For the final exam, the expectation is that you have built on the knowledge mastered for the first exam. Thus, if there are areas you still felt weak on from that exam, you should brush up on them. Specific post-midterm materials you are expected to master are reflected in the lists below.

Chap. 10 automatic gain control, calibration, figure-ground, mixing, sound perspective, setting or taking levels, sweetening. VU meter

Chap. 14 CG, chroma key, defocus, diffusion filter, DVE, gobo, graphics generator, keying, mechanical effects, split screen, super, wipe

Chap. 12 Analog recording systems, compression (lossy or lossless, see also chapter 2), control track, digital systems, time base corrector, VTR

Chap. 4 Aesthetic compression, aperture, auto focus, depth of field, field of view, focal length, focus, f-stop, iris, macro position, MOD, narrow-angle lens, normal lens, rack focus, selective focus, wide-angle lens, zoom, zoom lens, zoom range.

Chap. 13 AB-roll editing, assemble editing, complexity editing, continuity editing, control track, cutaway, edit controller, linear system and editing, nonlinear system and editing, slate, SMPTE, time code

Chap. 20 Big remote, EFP, ENG, field production, instant replay, location sketch, remote, remote survey, remote truck

Chap. 2 Analog, aspect ratio, coding, digital, field, frame, HDTV, interlaced scanning, progressive scanning, sampling