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U2 L6 Systems And Techniques For Post-Production Flashcards

1
Q

When does an editor become a part of the process of making a film? What do they do?

A
  • production begins

- rough assembly of shots

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2
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In what phase is the editor’s primary role in?

A

post-production

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3
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What was traditional editing (actual film) like?

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  • film physically cut
  • chronologically
  • impossible to change editing decisions already made
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4
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When did Digital/nonlinear editing replace traditional editing?

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early 1990s

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5
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What are the similarities in the interfaces of editing software programs?

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main function is to trim shots

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6
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How are editing systems designed?

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to be used byeditors with diffferent working styles

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7
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What are the 4 primary windows of an editing program?

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  • bin
  • viewer
  • timeline
  • playhead
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What is the bin?

A

place where all clips are stored

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What is the viewer?

A

window that shows playback controls

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What does an editor do in the viewer?

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analyze where to cut beginning and end

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11
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What is the timeline?

A
  • shows all shot decisions from beginning to end(left to right)
  • shots inserted into it
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12
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What is the playhead?

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-vertical line that scrolls horizontally through a timeline-
-helps telling where you want clip to go
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What does nondestructive/nonlinear editing (NLE) refer to?

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  • ability to control length of clip

- without going back to bin or disassembling entire program

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14
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When preparing to edit, what are the 3 parts involved with the process?

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  • organizing media
  • getting media into system
  • preparing media for editing
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15
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What do media cataloging software help the editor with?

A

organizing multiple projects of many editors

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16
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What do Still image editing applications (like Photoshop) help the editor with?

A

preparing still images

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17
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What does Project management applications and database organization software help the editor with?

A

sorting camera reports and script versions

18
Q

Do scripted feature films produce a great deal of raw footage?

A

yes

19
Q

What is the shooting ratio of low-budget films?

A

5:1

20
Q

What is the shooting ratio of complex projects?

A

10:1

21
Q

What is the shooting ratio of a reality show or documentary?

A

100:1

22
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Do Unscripted TV programs have more media than a feature film?

A

Yes

23
Q

What is a codec?

A

program that compresses data for faster transmission and decompresses received data

24
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When does an editor choose a codec?

A

when media is being imported into the editing system

25
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What kind of codec does an editor need to choose?

A

same resolution (or better) as the camera’s raw media

26
Q

Who does the first step in editing of organizing all the footage?

A

assistant editor or editor

27
Q

What does an editor do after organizing the footage?

A

-cutting the images together
-first to make assembly of it based on script or storyboard
^sometimes called offline edit or story edit

28
Q

What options may an editor choose to make the titles of a film interesting? (aka elements in title creation)

A
  • font
  • color
  • shadows
  • borders
29
Q

What is a title?

A
  • opening and closing credits

- names of people

30
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What is a dissolve transition?

A

transition between two shots

31
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What is a slow dissolve transition?

A

signal to viewer that change is happening from one place or time to another

32
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What is a final cut list?

A

series of start and end timecodes from different sources

33
Q

How do Film and TV programming differ when the project is locked?

A

film will go through more post production than TV programs

34
Q

What does it mean when a picture is locked?

A
  • no more cuts will be made

- final stages of post production can begin

35
Q

What does the final stages of post production include?

A
  • sound design
  • color correction
  • effects
  • producing release prints
36
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What is the Primary color correction?

A

applied to entire image

37
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What is the Secondary color correction?

A

changes saturation of colors or luminance

38
Q

What is a processing amp?

A

setup that boosts brightness and manipulates color

39
Q

What are 2 important features that nonlinear/nondestructive editing (NLE) programs have?

TO BE USED AS AN ANALYZING TOOL

A
  • waveform monitor

- vectorscope

40
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What is a waveform monitor?

A
  • representation of video signal

- to analyze the character of picture from lightest to darkest elements

41
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What is a vectorscope?

A

feature that monitors hue and color saturation

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