AVID Media Composer MC201 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED ANSWERS|ALREADY
GRADED A
The three stages of broadcasting Correct Ans- Acquisition, editing, and
delivery.
Offline editor Correct Ans- A storyteller. Combines shots from raw
source footage. This is the creative process.
What are the 3 stages of creating content for broadcast? Correct Ans-
Acquisition, Editing, and Delivery
What is an offline editor? Correct Ans- A storyteller. Combines shots
from raw source footage. This is the creative process.
What is an online editor? Correct Ans- Deals with technical aspects for
broadcast.
What is shooting ratio and examples? Correct Ans- Amount of source
footage vs amount of footage in the finished piece. 20:1 Documentary,
3:1 Sitcom, 1.5:1 Soap Opera
Lossless, lossy and temporal compression. Correct Ans- Lossless: ZIP
file format, perfect reconstruction of original data. Lossy: Reduce data
size, lost quality. Temporal: Reusing pixel values in frames to reduce
file size. Refreshes the whole image every few frames.
,Spatial: LOOK UP! Correct Ans-
Ingesting and offline quality Correct Ans- Ingest: Footage from original
source. Offline quality: Copy of the original media that's compressed
during ingest. More efficient editing.
Offline to online conform Correct Ans- Delete highly compressed
media, leaves metadata behind to re-ingest media with less or no
compression.
Project folder vs Bins vs Clips vs Media files Correct Ans- The project
folder contains bins, a Bin is a file that contains clips, Clips are anything
in a bin and of which contain metadata while media files contain
pictures and/or sound.
How to reveal the location of a bin? Correct Ans- Right-click bin in
project window and click reveal file.
MXF file Correct Ans- Material exchange format native to Media
Composer of the Op-atom variety: Encoded media stored within.
Codec Correct Ans- Encode and decodes by reading metadata and loads
suitable codex to covert frames to their original state.
Media composers native codec Correct Ans- DNxHD
, What sample and bit rates does MC support? Correct Ans- 32khz,
44khz, 48khz, and 96khz. 16 and 24 bit.
Autosync Correct Ans- Select subsequence -> bin-> autosync Syncs
audio and video clips that were linked separately.
Managed media folder vs ama linked volume Correct Ans- Where
media is stored, ama linked media shows an editable clip, not the raw
media.
Four things that happen when you use AMA Correct Ans- MC leaves
files in original location. MC creates a clip in the bin that has path to the
linked file in source column. AMA plug-in acts as a translator between
your file and MC when playing footage. MC indexes linked file, can be
managed with media tool and checked into interplay.
Four things that happen when you don't use AMA Correct Ans- MC
uses media from a dedicated media folder. MC uses an internal identifier
to associate media file with clip. MC reads file natively without plug-in
when played. MC indexes the media file, allows it to be managed with
media tool and checked into interplay.
What are the two broad AMA workflows? Correct Ans- Link, edit,
consolidate. Link, transcode, edit, relink, consolidate.
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED ANSWERS|ALREADY
GRADED A
The three stages of broadcasting Correct Ans- Acquisition, editing, and
delivery.
Offline editor Correct Ans- A storyteller. Combines shots from raw
source footage. This is the creative process.
What are the 3 stages of creating content for broadcast? Correct Ans-
Acquisition, Editing, and Delivery
What is an offline editor? Correct Ans- A storyteller. Combines shots
from raw source footage. This is the creative process.
What is an online editor? Correct Ans- Deals with technical aspects for
broadcast.
What is shooting ratio and examples? Correct Ans- Amount of source
footage vs amount of footage in the finished piece. 20:1 Documentary,
3:1 Sitcom, 1.5:1 Soap Opera
Lossless, lossy and temporal compression. Correct Ans- Lossless: ZIP
file format, perfect reconstruction of original data. Lossy: Reduce data
size, lost quality. Temporal: Reusing pixel values in frames to reduce
file size. Refreshes the whole image every few frames.
,Spatial: LOOK UP! Correct Ans-
Ingesting and offline quality Correct Ans- Ingest: Footage from original
source. Offline quality: Copy of the original media that's compressed
during ingest. More efficient editing.
Offline to online conform Correct Ans- Delete highly compressed
media, leaves metadata behind to re-ingest media with less or no
compression.
Project folder vs Bins vs Clips vs Media files Correct Ans- The project
folder contains bins, a Bin is a file that contains clips, Clips are anything
in a bin and of which contain metadata while media files contain
pictures and/or sound.
How to reveal the location of a bin? Correct Ans- Right-click bin in
project window and click reveal file.
MXF file Correct Ans- Material exchange format native to Media
Composer of the Op-atom variety: Encoded media stored within.
Codec Correct Ans- Encode and decodes by reading metadata and loads
suitable codex to covert frames to their original state.
Media composers native codec Correct Ans- DNxHD
, What sample and bit rates does MC support? Correct Ans- 32khz,
44khz, 48khz, and 96khz. 16 and 24 bit.
Autosync Correct Ans- Select subsequence -> bin-> autosync Syncs
audio and video clips that were linked separately.
Managed media folder vs ama linked volume Correct Ans- Where
media is stored, ama linked media shows an editable clip, not the raw
media.
Four things that happen when you use AMA Correct Ans- MC leaves
files in original location. MC creates a clip in the bin that has path to the
linked file in source column. AMA plug-in acts as a translator between
your file and MC when playing footage. MC indexes linked file, can be
managed with media tool and checked into interplay.
Four things that happen when you don't use AMA Correct Ans- MC
uses media from a dedicated media folder. MC uses an internal identifier
to associate media file with clip. MC reads file natively without plug-in
when played. MC indexes the media file, allows it to be managed with
media tool and checked into interplay.
What are the two broad AMA workflows? Correct Ans- Link, edit,
consolidate. Link, transcode, edit, relink, consolidate.
