Plan, Plan, Plan!
Lights, Camera, Action!
Log, Splice, Print!
Edit, Page, DaVinci!
100
The emphasis is on emotion in this storyboard frame below, which could be considered this kind of shot or angle.
What is a close up shot or over-the-shoulder angle?
100
This term refers to each filmed "version" of a particular shot or camera setup.
What is a take?
100
A technique for reviewing footage by manually moving your playhead back and forth.
What is scrubbing?
100
This recurring window has it all: parameters for volume, scale, comments, transitions, and more.
What is the Inspector Window?
200
This many screenplay pages is roughly equal to 20 minutes of screen time.
What is 20 pages?
200
The industry name for the bits of footage that above-the-line production crew will review at the end of a typical shooting day.
What are dailies?
200
"This Is a Perfect File Name 123.mp4" would be far more perfect if it did not include these troublesome characters.
What are blank spaces?
200
This Edit page tool allows you to ripple and roll the edit points between clips.
What is Trim Edit Mode?
300
A common licensing contract that could be summarized as: you film it, your boss owns it.
What is work-for-hire?
300
This alley-oop of a light reduces all of the shadows created by the bright key light.
What is the fill light?
300
It’s not all moving pixels and bit rates… one of the assistant editor’s most important jobs is in creating this text document.
What is a footage log or editor's log?
300
!! DAILY DOUBLE !!
Go, go, go… go where exactly, by clicking this button in the timeline viewer (indicated by instructor)?
400
This is when your debut screenplay would become protected under copyright.
What is as soon as it is written (or recorded in tangible form)?
400
This department is in charge of setting up, operating, and breaking down all lights on a shoot.
What is the Grip & Electric department?
400
The technical term for the black bars that get added to the top and bottom of the frame when you lock aspect ratio across playback devices.
What is letterboxing?
400
You can delete, shuffle, add, and warp... this kind of marker will keep its place and stay the same.
What is a Timeline Marker?
500
The correct interpretation for this series of initials on a shot list: VWS, POV, VO.
What is Very Wide Shot, Point-of-View, Voiceover?
500
Also known as the axis of action, basketball broadcasts always film from one side of the court to avoid breaking this golden rule.
What is the 180-degree rule?
500
These are the 5 “cuts” or “drafts” of a video project, in the correct industry standard order.
What are: assembly edit / rough cut, editor's cut, director's cut, and producer's cut?
500
Despite its name, this type of edit will add a clip to the first available empty track in your timeline, working upwards, even if that track isn’t necessarily on “the top.”
What is Place on Top?