Specific Competencies and Skills Tested in this Assessment:
Video Production Skills
- Describe the various elements of the video production process
- Describe the differences between a studio production and a field production
- Identify various career paths in digital/video production
Safety
- Demonstrate fire safety prevention and extinction, lighting safety, and safe lifting practices
- Describe the fundamentals of ladder safety
- Describe and apply fundamentals of cable safety
Pre-Production
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Identify a target audience and design an appropriate message for the target market
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Describe the processes used for concept development
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Identify and describe the script elements of storyboarding and screenplay format • Define and describe the legal concerns of licenses, copyrights, and releases
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Explain the importance of production planning (e.g., budgets, scheduling, deadlines)
Production
- Describe, plan the use of, and apply 3-point lighting and reflectors using the appropriate techniques
- Describe the various types of sound equipment and techniques used with handheld, lavaliere, omni and directional methods
- Describe the equipment and personnel necessary for a production
- Describe camera operations (e.g., white balance, iris, f-stop, aperture)
- Describe camera movements (e.g., dolly, tilt)
- Describe the following methods of stabilization: tripod, pedestal, fluid head, and friction head
- Describe the rule of thirds and the seven common camera shots
Post-Production
- Create graphics and titles appropriate to the project
- Describe play head, timeline, and edit points within nonlinear video editing • Describe and apply import, file, and asset management
- Edit and finalize images and video for color correction, keying, and pacing with nonlinear software
- Edit audio for music and sound effects with application software
- Describe aspect ratios
- Describe the following digital literacy terminology: screen resolution, frame rate, file formats, codec, and bit rate
Written Assessment:
Administration Time: 2 hours
Number of Questions: 80
Areas Covered:
- 9% Video Production Skills
- 9% Safety
- 20% Pre-Production
- 31% Production
- 31% Post-Production
Sample Questions:
It is unusual to find camera shots listed in a
A. camera log
B. storyboard
C. two-column script
D. treatment
A microphone that receives sound from one direction is
A. unidirectional
B. bidirectional
C. omnidirectional
D. ultradirectional
What is the iris opening of a lens, usually measured in f-stops?
A. beam splitter
B. aperture
C. frame
D. viewfinder
Of the following, identify two types of pan heads.
A. hydraulic and manual
B. friction and bearing
C. friction and fluid
D. locking and hydraulic
What type of graphic is used to briefly identify an on-camera speaker?
A. roll
B. crawl
C. flash layer
D. lower third