2.  Study all key terms from each chapter of Zettl.

3.  Study the notes given in class for each chapter. What do you remember from the DVD-ROM exercise?

4.  Be familiar with these areas of chapters 8 & 9:

     a.  What are the three main types of pickup patterns for microphones?

     b.  What are the differences between dynamic mics and condenser mics? What is phantom power?

     c.  Go over checklists for proper use and operation of different microphones.

     d.  Go over types of audio connections (jacks and inputs). Be prepared to identify them by type and gender.

     e.  Be familiar with the five basic aesthetic factors that help audio/video relationships.

     f. What are the differences between analog and digital audio?

     g. What are the ways digital audio can be recorded? Formats? Devices?

     h. What do VU meters do? How should they be used?

     i. Be prepared to explain audio system calibration.

5. Be familiar with these areas of chapters 10 & 11:

     a.  What are the two types of light? What lighting instruments produce hard or soft light?

     b.  What is the difference between lux and footcandles? Can you calculate between them? What is a lumen?

     c.  How do you formute the lighitng contrast ratio of a scene? What is the contrast ratio of most video cameras? 
          If you can't find it in the book, here are some details:
            1.  A CCD video camera has a 40:1 contrast ratio.
            2.  HDTV cameras approximately 80 to 1 or better.
            3.  Film (cameras) have approximately a 100:1 contrast ratio.

     d.  What is the difference between cast and attached shadows? What are the differences between fast and slow falloff?

     e.  Go over checklist for lighting safety.

     f.  How would you light a subject and the background?  (3-point lighting system - photographic method)
         Be prepared to draw this out on the test. You need to remember what lighting instruments work best for each function.

     g.  What is the difference between incident light measurement and reflected light measurement?

     h. What do zebra stripes do in camera viewfinders? How do they help us set exposure?

6. Make sure to look over any notes from class or from videos shown in class.