Equipment & Software
The digital audio recorder we use for DIGI 224.
What is the P4 (Zoom PodTrak P4)?
Sound in a motion picture helps to create ...
What is a place, mood, enhances the picture, and dialogue helps to move a story forward?
Distorted audio (or maybe a really bad hair cut).
What is clipping?
Recording actors talking / saying their lines on location.
What is Dialogue?
A.D.R.
What is Automated Dialogue Replacemet?
The audio editing software we use for DIGI 224.
What is Adobe Audition?
Foley named after him.
Who is Jack Foley?
Other terms for distorted audio.
What is Over-Modulation, saturation, in the red, overload or too much gain?
The three main elements of a motion picture soundtrack
What are Dialogue , Music, and Sound Effects (SFX)?
Re-recording dialogue that sounded bad on set. It's not that easy.
What is ADR?
The keyboard shortcut for cutting.
What is Con (Com) K?
A meeting where the Sound Editor watches the final visual edit of the movie with the filmmakers (e.g., Director and Editor) to discuss the sound in very specific terms.
What is a spotting session?
Proper ball park levels for voice on a VU meter.
What is between -10 Db and -12 Db?
Composing original music.
What is a score?
Recording the audio along with video ____ Roll is important.
What is B-Roll?
The type of microphone cable we use in DIGI 224.
What is an XLR Cable?
Woodhall likens sound design to understanding all the pieces of a "giant ________."
What is a puzzle?
The unit of volume measurement in audio
What are Decibels (db)?
Sounds (recorded on location) that should be in sync with the picture, (e.g., door slams, car engines, crashes, machines, etc.)
Hard Effects
Recording natural ambient sound on location. In editing, used to fill in silent spaces and give the illusion of a seamless soundtrack.
What is Room Tone?
Wear them when recording and monitoring levels.
What are headphones?
Proper naming convention for this class
What is DIGI_224_002_LastName_ProjectTitle ?
Distorted audio (or taking a sneak look).
What is Peaking?
Sound Effects (SFX) Re-creating human/non-human sounds in a motion picture (usually performed in postproduction).
What is Foley?
The three main audio crew positions on location.
What are the Mixer, Boom Operator, and Utility Person?