CyberCollege TV Production Modules 36 - 40

You are doing an on-location shoot and you want to use three lights for an interview: a 2,000 watt umbrella reflector light for a key, a 750-watt back light and a 1,500-watt background light. Using the rule of thumb explained in the module, would you be able to plug these lights into the same 30-amp circuit?

no, the total wattage would blow a 30-amp breaker

In plugging in lights on a location shoot you check and find that the plugs you want to use are all on a single electrical circuit with a 20-amp breaker (fuse). Using the formula provided in the cybertext (which includes the safety margin), what is the approximate maximum wattage this circuit will carry

2,000 watts

Persons with good, unimpaired hearing can expect to hear a frequency range between

20-20,000 Hz

If you wanted to insure maximum reliability which type of antenna system would you use for wireless mics

diversity

Which mic application design is an example of a mic that is designed to pick up sounds from a hard surface such as a table top?

PZM

Wireless mics

can be a good choice where the talent must move around a lot; are also called RF mics; are sometimes subject to RF interference

The type of mic that can be used as a miniature clip-on mic or a high quality studio mic that requires batteries or an external power source is the

condenser mic

A rugged type of mic that is generally the best choice for ENG work is the

dynamic mic

The problem of sibilance is evidenced by

exaggerated or distorted "s" sounds

In broadcast television the reason that film often looks better than video, especially in dramatic productions, is

film is typically lit for a single camera position and studio video is commonly lit for three or four camera angles at the same time

A device which can be very useful in postproduction sound sweetening that enables you to boost certain frequencies and attenuate others is called a

graphic equalizer

The term amplitude also means

loudness

Accomplished lighting directors say you should "follow source" in lighting dramatic productions. The means you should

place key lights to correspond with the expected sources of illumination within a setting