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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. As we become more proficient - we become more ___________






2. Where editors audition assets






3. Raison D'etre means


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






5. A creative solution to a technological problem






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






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






8. Where editors view their work






9. Editing is the discovery of a __________.






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






11. What are shadow cuts?






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






13. Editing is __________.






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






15. What is the number one prime directive?






16. What are the rules of engagement?






17. Where editors gather assets






18. What are some examples of shadow cuts?






19. Production should be the __________.






20. Everything made upstream flows __________






21. What is the process of critiquing our work?






22. Where editors juxtapose






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






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






25. Jump Cut = __________






26. The chronology of editing work






27. Match Cut = __________






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






29. Every shot:






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






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






32. 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.






33. What does coverage mean in editing?