Unit 5 Practice Test
non-linear
A _____ editing system uses digital technology and high-capacity computer hard drives to store and process audio and video.
linear
A(n) _____ editing system is tape-based, and good takes are copied to a record VCR in the order the audience will see them.
clip
A(n) _____ is a captured scene or piece of video that can be used when compiling the completed program.
matched cut
A(n) _____ is a cut in which the same or very similar actions, items, or concepts appear on either side of the edit point.
matched dissolve
A(n) _____ is a dissolve that uses similar actions, items, or concepts to transition from one scene to the next.
audio delay
An edit where the video cuts to the new scene before the audio cuts to the new scene is called a(n) _____.
all of the above
Cutaways can be used to _____.
time code
Each individual frame of video has a unique address called a(n) _____, for example, 01:23:13:07.
fade out to fade in
Edit through black is another way of referring to _____.
bin
On an NLE, all the captured footage for one program is stored in a folder, or _____.
fill in silence between speeches when editing dialogue from two cameras
Several minutes of room tone recorded on location can be used in the editing process to _____.
edit point
The exact location where the edit is to occur on the scene is called the _____.
cut rate
The frequency of edits or cuts during a program is called the _____.
logging
The process of assigning a name to a clip is called _____.
exporting
The process of copying a completed program for compression, duplication, and distribution is called _____.
all of the above
The process of copying all the good footage onto a hard drive or server in order to begin editing is called _____.
trimming
The process of determining the exact place an edit should occur and cutting the clip to remove unnecessary footage is called _____.
editing
The process of rearranging scenes into their proper order, while removing bad takes and keeping good ones, is called _____.
edit transition
The way one scene ends and the next scene begins is called _____.
edit transition
The way the end of one scene changes to the beginning of the next scene is referred to as the _____.
true
True or False? Cutaways are used to bridge jump cuts.
false
True or False? Editing from a moving shot to another moving shot will be very jarring to the audience.
true
True or False? Increasing the cut rate is a way to improve the pacing of the program.
true
True or False? Many NLE systems can detect when the incoming video footage contains a timecode break (a record stop/start) and will automatically begin a new clip without any operator action necessary.
true
True or False? The time code provides an exact address for each frame of a video.
false
True or False? The timeline in the editing process is the schedule by which the program must be completed in order to be aired on time.
true
True or False? The very first frame that is recorded in a clip is known as the poster frame.
true
When a clip is trimmed, the head and tail are removed.
one-quarter
When you are editing music into a dialogue scene, the volume level of the music should be no higher than _____ of the level of the dialogue.
transcoding
_____ is the process of converting footage from a format that is not supported by an NLE system into one that is.
