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Demonstrate knowledge of lighting required by a camera operator for
racing broadcasting
Level
3
Credits
3
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to, for racing broadcasting,
demonstrate knowledge of: types of lighting; light sources available to a
camera operator; light quality; and commonly-used lights.
Subfield
Equine
Domain
Racing Broadcasting
Status
Registered
Status date
15 January 2010
Date version published
15 January 2010
Planned review date
31 December 2013
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and
industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Primary Industry Training Organisation
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0018
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
None.
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Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Demonstrate knowledge of types of lighting for racing broadcasting.
Performance criteria
1.1
Natural lighting is described in terms of its qualities, problems, and use in
camera work.
Range
1.2
Artificial lighting is described in terms of the reasons for its use in camera work.
Range
1.3
evidence is required for at least two qualities and two problems.
evidence is required for at least four reasons.
High-key and low-key lighting are described in terms of their impact on the
appearance of a scene.
Element 2
Demonstrate knowledge of light sources available to a camera operator for racing
broadcasting.
Performance criteria
2.1
Available light sources are described in terms of their use in camera work.
Range
2.2
daylight, hydrargyrum medium-arc iodide (HMI), tungsten,
fluorescent.
Introduced light sources are described in terms of their affect on the final
appearance of a scene.
Range
key light, fill light, backlight, bounced light.
Element 3
Demonstrate knowledge of light quality for racing broadcasting.
Performance criteria
3.1
Hard and soft light are described in terms of the appearance each gives to the
scene.
3.2
Spot and flood functions are described in terms of the spread of light each gives
to the scene.
Range
control of spread by – Fresnel lens, barn.
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3.3
Methods of achieving the required balance are described in terms of the use of
daylight and artificial lighting to illuminate a scene.
Range
gels, diffusers, reflectors.
Element 4
Demonstrate knowledge of commonly-used lights for racing broadcasting.
Performance criteria
4.1
Open-faced lighting units are described in terms of their power, portability, and
common uses.
Range
4.2
includes but is not limited to – blondes, redheads.
Other lights are described in terms of their power, portability, and common
uses.
Range
HMI, sungun, Kino Flo.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by NZQA, or an inter-institutional body with delegated
authority for quality assurance, before they can report credits from assessment against
unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by NZQA before they can register
credits from assessment against unit standards.
Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit standards
must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Accreditation requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this
standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The
AMAP also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations
wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for
tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact the Primary Industry Training Organisation standards@primaryito.ac.nz if
you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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