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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. Every shot:






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. Where editors view their work






9. Raison D'etre means


10. Where editors audition assets






11. Jump Cut = __________






12. What are shadow cuts?






13. What does coverage mean in editing?






14. Where editors juxtapose






15. The chronology of editing work






16. What is the process of critiquing our work?






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






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






19. Editing is the discovery of a __________.






20. A creative solution to a technological problem






21. What is the number one prime directive?






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






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






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






25. 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.






26. Where editors gather assets






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






28. What are some examples of shadow cuts?






29. Production should be the __________.






30. Everything made upstream flows __________






31. Match Cut = __________






32. What are the rules of engagement?






33. Editing is __________.