Sound Design For Film Midterm

What is the expressive and informative value with which a sound enriches a given image so as to create the definite impression?

Added Value

What is the first stage of sound design?

the first script reading

Who benefits most from creating visual sound maps?

The Scoring Composer

How many visual sound map drafts are drawn in the sound design stages?

3

What is required to draw sound maps?

Plural Bipolarities

It is normal for the sound designer to be involved in the pre-production process.

False

This is the moment to step back and try to watch the picture with fresh eyes and ears. It is taking the opportunity to experiment with the SFX envelopes, filtering, and levels before it goes to the final mix.

Experimentation and Open Options

For international productions it is very important to have the elements separated on stems to create what kind of track?

M&E Track

Which of the following is not an Exhibition Consideration? 

Mono Mix

The spotting session dictates what sounds go in which places in relation to the timecode.

True

What is the term for a representation of the abstract through the concrete?

Allegory

What is the term for a manifestation of living traits in an inanimate object?

Vivification

What form of listening states the meaning of the sound?

Semantic Listening

Breaking down a sound to its fundamental qualities is what mode of listening?

Reduced Listening

What is the most basic form of listening?

Casual Listening

Acoustic similarity of two sounds (scream and siren)

Simile

Obvious and intentional exaggeration (scream with alarm clock)

Hyperbole

Suggested comparison of an actual sound with an idea (scream with blinking red light)

Metaphor

Contrast of least expected opposites (scream with smile)

Irony

Apparent contradiction that may express inner truth (scream from cigarette)

Paradox

Sound moves faster through air than through metal

False

Very low pitches that are felt rather than heard are known as what?

Infrasonic

A Rhythmic sound quality characterizes sound through time

True

What is the range of human hearing in units of energy?

1 to 10 Trillion

What are the two extremes of a sounds Timbre?

Tonal to Noisy