Question | Answer |
Counter Point Music | When a song does not go with the scene. Sense of Irony |
Color Grading | manipulating the color for creative reasons |
Color Correcting | manipulation of an existing video clip, to edit any errors that could have been caused during production. Ex. white balance. |
Audio Sweetening | After all audio elements have been selected, acquired, or recorded, the sound engineer creates a custom track to go with the scene/story. |
Rendering | A necessary part of editing. It's the process of building a special effect, filter, or other complex transition frame by frame. That build creates its own media file |
Out-Point | a mark added to a clip, makes it the last frame seen/heard |
In-Point | a mark added to a clip, makes it the first frame seen/heard |
Handles | a few extra seconds at the beginning and end of a clip, extensional when adding effects or transitions |
Capturing | conversion of digital tapes to digital files |
Digitizing | conversion of an analog signal to a digital file |
Time Code | A unique # assigned and recoded for each frame of video, composed of an 8 digit # (hours, minutes, seconds. frames) |
Frame Rate | Actual video frame rate is 29.97 or 23.98 fps. Can become inaccurate as the program goes on |
Non-Drop Frame | A time code system that counts each frame and does not compensate for the actual frame rate 29.97 |
Drop Frame | Compensates for the real frame rate of NTSC video of 29.97. Developed to keep the numbering system more accurate. |
Media Clips | Reference links to the actual files |
Media Files | The actual video/audio file, relates to nonlinear media |
Workflow | During post production, a procedure that includes planning, file management, storage, and archiving. Must be done before editing begins. |
Codec | compression/decompression engine that is used to modify the amount of data on bandwidth. Best to work with the original file or transcode the assets so they use the same codec. |
Transcoding | Process of converting from one codec to another. |
Data Wrangler | While on location, makes back-up copies of the original recordings, very helpful for the editor, may need to transcode. |
Edit Decision List (EDL) | During the editing process, a list of every action is saved as a part of the project file. |