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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. Jump Cut = __________






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






3. Match Cut = __________






4. Raison D'etre means


5. What are the rules of engagement?






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






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






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






9. Production should be the __________.






10. The chronology of editing work






11. Editing is the discovery of a __________.






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






13. Editing is __________.






14. What is the number one prime directive?






15. A creative solution to a technological problem






16. What are some examples of shadow cuts?






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






18. Everything made upstream flows __________






19. Every shot:






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. Where are the plates in a 6 plate flatbed?






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






23. What are shadow cuts?






24. Where editors juxtapose






25. What is the process of critiquing our work?






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






27. Where editors view their work






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






29. What does coverage mean in editing?






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






31. Where editors audition assets






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






33. Where editors gather assets