High School Production Class Quiz

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Here's a quiz that I'm giving to a group of HS seniors this week. We're just reviewing basics of three-point lighting, and camera functions.



Review Quiz – Three-point Lighting; Advanced Camera Functions
Name ______________________________________________

Multiple Choice - Circle the Letter to the corresponding correct answer for each.
1. This light is the main source of light cast upon the subject of your image:
a. 650W Fresnel
b. Key Light
c. Fill Light
d. 1K Open Face

2. In which of the following apertures measurements is the iris most open:
a. F16
b. F8
c. F3.4
d. F2.8

3. What is another name for the Separation Light:
a. Key Light
b. Fill Light
c. Background Light
d. Back Light

4. By using a Light with a Fresnel Lens, the light will:
a. be less intense
b. be evenly distributed
c. have a “hot spot” in the middle
d. have a blue tint to it

5. The camera’s iris works like:
a. an electronic shutter
b. a film camera
c. magic
d. the human eye


Short Answer – Use COMPLETE sentences to answer the following questions

1. You are shooting a shots of sprinters running across the frame of your image. Explain how the image will look at 1/60th shutter compared to how it will look at 1/1000th shutter.


2. Our Sony cameras have three ND options. Identify each ND option and explain when you might choose to use that ND option.



3. Why do we have to White Balance video cameras?



4. You are shooting an outdoor scene of kids playing on a swing set. Using a 1/60th shutter, the image is properly exposed at F11. Name TWO things that you can do to the camera to get the image properly exposed at F3.4.


5. What is the purpose of a Back Light?


And then I'm also going to have then draw a birds-eye-view look at a basic three-point lighting setup. They're going to hate me!!! BWAHAHAHAHA...
 
That's actually a pretty solid test, especially the short answer questions. I'm normally not a fan of film education based on tests and things of that matter rather than practical approaches but I definitely see where you were coming from with this quiz and it certainly does the job.
 
Hey -- Number 4... is that lamp spotted or flooded? Would be subject to lamp to lens distance too, yes? Kind of?

CaptM
 
CaptainMench said:
Hey -- Number 4... is that lamp spotted or flooded? Would be subject to lamp to lens distance too, yes? Kind of?

CaptM
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Of course, you are right. However these kids have to make due with 15 yr old LTM fresnels that don't have working spot/flood knobs, so we skipped that part. Got a few Kino Divas on order tho!
 
I passed photography by one point in high school because I couldn't bring myself to answer questions seriously on tests. I remember one was some sort of fill in the blank like "Autofocus_" and I wrote "FOR PUSSIES!" next to it.
 
Qzar said:
I'm normally not a fan of film education based on tests and things of that matter rather than practical approaches but I definitely see where you were coming from with this quiz and it certainly does the job.
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That's kind of the down-side of doing this on a high-school level. Most schools/school systems require certain amounts of quantifiable grading through written quizzes and tests... even though this is really a field where the learning comes from doing.

I learned more about studio/field lighting from the grips and gaffers at HGTV/Food Network than any teacher/professor could have hoped to teach me. A few of those guys had motion picture backgrounds, really knew their stuff, and were willing to help an audio guy polish up his lighting skills.

That having been said, I agree with Qzar that this does a pretty good job.
 
If only you could have taught my broadcasting class.... I might have learned something, instead, i sat on dvxuser all class, and learned everything
 
Zacatac said:
If only you could have taught my broadcasting class.... I might have learned something, instead, i sat on dvxuser all class, and learned everything
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Interesting that you said that. I'm giving them an assignment to get on DVXUser and write three paragraphs...one for each NEW thing that they learned by getting on the forums here.

I mean, I've learned a TON here, so why not...?
 
Mike McNeese said:
Interesting that you said that. I'm giving them an assignment to get on DVXUser and write three paragraphs...one for each NEW thing that they learned by getting on the forums here.

I mean, I've learned a TON here, so why not...?
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Wow, the only thing i remember learning in class, was that lighting doesn't matter.....

He seriously taught that...... As long as the shot is good, and the sound is good, lighting can suffer...

I tried to show him Dvxuser..... he was to busy breaking cameras....
 
Mike McNeese said:
Interesting that you said that. I'm giving them an assignment to get on DVXUser and write three paragraphs...one for each NEW thing that they learned by getting on the forums here.

I mean, I've learned a TON here, so why not...?
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Well, hopefully they don't stumble across the Cafe and spot your test. :thumbsup:
 
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