Deck 10: The Price of Linear Structure

Question 1

Editing requires the use of transitions. The following are different transitions used in film, except

A) face.
B) dissolve.
C) crossfade.
D) cut.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

An instantaneous and complete transition from one source to another is called a cut in visual media. For sound it's called

A) a segue.
B) a fade.
C) a crossfade.
D) a transition.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

A split screen is what we call

A) a partially complete wipe.
B) a partially complete fade.
C) a partially complete dissolve.
D) none of the above.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Much of the live programming we see on TV is the product of

A) rank amateurs.
B) live switching.
C) careful scripting.
D) live mixing.

Question 5

The term signal flow refers to

A) the hand signals a technical director uses during a live broadcast.
B) what information is going where.
C) the current that runs through a mixing board.
D) none of the above.

Question 6

When speaking of video editing, a key is a tool that

A) cuts a hole in one image and replaces it with another.
B) unlocks the company safe.
C) opens the editing room door.
D) none of the above.

Question 7

Preparation for editing includes

A) a plan for how material will be edited.
B) the careful logging of material.
C) notes on the quality of recorded material.
D) all of the above.

Question 8

Logs and transcriptions include a numerical indication of the location of each section of material. The type of indicator could be

A) a counter.
B) an edge number.
C) a timecode.
D) all of the above.

Question 9

Creating an edit plan can

A) allow more than one person to work on editing.
B) save money by making postproduction more efficient.
C) keep a production team seeing the same way.
D) all of the above.

Question 10

If you reach the editing stage and have yet to write a script,

A) there's no good reason to write one now.
B) gather your material and write one now.
C) you will need a professional writer to catch up.
D) none of the above.

Question 11

The common analogy to explain the difference between a linear and nonlinear process is the difference between

A) writing a paper on a word processor and a desktop computer.
B) writing a paper on a typewriter and word processing on a computer.
C) making toast in a toaster and an open flame.
D) taking your car to the automatic car wash and the coin operated car wash.

Question 12

The two most basic stages of editing film would be the

A) rough cut and the fine cut.
B) offline and online edits.
C) first draft and final draft.
D) question and answer.

Question 13

When you synch your rushes you are

A) transferring the sound to mag stock and synching sound to each shot.
B) checking your logs against the material you have on hand.
C) sorting your material into bins.
D) none of the above.

Question 14

The terminology of clips and bins

A) is used exclusively for analog editing.
B) has been adopted by designers of digital editing software.
C) is used to visualize the logging process.
D) none of the above.

Question 15

The following are examples of digital editing software, except

A) Final Cut Pro.
B) Avid.
C) Pro Tools.
D) none of the above.

Question 16

Generational loss is the degradation

A) that occurs when analog signals are copied.
B) that occurs with the copying of digital media.
C) that occurs when new media makers forget the lessons of the old.
D) none of the above.

Question 17

The following are the typical steps of a nonlinear edit, except

A) logging.
B) digesting.
C) file management.
D) output.

Question 18

A film-to-tape transfer is done with a piece of equipment called

A) a tape recorder.
B) a digital dubber.
C) a telecine.
D) none of the above

Question 19

Lossy compression reduces the size of a file by

A) cropping out background imagery.
B) reducing the image to a mathematical formula.
C) dropping repeated information.
D) none of the above.

Question 20

Interframe compression

A) averages several frames and then makes adjustments.
B) compresses each individual frame of video.
C) reduces the number of frames in a sequence.
D) none of the above.

Question 21

Whenever you export media to another software program, edit or manipulate it, and then output it again, it's called

A) outsourcing.
B) digital intermediates.
C) nonlinear editing.
D) none of the above.

Question 22

A cut is a complete transition from one source to another.

Question 23

Musical performances are produced by live mixing.

Question 24

In the world of live sound editing, a bus is the cart that carries equipment from the van.

Question 25

A switcher often has several buses.

Question 26

One piece of information that editors might want to write down is the edge number on the film.

Question 27

Creating an edit plan can save you money during postproduction.

Question 28

The rough cut in analog editing is when the editor tapes together strings of scenes before going back for a fine edit.

Question 29

The preparation of the final negative is called conforming the negative.

Question 30

The lab takes the question print and produces the answer print.

Question 31

Avid is the old analog editing board for analog editing.

Question 32

FireWire allows for the transfer of complete digital information to a computer.