Deck 13: An Eye for News: Editing Visuals

Question 1

___ can tell some stories better than prose or sound alone because they more easily convey emotion and drama.

Answer 1

Images

Question 2

Effective ___ stories trace an arc with sequences that have a beginning, middle and end.

Answer 2

video

Question 3

___ is the term for calculating how much room a photo will take up when it is reproduced on a page or screen

Answer 3

Sizing

Question 4

___ is the term for selecting the part of the picture you want and eliminating the rest.

Question 5

The most pleasing photo shape for those in a Western cultural tradition is a ___.

Question 6

Small half-column or one-column close-ups of the people in the news are called ___.

Question 7

The play of light and dark tones in a visual that makes it easier for the eye to discern content and details is called ___.

Question 8

___ refers to visual clarity, such as whether the texture is grainy or blotchy.

Question 9

An image is in ___ when shapes and details are plainly delineated and foreground is distinguished from background.

Question 10

___, a term used synonymously with captions by most journalists, are the short blocks of text accompanying pictures.