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






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






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






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






5. Editing is __________.






6. What is the process of critiquing our work?






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






8. What does coverage mean in editing?






9. Where editors audition assets






10. Every shot:






11. What are some examples of shadow cuts?






12. Where editors gather assets






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






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






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






16. Raison D'etre means


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






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






19. Where editors juxtapose






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. Editing is the discovery of a __________.






22. What are the rules of engagement?






23. A creative solution to a technological problem






24. Where editors view their work






25. Match Cut = __________






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






27. The chronology of editing work






28. What is the number one prime directive?






29. Production should be the __________.






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






31. Jump Cut = __________






32. Everything made upstream flows __________






33. What are shadow cuts?