University of Montana-Media Arts
Introduction to Film Editing
MART 112
Final Exam
1. What are the four modifier keys we will always use to initiate keyboard
shortcuts?
2. To return the program to its standard lay-out you use what keyboard shortcut?
3. What keyboard shortcut allows us to see all the clips in the timeline?
4. What is an insert edit and how does it affect other clips in the timeline?
5. What is an overwrite edit and how does it affect other clips in the timeline?
6. Draw a diagram for Ripple editing, explain how the Ripple tool affects the clip(s)
and the sequence.
7. Keyboard shortcut for the Ripple tool is?
8. Draw the symbol for the ripple tool
9. Draw a diagram for Roll editing, explain how the Roll edit tool affects the clip(s)
and the sequence.
10. Keyboard shortcut for the Roll edit tool is?
11. Draw the symbol for the Roll tool.
12. What modifier key is used to toggle off linked selection during a roll edit to limit
the edit to either video or audio?
13. In your own words explain what handles are.
14. If a clip’s speed is changed from 100% to 50% in the timeline what is the
resulting change to clip length?
15. What audio filter can be used to make a voice sound as if it is in a variety of
different sized rooms.
16. When choosing the easy set-up for your project, and you have multiple formats
of material, what is the main consideration for deciding what your sequence
settings will be?
17. If you have material in the timeline that does not match the sequence settings,
what will be the result?
18. What tool can be used to check if there are areas of audio that may be clipped
during playback?
19. Give an example of how you might quickly fix a white balance problem with the
three way color corrector filter.
20. Define the terms diagetic and non-diagetic in terms of audio in a film.
21. What are the best sequence settings for real time (RT) playback of effects and
transitions if you are not concerned about quality?
22. Describe what the J, K, L , I, and O functions are in FCP.
23. What is the keyboard shortcut for play around current play-head position?
24. What does the master fader represent?
25. What must be selected to insure that a project file can be moved with its media
during output using quicktime?
26. What is meant by the concept “non-destructive” editing?
27. Using sentence structure as a analogy for film editing, what would a fade to black
represent in a sentence?
28. What is the keyboard shortcut for un-do?
29. What is the keyboard shortcut to zoom in?
30. What is the keyboard shortcut to initiate a speed change?
31. What is the keyboard shortcut to create a new bin?
32. What is the keyboard shortcut to create a subclip?
33. What keyboard shortcut changes track height?
34. What keyboard shortcut turns on waveforms in the timeline?
35. What American filmmaking pioneer did the earliest experiments with crosscutting?
36. What are the psychological underpinnings of Montage editing?(how does it work)
37. What kind of films were representative of the early Lumiere Brothers work?
38. George Melies most famous work was what film?
39. What is the name of the cylindrical toy that when spun approximated real motion?
40. What is the name of the camera created by the Lumiere Brothers?
41. What happened at the Grand Café in Paris in 1895 and what important future
filmmaker was allegedly there?
42. Audio levels should never exceed_________for broadcast application.
43. What is the Keyboard shortcut for undo?
44. What is the keyboard shortcut to create a marker?(not to edit a marker)
45. To avoid excessive rendering, what should your RT(real time) settings be?
46. Who invented celluloid?
47. Who directed the film, “Battleship Potempkin”?
48. Who directed the film, “Birth of a Nation”?
49. What were 2 purposes for the little girl with red coat in Schindler’s list?
50. How can a film editor prevent the “ping pong” effect in a dialogue scene?
Extra Credit-what is the frame rate for standard dv ntsc video?