Chapter 2 Review  DO NOT LOG ON TO COMPUTERS YET  WAIT UNTIL AFTER REVIEW  TAKE NOTES ON UNFAMILIAR VOCABULARY AND HELPFUL HINTS

4. Production Assistant and Assistant Director  Remember “PA=AD”  Production assistant (PA): Provides general assistance around the studio or production facility. The PA is the sub when someone is out.  In many facilities, the production assistant position is identical with the assistant director (AD) position

5. Interrelationships  In order to do your job properly, you must know the jobs of others on your production staff.  This illustration depicts the spider web of interrelationships between jobs on the production staff.

6. The Production Team  Everyone involved in the production, including the staff and talent

7. Pre-Production  Any activity on a program that occurs BEFORE cameras begin rolling.  This includes production meetings, set construction, costume design, music composition, scriptwriting, and location surveys.

8. Post-Production  Any of the activities performed after a program has been shot.  This includes music beds, editing, audio overdubs, titles, and duplication.

9. The Director  In charge of the creative aspects of the program and interacts with the entire staff. M. Night Shyamalan 2015 The Visit 2015 Wayward Pines 2015 Where Paradise Is Home 2013 After Earth 2010 The Last Airbender 2008 The Happening 2006 Lady in the Water 2004 The Village 2002 Signs 2000 Unbreakable 1999 The Sixth Sense 1998 Wide Awake 1992 Praying with Anger M. Night Shyamalan 2015 The Visit 2015 Wayward Pines 2015 Where Paradise Is Home 2013 After Earth 2010 The Last Airbender 2008 The Happening 2006 Lady in the Water 2004 The Village 2002 Signs 2000 Unbreakable 1999 The Sixth Sense 1998 Wide Awake 1992 Praying with Anger

10. CG Operator  Character Generator Operator  Characters are the titles  Creates the titles for the program using a character generator.

11. Floor Manager  The director’s “eyes and ears” in the studio.  Usually wearing headphones.  They relay the director’s commands to the studio personnel.

12. Grip  Moves the equipment, scenery, and props on a studio set.  In the theater world, they are called a stagehand.  Probably because they have to have a good grip to have the job!

13. Special Effects  Anything the audience sees in a video picture that did not really happen in the way it appears on the screen.

14. Frame vs Framing  The actual edge of the video picture; the edge of the picture on all four sides.  The frame is something that you can see.  Involves placing items in the camera’s frame by operating the camera and tripod.  Framing is something you can do.

15. Production Values  General aesthetics of the show  Try to have high production values

16. Audio  The portion of a program that you can hear.  Includes narration, spoken lines of talent, sound effects, background music, and all other aspects of a program that are heard by the audience.

17. Editing  Placing the individual scenes in logical order