Specific Competencies and Skills Tested in this Assessment:
Creative Development
- Determine client objectives
- Develop creative outline
- Present and select media based on client needs
- Create and present the storyboard
- Develop, present, and evaluate a proposal, project, or treatment
Visual Design
- Apply principles and elements of design
- Select and design for a specific media
- Determine difference between vector and bitmap
- Demonstrate understanding of uses of typography
Project Management
- Develop and efficiently utilize production schedules and personnel
- Prepare and manage the production budget and resources
- Communicate effectively with client and audio-visual production team
Digital Photography
- Operate a digital single lens reflex (DSLR) still camera and peripherals
- Control lighting, exposure, and composition
- Select and use correct digital media format
- Determine specifications for finished project
Audio Production
- Identify and select microphones
- Select and incorporate music and sound effects
- Set up and record audio
- Determine specifications for finished audio project
- Edit, mix, and engineer audio
Video Production
- Operate video camera
- Operate stabilization equipment for video recording
- Determine proper lighting for production
- Demonstrate camera movements and composition
- Follow safety guidelines for personnel and audio-visual equipment operation
- Cast and direct talent
- Identify video editing techniques
- Determine specifications for finished video project
Distribution Technology
- Utilize network technology, web browsers, and network tools
- Identify methods for Internet distribution of audio-visual productions
- Follow copyright, licensing, and broadcast laws
Written Assessment:
Administration Time: 3 hours
Number of Questions: 153
Areas Covered:
Creative Development: 13%
Visual Design: 10%
Project Management:11%
Digital Photography: 12%
Audio Production: 19%
Video Production: 28%
Distribution Technology: 7%
Sample Questions:
The proposal that outlines the overall concept of a production is the
- budget
- treatment
- storyboard
- script
The director uses detailed storyboards to assist in planning
- short composition
- set design
- art direction
- lighting placement
The repetition and alternation of elements in visual design refers to
- key framing
- rhythm
- movement
- streaming
A DSLR camera stores the captured images on which device?
- hard drive
- memory card
- flash drive
- capture card
The VU meter measures
- waveform frequency
- audio level
- audio file length
- cue pulses
Performance Assessment:
Administration Time: 2 hours and 45 minutes
Number of Jobs: 3
Areas Covered:
35% Audio-Visual Editing
Participant will import footage to editing software, open media files, review provided script, make selection of clip(s), edit scene, insert slate, export as a QuickTime movie, H.264, or MP4, save it to a flash drive, and notify evaluator when finished.
38% Videography
Participant will note starting and ending time, set up equipment, properly set exposure and white balance camera, connect microphone and monitor audio levels, shoot a video that displays correct techniques, and submit recording media to evaluator.
27% Script Development
Participant will review the storyboard and dialogue provided, and using the word processing program, create a two-column script, export as a PDF, save, and notify evaluator.
Sample Job: Script Development
Maximum Time: 45 minutes
Participant Activity: The participant will review the storyboard and dialogue sheet provided, and using the word processing program, create a two-column script that meets all the provided criteria, export it as a PDF and save it with the correct name, then notify the evaluator when ready to be scored.