Careers
This person is responsible for the placement of all microphones including the boom mic.
Who is boom operator?
This is everyday sounds like footsteps and doors closing that are recorded in a studio and added in post-production.
What is foley?
The pickup pattern of this microphone is long and narrow in front of the mic.
What is a shotgun mic?
This person is responsible for making all of the sound effects needed to tell the story.
Who is a foley artist?
What is ADR?
This microphone records in a heart shaped pattern.
What is a cardioid mic?
This person is responsible for the quality of the sound recording during the shooting on location.
Who is the location sound editor?
What is room tone?
This microphone records sound from all directions.
What is a omnidirectional mic?
Who is the composer?
These are sounds that are recorded independent of a moving images that can support the story of the scene.
What are wild tracks?
A shotgun mic is usually attached to one of these.
What is a boom pole?
This person is responsible for getting the rights and licenses to use music that has been created by other artists and fall under copyright protection.
Who is the music supervisor?
This is the technique for mimicking the sounds of a crowd of people talking.
What is walla?
What is a dead cat?