Exam 16: Directing II: Techniques

Matching: -______ This is a split-screen pattern in motion that either fully or partially replaces one picture with another. A) Audio Fade B) Back-timing C) Beat D) Bed Level E) Box Shot F) Bumper G) (Audio) Crossfade H) Demonstration Program I) Director's Notes J) Dissolve K) Execution Command Shorthand L) Fadeup M) Fadeout N) Intro O) Line-reading P) Lose Key Q) Mike and Cue Talent R) News Hole S) OTS T) Outro U) Product Shot V) Ready (or Stand-by) W) Roll X) Roll Silent Y) Rundown Script Z) Running time AA) Segment time BB) Sound Under CC) Sound Up DD) Split Screen EE) Take FF) Talking Heads GG) Teaser HH) Thank You II) Visual jiggle JJ) Wipe KK) Wrap It

Matching: -______ The same command as a roll, except that the film or video source rolled goes on line without sound.

Matching: -______ A slow reduction in volume to silence.

Matching: -______ A general audio cue to lower audio volume to a bed level. A) Audio Fade B) Back-timing C) Beat D) Bed Level E) Box Shot F) Bumper G) (Audio) Crossfade H) Demonstration Program I) Director's Notes J) Dissolve K) Execution Command Shorthand L) Fadeup M) Fadeout N) Intro O) Line-reading P) Lose Key Q) Mike and Cue Talent R) News Hole S) OTS T) Outro U) Product Shot V) Ready (or Stand-by) W) Roll X) Roll Silent Y) Rundown Script Z) Running time AA) Segment time BB) Sound Under CC) Sound Up DD) Split Screen EE) Take FF) Talking Heads GG) Teaser HH) Thank You II) Visual jiggle JJ) Wipe KK) Wrap It

Matching: -______ This directorial command means that work in the studio or on location is finished for the day, so each crewmember can now secure their equipment. A) Audio Fade B) Back-timing C) Beat D) Bed Level E) Box Shot F) Bumper G) (Audio) Crossfade H) Demonstration Program I) Director's Notes J) Dissolve K) Execution Command Shorthand L) Fadeup M) Fadeout N) Intro O) Line-reading P) Lose Key Q) Mike and Cue Talent R) News Hole S) OTS T) Outro U) Product Shot V) Ready (or Stand-by) W) Roll X) Roll Silent Y) Rundown Script Z) Running time AA) Segment time BB) Sound Under CC) Sound Up DD) Split Screen EE) Take FF) Talking Heads GG) Teaser HH) Thank You II) Visual jiggle JJ) Wipe KK) Wrap It

Matching: -______ Calculating the time remaining in a program.

Matching: -______ A directorial command to engage the "start" button of any audio or video device that must be set in motion in order to use it on the air.

After subtracting a newscast's open, close and commercials, what's left is the news hole.

Matching: -______ An execution command calling for a gradual transition from black to a picture.

Matching: -______ This command calls for the audio director to open the talent's mike and for the floor director to simultaneously give the talent the cue to begin speaking.

Matching: -______ An execution command calling for a gradual transition from a picture to lack.

Matching: -______ A shot, often a long shot, used as a buffer between program segments and commercial breaks.

If you must fire someone, do it quietly, dispassionately and alone, away from the rest of the company.

Matching: -______ The typical shot of a news anchor on the left side of the frame, and a horizontal box on the right side, over the anchor's left shoulder.

It's OK to start blocking rehearsals before the set is designed and/or shooting locations are selected.

Matching: -______ Pictures in motion used to relieve an otherwise static show. A) Audio Fade B) Back-timing C) Beat D) Bed Level E) Box Shot F) Bumper G) (Audio) Crossfade H) Demonstration Program I) Director's Notes J) Dissolve K) Execution Command Shorthand L) Fadeup M) Fadeout N) Intro O) Line-reading P) Lose Key Q) Mike and Cue Talent R) News Hole S) OTS T) Outro U) Product Shot V) Ready (or Stand-by) W) Roll X) Roll Silent Y) Rundown Script Z) Running time AA) Segment time BB) Sound Under CC) Sound Up DD) Split Screen EE) Take FF) Talking Heads GG) Teaser HH) Thank You II) Visual jiggle JJ) Wipe KK) Wrap It

"Ready" or "Stand-by" are preparatory commands.

Later in your directorial career, when you finally get to shoot high-budget commercials for network audiences, you will probably have less creative freedom than when you shot local spots.

Matching: -______ A method of eliminating words in a director's execution commands that still communicates his/her meaning in a more terse fashion.

Matching: -______ Allows more than one picture to share the screen with another picture. A) Audio Fade B) Back-timing C) Beat D) Bed Level E) Box Shot F) Bumper G) (Audio) Crossfade H) Demonstration Program I) Director's Notes J) Dissolve K) Execution Command Shorthand L) Fadeup M) Fadeout N) Intro O) Line-reading P) Lose Key Q) Mike and Cue Talent R) News Hole S) OTS T) Outro U) Product Shot V) Ready (or Stand-by) W) Roll X) Roll Silent Y) Rundown Script Z) Running time AA) Segment time BB) Sound Under CC) Sound Up DD) Split Screen EE) Take FF) Talking Heads GG) Teaser HH) Thank You II) Visual jiggle JJ) Wipe KK) Wrap It