The Film Experience Chapter 6

Although it was not the first film ever made with synchronous sound, this 1927 Warner Bros. film is credited with popularizing the "talkie" and convincing theaters, studios, and audiences to embrace sound. In effect, it signaled the end of the so-called silent era.

The Jazz Singer

True or False: To ensure a uniform experience for audiences, all of the theatrical screenings of Dunkirk (2017, Christopher Nolan) were shown using Digital Cinema Packages.

False

Which of the following best explains the role of a FOLEY ARTIST?

A person who makes live synchronized sound effects while watching previously filmed scenes.

Which of the following best describes the setting and film history context of Singin' in the Rain (1952)?

End of the silent era and Hollywood's transition to sound.

Which of the following is the best definition of the term DIEGESIS?

The world of the film's story

Which of the following is an example of NONDIEGETIC sound?

Score

Voice-over narration

Sounds effects not heard by the characters on screen

All of the above

True or False: Both American Graffiti (1973) and The Big Chill (1983) exclusively used original songs which had been written for the film.

False

This term is defined by Corrigan and White as "the collision of overlapping or disjunctive sounds in a film."

Sound montage

What does ADR stand for?

Automated Dialogue Replacement

True or False: In addition to only sparingly using dialogue in A Quiet Place (2018), the film reinforces the premise hinted at in the movie's title by not having a musical score.

False

Match the following definition to the corresponding key term provided below: A large pole used to hold a microphone above the actors to capture sound while remaining outside the frame.

Boom

Match the following definition to the corresponding key term provided below: The aural properties of a location that are recorded and then mixed in with dialogue and other tracks to achieve a more realistic sound.

Room tone

Match the following definition to the corresponding key term provided below: Music composed to accompany a completed film.

Score

Match the following definition to the corresponding key term provided below: Audio recorded to synchronize with a moving image, including dialogue, music, and sound effects; the physical portion of the film used for recorded sound.

Soundtrack

Match the following definition to the corresponding key term provided below: Sound that is unexpected considering the image that is displayed onscreen.

Contrapuntal sound

Match the following definition to the corresponding key term provided below: The process of determining where music and effects will be added to a film.

Spotting

Match the following definition to the corresponding key term provided below: A voice whose source is neither visible in the frame nor implied to be offscreen and typically narrates the film's images, such as in a flashback or the commentary in a documentary film.

Voiceover

Match the following definition to the corresponding key term provided below: A visual or aural signal that indicated the beginning of an action, a line of dialogue, or a piece of music.

Cue

Match the following definition to the corresponding key term provided below: the combination of separate soundtracks into a single master track that will be transferred onto the film print together with the image track to which it is synchronized.

Mix

Match the following definition to the corresponding key term provided below: A nonsense word spoken by extras in a film to approximate the sound of a crowd during sound dubbing.

Walla