1. Signal transmission speed of radio & TV waves
The speed of light
2. Difference between networks, ONO, and affiliates
Networks: make program bundles available exclusively to its affiliates
ONO: Owned and Operated. Type of affiliate that is owned by one of the Networks (CBS, NBC, ABC, Fox, etc.)
Affiliates: Local stations (WSVN, WFOR, etc.)
3. Differences between pre-, production, post-
Pre-: What happens before we go out to shoot
Production: Time of shooting
Post-: Editing
4. Application of pre-, production, post-
Pre-: Costuming, research, hiring actors, etc.
Production: Shooting video for the production
Post-: Editing (including music editing). ADR (automatic dialogue replacement).
5. Linear vs. nonlinear editing
Linear editing is a tape based system while nonlinear editing is a computer based editing system.
6. Time in television
In normal television there are 30 frames per second of video. It is written in the format of hours:minutes:seconds:frames
7. IFB
The earpiece the anchor-person wears
8. Staging News and ethics
See #11
Staging News: Faking the news. This can get you fired.
9. Call letters for local TV stations Call Letters | Station Number | Station Affiliation | Owner | WFOR 4 | 4 | CBS | CBS | WTVJOldest TV station in the state of FL | 6 | NBC | NBC | WSVN 7 | 7 | Fox | Sunbeam | WPLGPLG stands for the guy who created the station | 10 | ABC | Post-Newsweek |
10. Positions in the newsroom * Staff * Crew * Talent: anyone on camera, including voiceovers * Cast * Executive Producer: person providing funding for the production * Producer: person who purchases materials and services in the creation of a finished program. Hires staff, crew and talent – the production team. * Director: in charge of the creative aspects of the program and interacts with the entire staff. * Production Manager: handles business portion of