CS4624 StudyQuestions - TV

What to Look for in Studio or Readings:

• What are the types of video tape drives - and the sizes, formats, and differences between them?
• What are the differences between video cameras - quality, cost, lenses, no. of pixels/lines/resolution, signal output?
• What are differences between signal formats: digital vs. analog, component vs. composite, NTSC vs. PAL vs. SECAM, VHS vs. SVHS, 8mm vs. H-8?
• How is video performance measured? What artifacts can you identify?
• What is different in a studio from a normal room? [Hint: consider lighting, air flow, background noise.]
• What are the roles of special lighting equipment: barn doors, reflectors, diffusers, spots, floods, filters, fresnel lenses, etc.
• How does a green background and chroma keying work in the studio?
• Why are the following types of clothing discouraged when on camera - solid white, solid black, thin stripes?
• What is the purpose of having various mixes and submixes of the audio part of a program?
• What are the following devices - VTR, ESS, ADO, CG?
• What are each of the following - SMPTE time code, teleprompter, gels, needle drops, EDL?
• Why is some video editing done in the offline editing room while other editing is done in the main control room?