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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. What does coverage mean in editing?






2. Production should be the __________.






3. Every shot:






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






5. Raison D'etre means


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






7. Jump Cut = __________






8. Everything made upstream flows __________






9. Editing is __________.






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






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






12. 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.






13. Where editors view their work






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






15. Where editors gather assets






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






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






18. Match Cut = __________






19. What is the number one prime directive?






20. Where editors audition assets






21. Where editors juxtapose






22. A creative solution to a technological problem






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






24. What is the process of critiquing our work?






25. What are some examples of shadow cuts?






26. What are shadow cuts?






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






28. What are the rules of engagement?






29. Editing is the discovery of a __________.






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






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






32. The chronology of editing work






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