GFA 1000 TEST 1 STUDY GUIDE
Production process in five phases - Answers - DEVELOPMENT
PRE-PRODUCTION
PRINCIPAL PHOTOGRAPHY
POST-PRODUCTION
and DISTRIBUTION
Above the line - Answers - Paid for the entire process on a flat salary (Producer,
Director, Screenwriter and lead Actors)
Below the line - Answers - Paid on hourly rates defined by their union or guild
Unions and guilds - Answers - representation for labor to negotiate wages and benefits
Unit Production Manager (UPM) - Answers - Hires crew & resources, on budget
1st A.D. - Answers - Runs on-set operations and scheduling
2nd A.D. - Answers - Manages paperwork and scheduling actors
2nd 2nd A.D. - Answers - Organizes background actors and production assistants
Production assistants (P.A.) - Answers - The "entry level" position, could be helping any
task that the A.D.s assign, including "lock up" traffic, signing in Extras, or picking up
trash.
The production office - Answers - The base of operations for logistics, communication
and paperwork
Script supervisor - Answers - Maintains notes about all things that are shot on set during
the day, watching for errors in the continuity of the story or scenes, to ensure that the
editor in post-production will have the footage needed to "cut the scene together."
1st Assistant Camera - Answers - "focus-puller"
2nd AC - Answers - camera reports and slate
Sound department - Answers - records all on-set dialogue and ambient noise with the
best clarity possible.
Electric department - Answers - places and operates lighting instruments, as directed by
the Director of Photography
, Grip department - Answers - creates and operates rigs to provide modification for
lighting instruments or camera mounts
Costume designer - Answers - the Creative Head of the Department who designs all
clothing worn by on-screen talent.
Wardrobe supervisor - Answers - manages the logistics, budgets and personnel to
execute the Costume Designer's creative vision
Location department - Answers - finds and manages the locations where shooting takes
place
Hair and makeup - Answers - handles the appearance for all on-camera talent
Transportation - Answers - makes sure all trucks, trailers and production vehicles arrive
safely and on time
Casting department - Answers - selects on-camera talent
Special effects - Answers - handles all practical effects, like explosions and trip wires
Visual effects - Answers - handles all Computer-Generated Images (CGI)
Call sheet - Answers - lays out all of the essential information for a day of shooting
IATSE local chapter 479 - Answers - covers most of Georgia, including Atlanta
IATSE local chapter 491 - Answers - covers coastal Georgia, including Savannah
The shot - Answers - Defined as the "building block of a film,", the filming of a SCENE
from ONE given angle or movement
A scene - Answers - all of the dialogue and action that occurs in ONE location at ONE
time
A take - Answers - is a recording of a SHOT (from the same "setup" of the camera) that
may be an attempt to get it exactly right or may just be an improvised version
A wide shot - Answers - will show the characters in the environment
A full shot - Answers - shows one or more subjects head to toe and focuses audience's
attention on the characters
A medium shot - Answers - shows the character(s) from the waist up
Production process in five phases - Answers - DEVELOPMENT
PRE-PRODUCTION
PRINCIPAL PHOTOGRAPHY
POST-PRODUCTION
and DISTRIBUTION
Above the line - Answers - Paid for the entire process on a flat salary (Producer,
Director, Screenwriter and lead Actors)
Below the line - Answers - Paid on hourly rates defined by their union or guild
Unions and guilds - Answers - representation for labor to negotiate wages and benefits
Unit Production Manager (UPM) - Answers - Hires crew & resources, on budget
1st A.D. - Answers - Runs on-set operations and scheduling
2nd A.D. - Answers - Manages paperwork and scheduling actors
2nd 2nd A.D. - Answers - Organizes background actors and production assistants
Production assistants (P.A.) - Answers - The "entry level" position, could be helping any
task that the A.D.s assign, including "lock up" traffic, signing in Extras, or picking up
trash.
The production office - Answers - The base of operations for logistics, communication
and paperwork
Script supervisor - Answers - Maintains notes about all things that are shot on set during
the day, watching for errors in the continuity of the story or scenes, to ensure that the
editor in post-production will have the footage needed to "cut the scene together."
1st Assistant Camera - Answers - "focus-puller"
2nd AC - Answers - camera reports and slate
Sound department - Answers - records all on-set dialogue and ambient noise with the
best clarity possible.
Electric department - Answers - places and operates lighting instruments, as directed by
the Director of Photography
, Grip department - Answers - creates and operates rigs to provide modification for
lighting instruments or camera mounts
Costume designer - Answers - the Creative Head of the Department who designs all
clothing worn by on-screen talent.
Wardrobe supervisor - Answers - manages the logistics, budgets and personnel to
execute the Costume Designer's creative vision
Location department - Answers - finds and manages the locations where shooting takes
place
Hair and makeup - Answers - handles the appearance for all on-camera talent
Transportation - Answers - makes sure all trucks, trailers and production vehicles arrive
safely and on time
Casting department - Answers - selects on-camera talent
Special effects - Answers - handles all practical effects, like explosions and trip wires
Visual effects - Answers - handles all Computer-Generated Images (CGI)
Call sheet - Answers - lays out all of the essential information for a day of shooting
IATSE local chapter 479 - Answers - covers most of Georgia, including Atlanta
IATSE local chapter 491 - Answers - covers coastal Georgia, including Savannah
The shot - Answers - Defined as the "building block of a film,", the filming of a SCENE
from ONE given angle or movement
A scene - Answers - all of the dialogue and action that occurs in ONE location at ONE
time
A take - Answers - is a recording of a SHOT (from the same "setup" of the camera) that
may be an attempt to get it exactly right or may just be an improvised version
A wide shot - Answers - will show the characters in the environment
A full shot - Answers - shows one or more subjects head to toe and focuses audience's
attention on the characters
A medium shot - Answers - shows the character(s) from the waist up
