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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. Editing is __________.






2. Where editors view their work






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






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






5. What is the process of critiquing our work?






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






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






8. 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.






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






10. Production should be the __________.






11. Where editors juxtapose






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






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






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






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






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






17. What is the number one prime directive?






18. Match Cut = __________






19. Jump Cut = __________






20. Every shot:






21. What are some examples of shadow cuts?






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






23. What does coverage mean in editing?






24. Where editors audition assets






25. A creative solution to a technological problem






26. Raison D'etre means


27. Editing is the discovery of a __________.






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






29. The chronology of editing work






30. Everything made upstream flows __________






31. Where editors gather assets






32. What are shadow cuts?






33. What are the rules of engagement?