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Movie Lingo
Definitions
100

This person matches live sound effects with the action of the picture.

What is a Foley Artist?

100

Heartbeat
Footsteps
Clapping
A Burp

What are Foley Sound Effects?

100

Reciprocal conversation between two or more persons.

What is Dialog?

100

Artificially created or enhanced sounds, or sounds processes used to emphasize artistic or other content of movies, video games, music or other media.

What is a Sound Effect?
200

True or False: Foley Artists use everyday items (Paperclips, water, boots) to make sound effects for movies.

What is True?

200

Ocean waves Crashing
A Crackling fire
Wind rustling leaves


What are Soft/Background Sound Effects?

200

What is the word "Sound Effect" shortened to in movies?

What is SFX?

200

A sound effects technique for live effects of sounds.

What is Foley?

300
Foley Artists are used during what stage of production?

What is Post-Production?

300

Name TWO Hard/Spot Sound Effects

What is a Weapons Firing, Door Slamming, Chair, Tipping Over, An Explosion?

300

What is the main difference between Hard/Spot Sound Effects and Soft/Background Sound Effects?

What is used for different purposes?

Hard/spot sound effects are directly tied to a visual action or event happening on screen while soft/background sound effects create a sense of atmosphere or environment, and they don't need to be synchronized with any specific visual action.

300

The characteristic types of sound commonly heard in a given period or location.

What is a Soundscape?

400

The walking surfaces for the production of all Types of foot steps.

What is the Foley Stage?

400

What is the difference between a Diegetic and Non-Diegetic Sound Effect?

What are sound effects that characters hear?

Diegetic Sound Effects are sounds that come from within the film world, something the characters can hear. Non-Diegetic Sound Effects are sounds that are not part of the film world, like the musical score, something the characters cannot hear. 

400

What type of sound effect is murmured noises in the background, like a crowd murmuring, often coupled with other sounds like clapping or cheering.

What is Loop Group Sound Effect (Walla)?

400

The sounds present in the environment.

What is Ambience?

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