CyberCollege TV Production Modules 49 - 53

A close-up of something within the basic scene (the establishing or wide shot) is called

an insert shot

This is a problem in backtiming. If a music selection is 3 minutes, 30 seconds long and a video segment 1 min. 45 seconds long, how much ahead of the video would you start the music to make them both end at the same time?

not one minute five seconds; one minute 35 seconds; five minutes 15 seconds

A confusing, unsettling, or aesthetically rough change in continuity or content is commonly referred to as a (an)

a jump cut

An example of a technical continuity problem would be

a sudden change in audio levels; an abrupt change in background sound after an edit; a noticeable change in color balance

This error causes a reversal of left-to-right action (and generally viewer confusion)

crossing the line

In which type of productions is it more desirable to leave some things open interpretation?

dramatic

Leaving a tape in the pause mode in a VCR too long can cause

dropouts; glitches in the video; head clog

A /time-base corrector/

made it possible for small cameras and recorders to be used in broadcasting; originally made electronic news-gathering (ENG) possible

In this type of editing images are edited together based only on a central theme

montage editing

A good script (enhanced by good editing) suggests or explains why things happen. In the cybertext this concept is referred to as

motivation

Soap operas sitcoms and general dramatic productions typically have several stories taking place at the same time. This story/editing technique is commonly referred to as

parallel cutting

The filmmakers Pudovkin and Kuleshov first demonstrated that scenes shown in proximity add meaning to each other. This is an example of

relational editing

/Room tone/ is

used to cover desired moments of "silence" in editing; typically ambient, on location sound