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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. What is the process of critiquing our work?






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






3. What does coverage mean in editing?






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






5. Match Cut = __________






6. Every shot:






7. 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.






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






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






10. Where editors gather assets






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






12. A creative solution to a technological problem






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






14. The chronology of editing work






15. What are shadow cuts?






16. Raison D'etre means


17. Editing is __________.






18. Where editors juxtapose






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






20. Editing is the discovery of a __________.






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






22. Production should be the __________.






23. What are some examples of shadow cuts?






24. What are the rules of engagement?






25. Where editors audition assets






26. Jump Cut = __________






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






28. Everything made upstream flows __________






29. What is the number one prime directive?






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






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






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






33. Where editors view their work