What is command>T and Title>New Title>Default Still, etc.?
100
The reason we "Save As."
What is to double and triple check to be sure that we're saving into our correct folder.
100
What you must do to check out sound equipment for this class.
Email or meet with Alex ahead of time.
100
The definition of continuity editing.
What is the natural flow of action, miss en scene, emotion, and/or rhythm from shot to shot?
100
The difference between asynchronous sound and synchronous sound.
What is asynchronous sound is out of sync?
200
If you want to create multiple titles with the same style, do these three steps.
What is duplicate, rename, and rewrite your titles in the same duplicate style/format?
200
Two ways to make your footage shorter.
What are trim tool and razor blade tool?
200
The type of mic that we use the most at the end of our boom poles to record dialogue.
What is a shotgun mic?
200
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
Walter Murch and his significance.
Who is an important editor/sound designer for films like Apocalypse Now, The Godfather, and Jarhead; the author of 'In the Blink of an Eye'?
200
The most important sound that is recorded on location AND the two people who record it.
What is dialogue and the sound recordist/boom op?
300
Three tools within your title editor that help create unique titles.
What are size, opacity, rotation, bold/italic, alignment, selection tool, type tool, background, shadow, gradients, etc.?
300
The reason folders are called "bins" in professional editing programs and how we use them.
What is bins used to store/organize raw film before the digital age and we use them to organize our files (e.g., bins for Audio, Raw Footage, Titles, Still Images, Color, Scenes, etc.)?
300
Two types of mics shaped like hearts and the difference between them.
What is a cardioid (almost like an omni) and hypercardioid (cuts off more sound but not as much as the shotgun)?
300
The difference between slow cutting and quick cutting, i.e., why they're used.
What is slow cutting to indicate a tranquil observer and quick cutting to show excitement or chaos of the storyteller/observer?
300
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
Two sound crew persons create and record in small, soundproof studios or booths. Tell me the name of both roles and the two types of sound layers they create.
What is the foley artist and foley; sound recordist and ADR?
400
Three ways to make your titles move.
(answers vary)
400
Two ways to change the size of your image if it looks too small or too large.
What is Effects Control>Motion>Scale>change scale/use selection tool and right click>Scale to Frame Size.
400
The type of microphone that we will use least in this class, its pickup pattern type, and two examples of when it is used in the real world.
What are bidirectional mics, which pick up from only two exact directions on either side? They're used for sit-down radio interviews and for recording music in studios, esp. duets.
400
The difference between minimal/realistic vs. formalistic/artificial editing.
What is a voyeuristic/observer style vs. master shot & coverage/classical editing technique editing style?
400
The two full names for ADR and two examples of how ADR is used.
What is Automated Dialogue Replacement and Additional Dialogue Recording? ADR is used for the voices of animation (cartoons are not real) and to replace poorly-recorded dialogue.
500
Five examples of video transitions that make our titles appear more professional.
What are gradient wipe, push, cross dissolve, additive dissolve, dip to black, dip to white, etc.?
500
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
The difference between video effects and transitions as well as three examples/descriptions of each.
(answers vary)
500
Two types of omni mics and why we use them.
What are the lavaliers, tiny clip on mics used when you want to hide mics on actors, and it has to pick up all sounds b/c you never know where it will work best to clip it on? Also, the Zoom recorder will work when we want to record ambience or an intentionally quiet scene when we want to hear every little sound.
500
Three examples of time expansion and/or time compression in editing. Be sure to identify whether it expands or compresses.
Expansion:
What are elongating a moment for drama, slow motion, freeze frames, and thawed frames?
*Still frames can expand or compress*
Compression:
What are cutting down a moment for dramatic effect, parallel editing/intercutting/crosscutting, montage, and series of shots?
500
Name all eight layers of sound design and one example of each (including made up examples, existing feature films, and student projects!).
What is … ?
Dialogue ("You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.")
ADR (A Bug's Life)
V.O. ("When you have insomnia, you're never really asleep... and you're never really awake.")
Foley (Gene Kelley's cane crashing down in Singin' in the Rain)
Sound Effects (explosions in all Michael Bay movies)
Room Tone (sound of our Mac lab in the b.g.)
Ambience (sound of children playing, birds chirping, wind, and street traffic just outside of our windows)
Music (Hans Zimmer score for Inception--duh)