QUESTION 1
(a) You are working as TV Producer for the national TV station in your country. As such, you have been assigned to produce a 26-minute documentary on the threats of tsunami on islands in the Indian Ocean region. The programme is meant to be broadcast on television, both locally and abroad, during the last week of July, 2011, in the context of an International Conference, in your country, on the threats of Tsunami in the Indian Ocean. Describe how you would proceed with the production of a high standard TV programme to meet the expectations of your viewers
QUESTION 2
(a) Audiovisual production consists of writing with pictures and sounds. Discuss
(b) What are the essential questions that a producer should keep on asking himself while working on an audiovisual project, and why?
QUESTION 3
(a) Define picture composition
(b) Describe the factors that affect composition in a picture?
(c) Discuss the effects of the following lines in a picture composition
(i) straight lines,
(ii) curved lines,
(iii) horizontal lines, and
(iv) diagonal lines
QUESTION 4
The studio camera is among the main technical components required for a studiobased production
(a)What are the two essential accessories required to operate the studio camera effectively, and how do they function?
(b) (i) Describe five operations that a cameraman can perform with a studio camera
(ii) What are the specific instructions that the director gives to the camera operator to perform each operation?
(c) Make a list of eight shots in picture composition?
QUESTION 5
Explain the following terms
1. Cut-away
2. Redhead
3. Blonde
4. Rushes
5. Treatment
6. Barn doors
7. Establishing shot
8. Chromakey
9. Key light
10. Timecode