Chapter 15 review questions

On the Kelvin color temperature scale, neutral light is _____ K.

3200k

A lighting instrument placed above and behind the talent to separate the talent from the background.

Back Light

Flaps attached to the front of lighting instruments to shape or block light are called...

Barndoors

Attaches to the power control of a lighting instrument to control the amount of electricity that flows to the instrument.

Dimmer

True or False? The two main functions of lighting for television production are to help the crew see better while shooting and to add color to the set.

False 1

True or False? A grid is a diagram that indicates the placement, color, and aiming of the lighting instruments.

False 2

An attachment to a spotlight used to restrict spill light

Flag

Soft light instrument that provides general lighting in a large area.

Flood Light

An accessory that turns the white light from a lamp into colored light.

Gel

Most studios have a(n) _____ hanging below the ceiling to support lighting instruments.

Grid

The type of illumination that creates a sharp, distinct, and very dark shadow.

Hard Light

Attaches to fluorescent instruments to reduce the shape and size of the light beam.

Honeycomb

Lighting instrument that provides the main source of illumination on the person in a shot.

Key Light

Most _____ lamps are rated for upward of 50,000 hours.

LED lamps

A _____ illuminates a set when installed in a lighting instrument.

Lamp

The rough hang is the initial process of hanging instruments over the set according to the ...

Light plot

Wire mesh or woven material placed in front of an instrument to reduce the intensity of light.

Scrim

In cross-key lighting, a back light is positioned exactly at _____ o'clock.

Six

True or False? A floodlight is a soft lighting instrument that provides general lighting in a large area.

True 1

True or False? To the human eye, a fluorescent lamp appears less bright than an incandescent lamp.

True 2

True or False? Sunlight is 5600 K, which produces various shades of blue on recorded video.

True 3

True or False? Light takes on the color of the object from which it bounced off.

True 4

The _____ lamps used in television production are usually tungsten, tungsten halogen, or quartz halogen

Tungsten halogen lamps

A _____ may be used to reduce the intensity of light.

diffusion

In _____ lighting, two key lights and two fill lights are positioned in a square around the talent

four-point

When using the three-point lighting technique, the _____ provides the main source of illumination on the object in the shot.

key light

A lighting technique that creates a solid-colored, indistinct background is called...

limbo lighting

The system of electrical cables and outlets used to power lighting instruments on the grid is called the _____.

raceway

Placed between a lighting instrument and a reflective surface on the set to avoid light hits.

spotlight

The lighting technique that covers more than one person or object in the lighting spread using only two key lights and one back light is called...

three-point lighting