Vocabulary: zoom, pan, s-video, av cable, tripod, tripod head, tripod mount, bubble level, port, LCD panel When you are finished learning the camera, you should be able to do/answer the following: 1. Name the three cameras used in the studio: A, B, C 2. What can you do in camera mode? put the camera on record Play mode? Rewind the tape 3. How do you zoom? Use the W/T switch pan? Move the tripod head up and down or side to side 4. Why do you set the camera to record? (the answer is NOT to record video!!) So it doesn t go into power saver mode 5. What should you do if you see TAPE END? Put the camera on play and rewind 6. What type of cable is used to bring the video into the control room? S-video Describe the port does that cable plugs into AV port What part of the cable should always be up on the tripod? The connector where the S-video and AV cable join Why? So it doesn t get stepped on 7. What does each camera connect into in the control room? A monitor
8. What is the tripod? 3-legged stand that holds the camera Explain how to adjust the tripod legs. Use the bubble level to make sure it is straight. One person holds the camera and tripod head, the other person adjusts the legs Why do you need two people?one person holds the camera level, the other person adjusts the legs 9. How do you adjust the camera angle on the tripod? o Knob handle Tripod: loosen the knobs, move the tripod head, tighten o Screw Handle Tripod: Turn the handles, move the tripod head, tighten 10. How does the bubble level help you adjust the tripod? It tells you when the camera is level. The bubble needs to be in the center. 11. What do you need to do to straighten the camera area at the end of class? With the camera: turn it off, close it up. With the tripod: Push it back against the wall under the hook that holds the wire With the wires Put all wires on correct hook 12. What are the two reasons you should never turn the LCD screen around? You cannot see your shot and the LCD panel might break 13. Where does the charger plug into on the camera Plug the charger into the back of the camera by the battery.
Vocabulary: mics, volume sliders, track, mic jack, power strip, trim knob, main mix When you are finished learning the audio mixer, you should be able to do/tell about/answer the following: 1. Where can you find the: wired mics? In the gray cabinet, top drawer in the studio. We use the ones 2. Where is the with tape on them. the wireless mics? In the gray cabinet, top drawer. They need batteries put in them before you can use them. They should be put away without batteries. The batteries should be left charging. the cds? on top of the gray cabinet. Cds should not be left in the cd player except for the LNN theme song, which is in spot 1. power button for the audio mixer? Back, right. It is the larger one. power strip for all the audio equipment? On the table, behind the audio mixer. It has everything plugged into it. 3. 3. How do you adjust the sound level of the mics, vcr, cd or mp3 player? By raising or lowering the volume sliders 4. What level should each be at? At the U level 5. Which volume sliders have to be up so you can hear anything connected? The two Main Mix volume sliders on the far right of the audio mixer 6.. How do you go to a different CD on the CD player? select the number the CD is in (left side) 7. How do you change the track of the cd on the cd player? Use the arrow keys on the right side of the audio mixer to move to different tracks 8. How do you turn the wired mics on In the studio? On/off switch In the control room? unmute, raise volume sliders 9. Where do the wired mics connect o in the studio? Into a wired mic jack o In the control room? Into the audio mixing board 10. You can tell which number each mic is by the number on the mic jack
11. What 2 changes do you have to make on the mixing board to use the wired mics? Push the volume sliders above the U, turn the trim knobs past the 12:00 position. 12. Where is the mute button? Above each volume slider 13. What should talent say when you do a mic check? Countdown from 10 in a normal voice. The mic should NOT be close to their mouth. What are you listening for? same volume level from each mic 14. Why don t we wrap the wires around the mics when putting them away? Too much tension will break the wire where it enters the microphone 15. Where does the sound for the audio come out of in the control room? The preview monitor What should the volume be set at on? 30, so what we record isn t too loud or too soft 16. If you can t hear sound in the control room, but nothing is broken, list the reasons why for each The microphones i. not on ii. plugged into a different mic jack Mixing board i. muted ii. main mix is not up Preview monitor not on Vcr recording vcr not on, or not on channel L-1 17. When closing down all the audio equipment, what do you have to do with the Mics put back in drawer, mic stand away, mic jack wires on audio hook CDs out of cd player and away Mixing Board off, power strip off
Vocabulary: page index, cmd, accent, formatting, let go, mark start/mark end When you are finished learning the CG, you should be able to do/answer the following: You can use these abbreviations in your answer: CG for character generator; cmd for command; [ for mark start; ] for mark end 1. Where are the two power buttons for the character generator? Back left of the CG and top left on the CG keyboard 2. What is the page index used for? To move between different projects 3. How do you know which project you are in? you look in page index numbers on left side What does the first number mean? The project you are in What does the second number mean? The page of that project Which project is the LNN project? It is the first project, number 1 What is your group s project number? (each group writes own number) Which projects belong to your class? (each class is different period 1 is 2-5, period 4 is 6-9) 4. What is the fastest way to move from one project to the next? CMD + up or down arrows 5. How do you add a page? New page button Remove a page? Use Mark Start and mark end buttons to put all text inside and delete 6. Which button do you use to change the font? Font button on upper left of keyboard 7. How do change the way the text comes in or goes out? Effects in and out buttons
8. What are the 4 kinds of background can you put text over? Solid color, patterns, rainbows, video 9. If you want the text to play at the top of the screen, how do you move it? At the bottom? Use Mark start (and mark end), position key, then the arrow keys 10. If the text goes off the screen when you are typing, what should you do? There is too much on next line. You have to put some on the next line or make the font smaller 11. How do you move text from one page to the next without retyping it? Use mark start (and mark end) around the text you want to move, go to the page you want to move it to, and use the move button upper right on keyboard 12. How do you apply formatting (make everything look the same) to a group of pages in a project? Put mark start and mark end around everything you want to change, and change it 13. How do you add symbols? Blue accent key, they the blue symbol you want 14. List two ways to play the project. a. Play button b. Arrow keys 15. How do you release the character generator ( let go ) from the recording screen? Use the OK key enter button. That means your Character Generator page isn t playing, and isn t seen on the preview monitor. 16. How do you move from the first page of your project to the last? The last page to the first? CMD + up or down arrows 17. What three things do you turn off when you are done using the CG? 1. Turn off CG from behind (toggle switch), 2. 2. CG monitor 3. 3. the power strip behind the monitor.
vocabulary: straight cut, transition, picture in picture,background, inset, T-bar, power strip When you are finished learning the audio mixer, you should be able to do/tell about/answer the following: 1. List what the video switcher turns on:: Video switcher, video switcher monitor, preview monitor for control room, preview monitor for studio, monitors from cameras A, B and C 2. Describe the 4 shot selections available. Camera A, B, and C, plus the playback VCR 3. What is a straight cut? Go directly from one shot to the next without a transition 4. What does the blinking light mean? The shot you will go to during a transition 5. What does the steady light mean? The shot you are on 6. What two ways can you play a transition between shot selections? Use the T bar Use the play button 7. What is transition 1? A fade 8. Describe a Picture in Picture? When one shot is inside of the other shot What button do you use? PIP How do you know which picture will be the background? The shot the steady light is on How do you know which picture will be the inset? The shot the blinking light is on
9. What key do you use to change the background color? BG color The border color? Border color When do see the background color? You can choose to play the whole screen in a color, and you see background in some transitions 10. Which monitor should you be watching? The video switcher monitor why? It shows you all available shots and what is coming up. It s like driving and looking through the windshield. The preview monitor is like the rearview mirror. It only shows you where you have been. 11. Identify the 6 monitors the video switcher is concerned with & what each does. Video switcher monitor shows what you are doing, preview monitor for control room and the studio both show what you have chosen, Monitors showing cameras A, B and C; 12. Describe one of each kind of transition: Trailing transition: in the 400 s, swirling Edges: 300 s sharp or soft edges between shots Shapes: from 500 to the end, a variety of shapes, some using border color. Can also be used for PIP Basic: from 1 299, they don t fit into any category: checkboard, lines, pushes, etc 1. List 9 things you have to turn off to close down the video switcher area: 1. video switcher 4.Monitor Camera B 7. Preview monitor control room 2. video switcher monitor 5.Monitor Camera C 8. Preview monitor studio 3. monitor camera A 6. Top power strip 9. Bottom power strip
Vocabulary: tape log, cue, junk tape When you are finished learning the VCR, you should be able to do/tell about/answer the following: 1. By color, what does each VCR do in the control room? Silver one plays back Black one records 2. Which channel does the recording/broadcast vcr need to be on? L-1 3. Draw the buttons for play stop fast forward record rewind 4. Which remote do you use for each VCR? Silver remote for playback, black remote for recording 5. What two things do you see on the vcr display when the vcr is actually recording? Red dot Time moves in a positive direction 6. What do you say when you know you are recording? recording! 7. Why and how do you clear the counter each time before you record something? So the counter resets to zero and you know how long you taped so you can fill out the tape log- use the clear button 8. What does Cueing up a tape mean??? Rewinding or fast forwarding the tape, using the tape log to get to the point in the tape you want to be at 9. What two things do you use to cue the tape? The tape log and your eyes 10. What is a tape log? A tape log is like a table of contents for the tape 11. What three pieces of information do you need?
You need the date, what you recorded and how long you recorded for each time 12. Which vcr tapes does your class use? You can always use the junk tape for practice and then the tape that is marked with your period 13. How should you put the tape back into the tape case? With the label facing out, door of the tape facing in Why?? So you don t pull on the door of the tape and break it when you take it out of the case 14. What is a junk tape? A practice tape you don t need to use a tape log for 15. What three things do you have to put away and turn off when you shut down the VCR area? Take tapes out and put them away with the tape log if you were using it, turn off the VCR monitor and turn off both VCRS using the remotes only