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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. What does coverage mean in editing?






2. Where editors view their work






3. Jump Cut = __________






4. Everything made upstream flows __________






5. What is the process of critiquing our work?






6. Editing is the discovery of a __________.






7. Where editors juxtapose






8. What are some examples of shadow cuts?






9. What is the number one prime directive?






10. 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.






11. Where editors gather assets






12. Production should be the __________.






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






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






15. Editing is __________.






16. Raison D'etre means


17. Every shot:






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






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






20. A creative solution to a technological problem






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






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






23. What are the rules of engagement?






24. Match Cut = __________






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






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






27. The chronology of editing work






28. What are shadow cuts?






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






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






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






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






33. Where editors audition assets