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Film Flashcards

1
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Who are the main production sound crew members

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Sound mixers

Boom operators

Sound assistants

Sound trainees

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Problems with dialogue recording?

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Unwanted noise

Camera shots dictate microphone placing

Mics need to be hidden

Subjects often moving

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What does the production sound mixer do

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Meets with producer and director to discuss creative intentions.

Checks quality of sound recording.

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What are spot effects?

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individual effects that are related to a single source (e.g. a plane, a door, a dishwasher)

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What are atmosphere effects?

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This term covers non-synchronous FX, which are laid to create presence or ambience within a scene to place it in a specific location (e.g. traffic, birds, city skyline)
Foley FX - Sounds that are recorded in a studio directly to picture.

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What are sound design effects?

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An american term first used in Apocalypse Now. It is now used to describe the overall design of a soundtrack. In Britain, the term is used to describe the origination of specially designed sounds.

dinosaurs, aliens, spaceshits etc

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What is ADR?

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Automated Dialogue Replacement -

Replacing audio dialogue problems with alternative takes, recorded after the fact. Done to improve audio quality or reflect dialogue changes

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What is foley recording?

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The reproduction of everyday sound effects that are added to film, video, and other media in post-production to enhance audio quality. These reproduced sounds can be anything from the swishing of clothing and footsteps to squeaky doors and breaking glass.

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What is FPB

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Frames per beat

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How do you calculate FPB?

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(60/ BPM) x F = FPB

F = Frame Rate

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What level should dialogue peaks register between?

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Approximately -12 dbFS to -6 dbFS

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What is the BBC programme loudness level/ average loudness TV level

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-23.0 LUFS +- 1.0 LU

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What is the BBC maximum true peak level

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  • 3dBTP
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What LRA should programmes aim for?

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No more than 18 LU

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What LRA should speech in factual programmes aim for

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No more than 6 LU

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What should the minimum separation between dialogue and background LU be?

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4 LU

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What is the recommend peak level of uncompressed music?

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-3 dBTP

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What is the recommend peak level of compressed music?

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-10 dBTP

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What is the recommend peak level of heavy M and E (gunshots, warfare, aircraft etc)

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-3 dBTP

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What is the recommend peak level of background M and E? (office/ street noise etc)

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-18 dBTP

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21
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What is frame rate

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Essentially the same as a sample rate.

The number of frames/ images that are displayed per second in a film, TV or computer game.

22
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What is diegetic sound

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Sound where the source is visible on screen, or is implied to be present in the action of a film.

E.g voices off characters, sounds made by objects etc

23
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What is non-diegetic sound

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Sound where the source is not visible on screen

24
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What does an SFX editor do?

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Create an audio landscape which draws the audience into the reality created by the director.

25
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Spot FX/ Hard FX?

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individual effects that are related to a single source

e.g plane, door, dishawasher

26
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Ambience/ Atmosphere FX?

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this term covers non-synchronous FX, which are laid to create presence or ambience within a scene to place it in a specific location.

27
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Foley FX?

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Sounds that are recorded in a studio directly to picture.

28
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What are the three main foley FX types?

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Moves

Footsteps

Specifics

29
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What should your monitoring calibration be when mixing a film soundtrack?

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  • 20dB pink noise, through speakers must register

- 85dB SPL

30
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What are the broadcast standards levels?

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ITU-R BS.1770

EBU R128

31
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What is dialogue editing comprised of?

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Phase matching

Removal of unwanted noise

Generation of continuity

32
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What is an EDL?

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Edit decision list

an ordered list of reel and timecode data representing where each video clip can be obtained in order to conform the final cut

33
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What is a track-lay?

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An editing template which allows the editor to organise and manage dialogue into a more familiar layout

34
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What is checker boarding

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Individual character lines which are separated and placed on alternative tracks

35
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What are phonemes

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The distinct units of sound in a specified language that distinguish one word from another

36
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What is a stop in phonetics

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also know as plosive, is a consonant in which the vocal tract is blocked so that all airflow seses

e.g gut, cut, dot

37
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What is a fractive in phonetics

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consonants produced by forcing air through a narrow channel made by placing two articulators close together,

e.g fair, sober, very

38
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What is a nasal in phonetics

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Produced by air escaping through the nose but not through the mouth, as it is blocked by lips or tongue.

e.g mum, nice, lung

39
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What is a glide in phonetics

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a semivowel or glide, also know as a non syllabic vocoid, is a sound that is phonetically similar to a vowel sound but functions as the syllable boundary.

e.g aWay, Yes, saLary etc

40
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What is a diphthong in phonetics

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is a combination of two adjacent vowel sounds in the same syllable, often formed when separate vowels are run together in rapid speech.

e.g Church, JuDGe

41
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What is a vowel

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a sound pronounced with an open vocal tract, so that the tongue does not touch the lips, teeth or roof of the mouth, such as english ‘ah’

42
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What are sync fx

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effects which were recorded on the camera takes, some may be used in the mix, others may be replaced

43
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What are wild track fx?

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this term covers any atmos or spot effects, that have been recorded on location without picture.

44
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What is the academy curve

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A noise reduction scheme from 1975

45
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What is the standard film frames

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24 fps

46
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What is standard television frames

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30 fps

47
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How many frames per second can the human brain percieve

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10-12 fps

48
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What is a leitmotif

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A short, constantly recurring musical phrase, often associated with a particular person, place or idea.

49
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What is a streamer

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a visual indicators to help with the scoring session - a diagonal line leading to a punch

50
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What is a punch

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indication of down beat

51
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When was the phonograph invented and by who

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1877 - Thomas Edison

52
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What was the first film with dialogue

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1927 - The Jazz Singer

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