Sound for Picture Test 1 - Study Guide

QuickTime

-A powerful system for converting file types
-A versatile audio/video player developed by Apple, used to view and convert many different types of audio and visual files

AVID Video Engine

The QuickTime Player, automatically installed on Protools?

Underscore

Background music not heard by characters (symphony)

Source Music

Music he characters hear

-must be licensed

-might be used as score elements or as music played through a radio or background music in settings

Production Source Music

Singing and playing that is a part of the story (musicals)

Shotgun Mic

A highly directional microphone that has excellent rejection characteristics

Lavaliere (Lav) Mic

A very small condenser mic that is well-suited for video production recording due to its size, flexibility in mounting and hiding, and excellent sound recording ability

Plant Mic

A mic that can be hidden in objects/plants for getting more pickup

Line-Up tones

A tone that is usually at 1K set to 0 level (-18 dBfs), used for audio calibration and level

Sound Report

A form of paper or electronic documentation, detailing:

-Date

-Production Company

-Sample Rate/Bit Depth

-Type of recorder

Mic track (mic, character name)

Slate Announcement

A recorded log consisting of the following:

-Greeting

-Date

-Production Company

-Location (redo if locations change)

-Sample rate/Bit depth

-Type of recorder

-Line up tone details

Zeppelin

A metal cage that surrounds a shotgun mic

-A shock mount and windscreen assembly that surrounds and protects mic

Dead Cat/Wombat

A thick, fuzzy windscreen used to reduce air movement in the mic

Fishpole

A location microphone support consisting of a handheld, telescoping arm

Used by boom ops for boom mics

-close but outside shot

Boom Op

An audio role that uses a boom mic to capture dialog when filming, They are directed towards speaking talents and must be very close but just out of frame. A demanding job that requires great stamina and knowledge on mic sounds. Monitors with headphones, nust anticipate dialog and know the script

DME

Dialog, Music, Effects

Dialog:

-Production Dialog: recorded on set

-ADR

-Walla

-Narration

Music: Underscore, source music, production source music

Effects:

-Production SFX: Recorded on set

-Sound Effects Collection

-Captured sound effects to be used in films

Foley

Synced to picture

Hard FX

Seen on screen (separate stems)

Walla

Group crown background noise (usually done for 10 minutes when filming)

MOS

Without Sound

What makes foley unique from regular sound effects collections?

They are sound effects recorded and synced to picture

-the recreation and rerecording of all the human sounds in a motion picture or television program

Pistol Grip

No handling noise, attaches to a shotgun mic

Handheld mics

ENG (electronic news gathering)???

Wild Track

Tracks recorded on set to be placed later in post

-The term used to describe sounds, dialogue, or effects that are generally not in sync with the picture or scripted

PFE

Production Sound Effects

-sound recorded on the shoot

Room Tone

The ambience of the room, usually 15 minutes of it is recorded to avoid any uneasiness from the absence of sound

Cart

Portable recording/mixing stations for production sound (includes a slate button)

Sound Mixer

The person in charge of the production sound/audio

-recording and mixing sound on set

Where would you record ADR?

On an ADR Stage or a separate studio off-set

Example: Johnson 440

SMPTE

Society of Motion Pictures and Television Engineers/Timecode

Uses an 8-digit timecode (00:00:00:00)

Different formation, but 30 fps is recorded (00-29fps)

LTC

Longitudinal/Linear Time Code

-can be recorded as an audible tone

-the option must have a 15kHZ upper bandwidth

-squarewaves recorded as an audio tone

VITC

Vertical Internal Time Code

-appears as a white bar on an NTSC video signal

-each frame has its own address

-hidden

MTC

Midi Time Code

-SMPTE is coded as MIDI data that can then be sent down a MIDI cable

-cheap and not accurate as LTC or VITC, updates only every other frame

Timecode Leader/Follower

1 leader that generates timecode for the followers

-Leader generates the timecode

-Followers sync to the master time code

HH:MM:SS:FF

Hours:Minutes:Seconds:Frames

-SMPTE Time Code

-23:59:59:29

How many bits does a SMPTE time code word contain?

80 bits

Film framerate

24 fps

NTSC Color video framerate

29.97 fps

Audio-Only Automation System framerate

23.98 fps??

Monochrome TV framerate

30 fps