U2 L6 Systems And Techniques For Post-Production Flashcards
When does an editor become a part of the process of making a film? What do they do?
- production begins
- rough assembly of shots
In what phase is the editor’s primary role in?
post-production
What was traditional editing (actual film) like?
- film physically cut
- chronologically
- impossible to change editing decisions already made
When did Digital/nonlinear editing replace traditional editing?
early 1990s
What are the similarities in the interfaces of editing software programs?
main function is to trim shots
How are editing systems designed?
to be used byeditors with diffferent working styles
What are the 4 primary windows of an editing program?
- bin
- viewer
- timeline
- playhead
What is the bin?
place where all clips are stored
What is the viewer?
window that shows playback controls
What does an editor do in the viewer?
analyze where to cut beginning and end
What is the timeline?
- shows all shot decisions from beginning to end(left to right)
- shots inserted into it
What is the playhead?
-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?
- ability to control length of clip
- without going back to bin or disassembling entire program
When preparing to edit, what are the 3 parts involved with the process?
- organizing media
- getting media into system
- preparing media for editing
What do media cataloging software help the editor with?
organizing multiple projects of many editors
What do Still image editing applications (like Photoshop) help the editor with?
preparing still images
What does Project management applications and database organization software help the editor with?
sorting camera reports and script versions
Do scripted feature films produce a great deal of raw footage?
yes
What is the shooting ratio of low-budget films?
5:1
What is the shooting ratio of complex projects?
10:1
What is the shooting ratio of a reality show or documentary?
100:1
Do Unscripted TV programs have more media than a feature film?
Yes
What is a codec?
program that compresses data for faster transmission and decompresses received data
When does an editor choose a codec?
when media is being imported into the editing system
What kind of codec does an editor need to choose?
same resolution (or better) as the camera’s raw media
Who does the first step in editing of organizing all the footage?
assistant editor or editor
What does an editor do after organizing the footage?
-cutting the images together
-first to make assembly of it based on script or storyboard
^sometimes called offline edit or story edit
What options may an editor choose to make the titles of a film interesting? (aka elements in title creation)
- font
- color
- shadows
- borders
What is a title?
- opening and closing credits
- names of people
What is a dissolve transition?
transition between two shots
What is a slow dissolve transition?
signal to viewer that change is happening from one place or time to another
What is a final cut list?
series of start and end timecodes from different sources
How do Film and TV programming differ when the project is locked?
film will go through more post production than TV programs
What does it mean when a picture is locked?
- no more cuts will be made
- final stages of post production can begin
What does the final stages of post production include?
- sound design
- color correction
- effects
- producing release prints
What is the Primary color correction?
applied to entire image
What is the Secondary color correction?
changes saturation of colors or luminance
What is a processing amp?
setup that boosts brightness and manipulates color
What are 2 important features that nonlinear/nondestructive editing (NLE) programs have?
TO BE USED AS AN ANALYZING TOOL
- waveform monitor
- vectorscope
What is a waveform monitor?
- representation of video signal
- to analyze the character of picture from lightest to darkest elements
What is a vectorscope?
feature that monitors hue and color saturation
