Demonstrate knowledge of basic principles and best practices employed in the digital video editing industry.
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Communicate visually using standard film and video techniques like following action, matching shots, chromakey, while maintaining continuity.
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Navigate, organize and customize a workspace.
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Define the functions of commonly used tools like Selection, Ripple and Rolling edits, Rate Stretch, Pen, Razor, Hand, and Zoom tools.
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Demonstrate knowledge of how to use transitions and effects to enhance video content.
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Define types of shots and give examples of when and how to use them including the close-up, medium shot, wide shot, establishing shot, point of view, cutaway, inserts, over-the-shoulder, reactions, as well as the power dynamics created with changes of angles.
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Import media assets into project folders and files and perform in-application screen captures to use as graphics or backgrounds.
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Export timelines in proper format and compression for file transfer and video hosting sites.
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Manage workspace interfaces for an efficient editing workflow.
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Demonstrate efficiency when using an editing application including menus, panels, toolbars, programs and source monitors.
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Organize and manage clips into a logical order for a sequence.
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Apply continuity principles when editing real-time action using matched cuts on action, maintenance of site lines, and screen direction using the 180-degree and 30-degree in a video sequence.
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Apply color correction techniques to improve color balance, saturation, exposure, and luminance.
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Use applications to perform overall color grading of neutral video footage.
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Manipulate scale, rotation, stabilization, opacity, and other effects to improve video quality.
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Apply superimposed text, shapes, and graphics in a video sequence.
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Trim video and audio clips to compress time using in and out points.
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Apply L-cuts and J-cuts to voiceovers and interviews by utilizing A-roll and B-roll footage on multiple video and audio tracks to maintain visual interest.
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Export multiple versions of a video for different social media platforms’ dimensions and orientations.