Deck 17: Producing

Question 1

Regardless of where or at what level you find such an individual, anyone who does more than one job is called a hyphenate.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

In television production, determining and the size of the production budget and living within it is the job of the

A) producer
B) director
C) unit production manager
D) production accountant
E) none of the above

Answer 2

A

Question 3

A document containing outlines of a TV series' major characters, their histories, attributes, and other information, shared with writers who will write episodes for a series, is called a series concordance.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Which of the following are found in the producer's "production book"? (circle all that apply)

A) master production schedule
B) call schedule
C) postproduction schedule
D) shooting script
E) a distribution plan

Question 5

AFTRA is the abbreviation for whose union?

A) engineers
B) musicians who record music for use in broadcasts
C) performers
D) directors
E) writers

Question 6

NABET-CWA is the abbreviation for whose union?

A) engineers
B) musicians who record music for use in broadcasts
C) performers
D) directors
E) writers

Question 7

DGA is the abbreviation for whose union?

A) engineers
B) musicians who record music for use in broadcasts
C) performers
D) directors
E) writers

Question 8

Which union extends memberships to all of these: sound and computer service technicians, makeup and hair stylists, consumers, sound effects technicians, set designers, model makers and carpenters?

A) IATSE
B) WGA
C) SAG
D) AFM
E) IBEW

Question 9

Stipends paid to a property owner for access to privately-owned shooting locations, known as site fees, are no longer necessary.

Question 10

Insurance for your financial backers that you'll deliver a final product by an agreed-upon date, and a bond that protects you against damage claims on someone else's property is called

A) negative insurance
B) a completion bond
C) a site fee contract
D) none of the above
E) both b and c

Question 11

Contract crewpersons who train and care for children, horses, cats, snakes, insects, etc., on a production shoot are called

A) floor managers
B) gaffers
C) goboes
D) wranglers
E) providers

Question 12

Protection against the unlikely event that you lose or damage videotape master footage is

A) a completion bond
B) a loss bond
C) called negative insurance
D) called videotape loss insurance
E) too expensive these days: no producer buys it

Question 13

An example of a "hands-on producer" would be the producer of (circle any that apply)

A) news
B) a game show
C) a sitcom
D) a dramatic series
E) a sports event

Question 14

Publicity is as important for mass-distributed information-based programs such as local newscasts as it is for entertainment productions.

Question 15

Most producers/owners, and those who invested in productions, usually see profits well before the program is sold into syndication, both domestically and abroad.

Question 16

Some possible advantages of working in corporate communications are (circle all that apply):

A) stable 9-5 schedule
B) infinite monetary budget
C) numerous available facilities
D) low taxes
E) clear, coherent messages

Question 17

Matching:
Use the terms below to complete the definitions section ofthis chapter test. Place the letter(s) of the termwith its corresponding definition.
-______ A TV series based on characters created in an earlier TV series.

A) Assistant (or Associate Producer)
B) Call schedule
C) Completion Bond
D) Executive (or Supervising) Producer
E) Hyphenate
F) Independent Producer
G) Line Producer
H) Negative Producer
I) Production Book
J) PR
K) Royalty
L) Sequel
M) Series concordance
N) SESAC
O) Site Fee
P) Spin-off
Q) Unit Production Manager (UPM)
R) Video News Release (VNR)
S) Wrangler

Question 18

Matching:
Use the terms below to complete the definitions section ofthis chapter test. Place the letter(s) of the termwith its corresponding definition.
-______ A TV program or motion picture whose story takes place sometime after the end of the original production's story (e.g., Terminator 2).

A) Assistant (or Associate Producer)
B) Call schedule
C) Completion Bond
D) Executive (or Supervising) Producer
E) Hyphenate
F) Independent Producer
G) Line Producer
H) Negative Producer
I) Production Book
J) PR
K) Royalty
L) Sequel
M) Series concordance
N) SESAC
O) Site Fee
P) Spin-off
Q) Unit Production Manager (UPM)
R) Video News Release (VNR)
S) Wrangler

Question 19

Matching:
Use the terms below to complete the definitions section ofthis chapter test. Place the letter(s) of the termwith its corresponding definition.
-______ Documents what time each actor and crewperson must report to work, and to where, on any given day of the production.

A) Assistant (or Associate Producer)
B) Call schedule
C) Completion Bond
D) Executive (or Supervising) Producer
E) Hyphenate
F) Independent Producer
G) Line Producer
H) Negative Producer
I) Production Book
J) PR
K) Royalty
L) Sequel
M) Series concordance
N) SESAC
O) Site Fee
P) Spin-off
Q) Unit Production Manager (UPM)
R) Video News Release (VNR)
S) Wrangler

Question 20

Matching:
Use the terms below to complete the definitions section ofthis chapter test. Place the letter(s) of the termwith its corresponding definition.
-_______ A fee paid to a

A) Assistant (or Associate Producer)
B) Call schedule
C) Completion Bond
D) Executive (or Supervising) Producer
E) Hyphenate
F) Independent Producer
G) Line Producer
H) Negative Producer
I) Production Book
J) PR
K) Royalty
L) Sequel
M) Series concordance
N) SESAC
O) Site Fee
P) Spin-off
Q) Unit Production Manager (UPM)
R) Video News Release (VNR)
S) Wrangler

Question 21

Matching:
Use the terms below to complete the definitions section ofthis chapter test. Place the letter(s) of the termwith its corresponding definition.
-______ P.R. agency news releases shot and edited like TV news stories and fed to stations in the hope that they will use them in their newscasts.

A) Assistant (or Associate Producer)
B) Call schedule
C) Completion Bond
D) Executive (or Supervising) Producer
E) Hyphenate
F) Independent Producer
G) Line Producer
H) Negative Producer
I) Production Book
J) PR
K) Royalty
L) Sequel
M) Series concordance
N) SESAC
O) Site Fee
P) Spin-off
Q) Unit Production Manager (UPM)
R) Video News Release (VNR)
S) Wrangler

Question 22

Matching:
Use the terms below to complete the definitions section ofthis chapter test. Place the letter(s) of the termwith its corresponding definition.
-______ An insurance policy to protect investors should a producer fail to deliver a finished production.

A) Assistant (or Associate Producer)
B) Call schedule
C) Completion Bond
D) Executive (or Supervising) Producer
E) Hyphenate
F) Independent Producer
G) Line Producer
H) Negative Producer
I) Production Book
J) PR
K) Royalty
L) Sequel
M) Series concordance
N) SESAC
O) Site Fee
P) Spin-off
Q) Unit Production Manager (UPM)
R) Video News Release (VNR)
S) Wrangler

Question 23

Matching:
Use the terms below to complete the definitions section ofthis chapter test. Place the letter(s) of the termwith its corresponding definition.
-______ A book containing detailed information on a series' plots and characters.

A) Assistant (or Associate Producer)
B) Call schedule
C) Completion Bond
D) Executive (or Supervising) Producer
E) Hyphenate
F) Independent Producer
G) Line Producer
H) Negative Producer
I) Production Book
J) PR
K) Royalty
L) Sequel
M) Series concordance
N) SESAC
O) Site Fee
P) Spin-off
Q) Unit Production Manager (UPM)
R) Video News Release (VNR)
S) Wrangler

Question 24

Matching:
Use the terms below to complete the definitions section ofthis chapter test. Place the letter(s) of the termwith its corresponding definition.
-______ Subordinate producers who perform certain production assignments under the executive producer's supervision.

A) Assistant (or Associate Producer)
B) Call schedule
C) Completion Bond
D) Executive (or Supervising) Producer
E) Hyphenate
F) Independent Producer
G) Line Producer
H) Negative Producer
I) Production Book
J) PR
K) Royalty
L) Sequel
M) Series concordance
N) SESAC
O) Site Fee
P) Spin-off
Q) Unit Production Manager (UPM)
R) Video News Release (VNR)
S) Wrangler

Question 25

Matching:
Use the terms below to complete the definitions section ofthis chapter test. Place the letter(s) of the termwith its corresponding definition.
-______ Producer's assistant responsible for budgets and bill paying.

A) Assistant (or Associate Producer)
B) Call schedule
C) Completion Bond
D) Executive (or Supervising) Producer
E) Hyphenate
F) Independent Producer
G) Line Producer
H) Negative Producer
I) Production Book
J) PR
K) Royalty
L) Sequel
M) Series concordance
N) SESAC
O) Site Fee
P) Spin-off
Q) Unit Production Manager (UPM)
R) Video News Release (VNR)
S) Wrangler

Question 26

Matching:
Use the terms below to complete the definitions section ofthis chapter test. Place the letter(s) of the termwith its corresponding definition.
-______ A producer not employed by a station, studio, or other production company.

A) Assistant (or Associate Producer)
B) Call schedule
C) Completion Bond
D) Executive (or Supervising) Producer
E) Hyphenate
F) Independent Producer
G) Line Producer
H) Negative Producer
I) Production Book
J) PR
K) Royalty
L) Sequel
M) Series concordance
N) SESAC
O) Site Fee
P) Spin-off
Q) Unit Production Manager (UPM)
R) Video News Release (VNR)
S) Wrangler

Question 27

Matching:
Use the terms below to complete the definitions section ofthis chapter test. Place the letter(s) of the termwith its corresponding definition.
-______ A European rights licensing organization.

A) Assistant (or Associate Producer)
B) Call schedule
C) Completion Bond
D) Executive (or Supervising) Producer
E) Hyphenate
F) Independent Producer
G) Line Producer
H) Negative Producer
I) Production Book
J) PR
K) Royalty
L) Sequel
M) Series concordance
N) SESAC
O) Site Fee
P) Spin-off
Q) Unit Production Manager (UPM)
R) Video News Release (VNR)
S) Wrangler

Question 28

Matching:
Use the terms below to complete the definitions section ofthis chapter test. Place the letter(s) of the termwith its corresponding definition.
-______ A production term for an individual whose job it is to care for, train, and help to manage the behavior of various kinds of animals and other creatures during a shoot.

A) Assistant (or Associate Producer)
B) Call schedule
C) Completion Bond
D) Executive (or Supervising) Producer
E) Hyphenate
F) Independent Producer
G) Line Producer
H) Negative Producer
I) Production Book
J) PR
K) Royalty
L) Sequel
M) Series concordance
N) SESAC
O) Site Fee
P) Spin-off
Q) Unit Production Manager (UPM)
R) Video News Release (VNR)
S) Wrangler

Question 29

Matching:
Use the terms below to complete the definitions section ofthis chapter test. Place the letter(s) of the termwith its corresponding definition.
-______ An insurance policy protecting the producer financially if original footage is lost, damaged, or destroyed.

A) Assistant (or Associate Producer)
B) Call schedule
C) Completion Bond
D) Executive (or Supervising) Producer
E) Hyphenate
F) Independent Producer
G) Line Producer
H) Negative Producer
I) Production Book
J) PR
K) Royalty
L) Sequel
M) Series concordance
N) SESAC
O) Site Fee
P) Spin-off
Q) Unit Production Manager (UPM)
R) Video News Release (VNR)
S) Wrangler

Question 30

Matching:
Use the terms below to complete the definitions section ofthis chapter test. Place the letter(s) of the termwith its corresponding definition.
-______ A binder, folder, or computer which contains the records of the production.

A) Assistant (or Associate Producer)
B) Call schedule
C) Completion Bond
D) Executive (or Supervising) Producer
E) Hyphenate
F) Independent Producer
G) Line Producer
H) Negative Producer
I) Production Book
J) PR
K) Royalty
L) Sequel
M) Series concordance
N) SESAC
O) Site Fee
P) Spin-off
Q) Unit Production Manager (UPM)
R) Video News Release (VNR)
S) Wrangler

Question 31

Matching:
Use the terms below to complete the definitions section ofthis chapter test. Place the letter(s) of the termwith its corresponding definition.
-______ A TV series episode producer who is in turn supervised by a senior (executive) producer.

A) Assistant (or Associate Producer)
B) Call schedule
C) Completion Bond
D) Executive (or Supervising) Producer
E) Hyphenate
F) Independent Producer
G) Line Producer
H) Negative Producer
I) Production Book
J) PR
K) Royalty
L) Sequel
M) Series concordance
N) SESAC
O) Site Fee
P) Spin-off
Q) Unit Production Manager (UPM)
R) Video News Release (VNR)
S) Wrangler

Question 32

Matching:
Use the terms below to complete the definitions section ofthis chapter test. Place the letter(s) of the termwith its corresponding definition.
-______ A production person who "wears more than one hat," such as director-producer or writer-producer-director.

A) Assistant (or Associate Producer)
B) Call schedule
C) Completion Bond
D) Executive (or Supervising) Producer
E) Hyphenate
F) Independent Producer
G) Line Producer
H) Negative Producer
I) Production Book
J) PR
K) Royalty
L) Sequel
M) Series concordance
N) SESAC
O) Site Fee
P) Spin-off
Q) Unit Production Manager (UPM)
R) Video News Release (VNR)
S) Wrangler

Question 33

Matching:
Use the terms below to complete the definitions section ofthis chapter test. Place the letter(s) of the termwith its corresponding definition.
-______ A stipend paid to a landowner for the use of an area of land or a building for a location shoot.

A) Assistant (or Associate Producer)
B) Call schedule
C) Completion Bond
D) Executive (or Supervising) Producer
E) Hyphenate
F) Independent Producer
G) Line Producer
H) Negative Producer
I) Production Book
J) PR
K) Royalty
L) Sequel
M) Series concordance
N) SESAC
O) Site Fee
P) Spin-off
Q) Unit Production Manager (UPM)
R) Video News Release (VNR)
S) Wrangler

Question 34

Matching:
Use the terms below to complete the definitions section ofthis chapter test. Place the letter(s) of the termwith its corresponding definition.
-______ The individual who holds the ultimate responsibility for all aspects of production.

A) Assistant (or Associate Producer)
B) Call schedule
C) Completion Bond
D) Executive (or Supervising) Producer
E) Hyphenate
F) Independent Producer
G) Line Producer
H) Negative Producer
I) Production Book
J) PR
K) Royalty
L) Sequel
M) Series concordance
N) SESAC
O) Site Fee
P) Spin-off
Q) Unit Production Manager (UPM)
R) Video News Release (VNR)
S) Wrangler

Question 35

Matching:
Use the terms below to complete the definitions section ofthis chapter test. Place the letter(s) of the termwith its corresponding definition.
-______ The abbreviation for public relations.

A) Assistant (or Associate Producer)
B) Call schedule
C) Completion Bond
D) Executive (or Supervising) Producer
E) Hyphenate
F) Independent Producer
G) Line Producer
H) Negative Producer
I) Production Book
J) PR
K) Royalty
L) Sequel
M) Series concordance
N) SESAC
O) Site Fee
P) Spin-off
Q) Unit Production Manager (UPM)
R) Video News Release (VNR)
S) Wrangler