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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. In the edit - the film is finding its __________






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






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






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






5. Where editors audition assets






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






7. Editing is __________.






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






9. What are some examples of shadow cuts?






10. Everything made upstream flows __________






11. Where editors juxtapose






12. Editing is the discovery of a __________.






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






14. What does coverage mean in editing?






15. Where editors view their work






16. Where editors gather assets






17. The chronology of editing work






18. Match Cut = __________






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






20. Production should be the __________.






21. Jump Cut = __________






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






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






24. A creative solution to a technological problem






25. Every shot:






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. What are shadow cuts?






28. What is the number one prime directive?






29. What is the process of critiquing our work?






30. What are the rules of engagement?






31. Raison D'etre means


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






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