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Editing Styles/Types
Keyboard Shortcuts
Initialisms & Abbreviations
Editing History
In the Timeline
100
The method of editing in which multiple pieces of action are presented to the viewer simultaneously by alternating between them.
What is Parallel Action or Cross-cutting?
100
Key that sets the mouse to the Selection Tool.
What is the "V" key?
100
Abbreviation for Graphics.
What is "GFX"?
100
Russian filmmaker credited with the development of the Montage style.
Who was Sergei Eisenstein?
100

A cut from one shot to another with no transition spanning between the two.

What is a "Straight" or "Hard" cut?

200
A series of shots edited in sequence with the purpose of condensing space and time, with the goal of communicating information and emotion.
What is a Montage?
200
Key that sets the mouse to the Pen Tool.
What is the "P" key?
200
AAC
What is Advanced Audio Codec?
200
The piece of equipment pictured here: JeopardyGame_Image_01.pdf
What is the Kinetoscope?
200

A shot that is placed over an interview soundbite that shows visually what the interview subject is talking about.

What is B-ROLL?

300
A method of editing by which time and space are perceived by the viewer to unfold with an unbroken consistency.
What is Continuity?
300
Key combination for removing BOTH an In-point and an Out-point simultaneously.
What is "Option+X" ("Ctrl+Shift+X" on PC)?
300
Abbreviation for Music.
What is "MX"?
300
This revolutionary piece of equipment was invented by the Lumière brothers. It could shoot on film, process that film, and play it back as a projector - all in the same day.
What is the Cinématographe?
300

A type of cut in which someone appears talking on-screen and is then "covered" by B-ROLL while continuing to talk underneath.

What is an "L" cut?

400
The process of specifying, gathering or creating, and manipulating sound elements for the purpose of use in a variety of creative entertainment or other artistic applications.
What is Sound Design?
400

Key that will mark a selected clip (In and Out).

What is the "/" key? (Mark Selected Clip)

400
NLE
What is Non-linear Editor?
400
This film editing device has been in use for over 80 years, though much more rarely today. It permits a film editor to see the source shots and the resulting edited combination on-screen in its viewing windows. JeopardyGame_Image_02.pdf
What is the Moviola?
400

The component (and length) that MUST be included at the beginning and end of every timeline prior to the output process in Professor Bisagna's class.

What is 1 second of Black Video?

500
Type of editing in which a subject (person) appears on-screen and communicates information about themselves, a product or service, or another topic. "L" and "J" cuts are often utilized with B-ROLL and graphics to enrich and better communicate the subject's message or story.
What is an Interview?
500

Key combination that makes an edit in selected clips on which the play head is parked.

What is "Cmd+K" ("Ctrl+K" on PC)?

500
NTSC
What is National Television Standards (System) Committee?
500
The Ampex VRX-1000 was the name of the first _______. JeopardyGame_Image_03.pdf
What was the videotape machine?
500
Often placed with the Pen Tool, a _______ is used to establish a value for Position, Scale, Rotation, Opacity, Audio Level, and many other characteristics at a particular point in time.
What is a keyframe?