Audio 101
Which of the following most affect the pitch of a sound?
A.Frequency B. Decibel C. Bit-Depth
Frequency
____________ is the overall process of recording, acquiring, manipulating, or generating audio elements in post-production to help create the audio of a film.
Sound Design
A produced echo effect in recorded music or audio?
Reverb
How many volts of phantom power is generally required to power a boom microphone?
48 Volts
What is Kreigh's Favorite Movie?
(Bonus Points for a decent quote from that movie.)
Back to the Future
What is the human range of hearing in terms of frequency?
20-20K
List at least TWO out of the three pillars to sound design.
Music, Dialog, Sound Effects
The 'sound of a room' without any movement or dialogue. Usually used behind dialogue, ADR, to make the scene appear seamless?
Room Tone
Relating to or concerned with the addition of recorded sound effects after the shooting of a film.
Foley
Who in here had a twin?
Rainn
Put these in order of volume (lowest volume to highest volume)- _____ < _____ < _____
Mic Level B. Speaker Level C. Line level
Mic Level < Line Level < Speaker Level
A form of waveform distortion that occurs when a sound is captured at a level that is too loud, resulting in losing top-end frequencies that cannot be brought back in post is also known as _________________?
Clipping or Audio Clipping
Dialog that cannot be salvaged from production tracks must be Re-recorded in a post-process called?
ADR or Automated Dialog Replacement
An electronic filter that allows higher frequencies to go through and cuts off lower-end frequencies.
A High-Pass Filter
Who in here ordered a Wendy's #6 and a Frosty for their Deathrow Meal?
Sam
The number of samples per second (or per other unit) taken from a continuous signal to make a discrete or digital signal is also known as the ________________________?
The Sample Rate
Explain What noise floor is?
In signal theory, the noise floor is the measure of the signal created from the sum of all the noise sources and unwanted signals within a measurement system, where noise is defined as any signal other than the one being monitored.
Give me two examples of Diegetic Sound-
Dialog within a scene, sound effects that exist in a scene, Music from a radio or band, etc.
List all three ways commonly used to sync the audio with the video.
Timecode, Slate, Scratch Audio
What is the Animal with the best hearing (in terms of frequency)?
A Moth
Daily Double-
Make your wager.
When we were Talking about diegetic vs. Non-Diegetic sound we watched two examples of films that blurred the lines between these two. Name one of those films.