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Video Editing Basic Vocab

Instructions:
  • Answer 33 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Where editors audition assets






2. The central pre-occupation of a film editor is to put themselves in place of the __________






3. The chronology of editing work






4. Editing is the discovery of a __________.






5. What is the rule of 6? (in order)






6. A creative solution to a technological problem






7. Where editors juxtapose






8. Where are the plates in a 6 plate flatbed?






9. What are the rules of engagement?






10. In the edit - the film is finding its __________






11. Everything made upstream flows __________






12. What are shadow cuts?






13. What is the number one prime directive?






14. We want to __________ the quality of the editing work while __________ the amount of time it takes to get there.






15. What is the process of critiquing our work?






16. Every shot:






17. Raison D'etre means


18. The of the clips in your sequence as essentials for the __________






19. As we become more proficient - we become more ___________






20. As you write (or EDIT) - you are relating with the human __________ and human __________ forming an __________ with your audience - and owning their emotional __________ in your story.






21. What were the two pictures of the editing machines?






22. How much time it took to edit a minute.






23. What are some examples of shadow cuts?






24. Juxtaposition is placing or dealing with items close together for...






25. What are some things we have in the digital age that we did not have in the analogue?






26. Jump Cut = __________






27. Match Cut = __________






28. What does coverage mean in editing?






29. Editing is __________.






30. What are the two prime directives of news video editing?






31. Where editors gather assets






32. Production should be the __________.






33. Where editors view their work