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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. The chronology of editing work






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






3. Every shot:






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






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






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






7. Where editors view their work






8. Jump Cut = __________






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






10. Where editors gather assets






11. Where editors audition assets






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






13. Everything made upstream flows __________






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






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






16. What are some examples of shadow cuts?






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






18. What is the process of critiquing our work?






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






20. Raison D'etre means


21. Editing is the discovery of a __________.






22. What are the rules of engagement?






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






24. Match Cut = __________






25. What are shadow cuts?






26. 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.






27. A creative solution to a technological problem






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






29. What is the number one prime directive?






30. What does coverage mean in editing?






31. Where editors juxtapose






32. Production should be the __________.






33. Editing is __________.