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Audio Post Final
Review for APP Final
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Engineering
Undergraduate 1
12/17/2008

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Term
What category would wood creaks and bumps for horse carts and carriages fall into?
Definition
Custom Effects
Term
WHich technical limitation affects the amount of triggered sounds that can be stored for the purpose of being triggered to in-game events?
Definition
RAM
Term
What is the game of the document that determines how many is paid to the music people in a film?
Definition
Final Cue Sheet
Term
Who is responsible for making last minute changes to score mix after it arrives on the re-recording stage for the final mix?
Definition
Music Editor
Term

While performing the steps for the character walking out of the house, the steps don't seem to be moving forward.

What method of walking might alleviate this issue?

Definition
Heel-to-toe
Term
Before we start foley, the artist and mixer will prepare for the session by developing ___ that will dictate what is recorded where, and in what order
Definition
Foley Cue Sheet
Term
General crowd sounds for a film are typically recorded by a ___ group
Definition
walla
Term
The ___ is a term used to describe the crowing of wave fronts around a moving sound source
Definition
Doppler Effect
Term
Whcih frame rate was considered to be the American standard for non-broadcast material?
Definition
30 frames
Term
With regards to the devlopment of a designed sound, it is important to consider the ___ in order to avoid having too many sound crowding  one range and causeing "mud"
Definition
Frequency Content
Term
What is the headroom of digital printmaster formats?
Definition
20dB
Term
Which printmaster format has only 9dB of headroom?
Definition
Optical
Term
What do we call the one-frame long piece of tone placed two seconds before the first frame of picture?
Definition
Two Pop
Term
Which element of the backgrounds provides details and helps flesh out the ambiences design with additional detail?
Definition
Random Effects
Term
Which of the films we saw a documentary on discussed the use of the Nordic Filddle, Old English language lyrics, northen european and other international vocalists, and the process of recording in Watford Town Hall in England?
Definition
Lord Of The Rings
Term
Once you start designing the backgrounds you find you are having trouble with an obviously repetitive loop. This phenomenon is known as the ___
Definition
Washing Machine Effect
Term
When the reels of dialogue arrive, the digitl assistant will record in the guide track and use the ___ as a guide in assembling the original production audio onto the work track
Definition
EDL
Term
What is the name of the groups of audio files that will be loaded into a RAM for a game on a level by level basis?
Definition
Banks
Term
The inverse square law of sound deals with the ___ of a sound, related to the distance for the sound source.
Definition
Intensity
Term
What is the name of the process in which film is converted to video?
Definition
Telecine
Term

The artist is having a little trouble accurately doing the steps due to the fact that the characters feet are off-screen.

You should advise them to watch the ___ and hips.

Definition
Shoulders
Term
Where is principal character dialogue routed to in the 5.1 setup?
Definition
Center
Term
Which mix of a film is used to show test audiences?
Definition
Temp Mix
Term
Which dynamic cue deals with the natural decay of sound in space?
Definition
Reverberation
Term
Which microphone set-up listed makes use of two Omni directional Mics and would be the best choice for creating wide, open backgrounds with a very spacious feel?
Definition
Spaced Pair
Term
Which film's behind-the-scenes documentaries featured the inception of many of the mix concepts still used today, including the roots of 5.1, and also discussed the ide of synthetic sound design, "psychadelic" sound, and matching the character of the topic of the film with the sound?
Definition
Apocalypse Now
Term
We should monitor out dialogue at ___ to 90dB as that gives us the best intelligibility in the dialogue?
Definition
70dB
Term
What sort of microphone would allow us to record underwater?
Definition
Hydrophone
Term
The most prominent frequencies of the human voice fall in the range of 1000Hz to ___Hz
Definition
3100
Term
What is the headroom of the optical analogue Printmaster format?
Definition
9dB
Term
What is the frame rate used in the Audio Post Production sessions?
Definition
29.97
Term
Which of the composers we larned about in class was formerly in the band Oingo Boingo, and discussed his leitmotif/cue/theme writing for Batman Returns?
Definition
Danny Elfman
Term
As you are designing your backgrounds you should create laters for foreground, midground, and background so the mixer can match the ___
Definition
Perspective
Term
Which static cue deals with the slight time-delay between the ears?
Definition
Interaural Time Difference
Term
The director wants to make sure that the plot will be clear as a result of this scene. As such, you should make sure the ___ is very clear and that nothing interferes with it as it is considered to tell the story of the film.
Definition
Dialogue
Term
As you spot, you should always keep in mind the first rule of motion picture sound; ____
Definition
See a sound, hear a sound
Term
One way of conceptualizing a sound is the use of ___, whereby a sound is derived as a result of visual association.
Definition
Analogous Visualization
Term
What do you find on channel two of the worktape?
Definition
Linear Time Code (LTC)
Term
Once production audio has been loaded, it needs to be ___ by nudging the audio on the work track back and forth against the guide track until a swirling sound is heard.
Definition
Phased
Term
Analogue tape librares use the organizational system know as ___.
Definition
Topic Roll Cue
Term
Which type of timecode (not the frame rate), touted into a digidesign SYNC I/O can be read while the media is paused for the purpose of frame accurate spotting of sound?
Definition
VITC
Term
When you begin to design your sound you will layer your sound for perspective and ___
Definition
Complexity
Term
WHo selects the music that will go on the retail soundtrack CD of the film?
Definition
Music Supervisor
Term
The purpose of music in a film's soundtrack is ___
Definition
Emotion
Term
Which octave, when properly adjusted, can create an irratating, fatiguing, and "tinny" quality in dialogue?
Definition
Seven
Term
Due to the Foley artists understanding of the props, cloth, and shoes they will be recording, the Foley artist will choose the ___ for the session.
Definition
Microphone
Term
What is the name of the process in game design of connection audio with the code for in-game events?
Definition
Wiring
Term
When cutting on film, what does a picture editor use to edit the dalies (work print and mag stock)?
Definition
Flatbed Editor
Term
In a scene where two characters are having an on-screen conversation, on which split would yo place their dialogue lines?
Definition
Master
Term

Which octave is said to

conatin the "thump" of a sound effect?

 

(hint: it is also considered

to be one of the transistion octaves)

Definition
Four
Term
When creating your template, perspective changes will be overlapped by ___
Definition
One Frame
Term
In a scene in a Barber Shop, the barber is cutting hair. The sound of the scissors would be a ___ sound.
Definition
Conscious
Term
With regards to the basics of psychoacoustcis, the three main cues for localization are: time, pitch, and ___
Definition
Loudness
Term
When using the Pop Up menu, to comp a line of dialogue, it is important to have "____" Operates on all related takes checked.
Definition
Seperate Region
Term
When assigning a VCA track to a mix/edit group I would assign the ___ of the VCA master to the group name.
Definition
Output
Term
During which phase of game development will the sound team be focusing primarily on gathering assets?
Definition
Alpha
Term
What machine is used to print the edgecode on the mag stripe and work print after the dailies have been synchronized?
Definition
Acmade
Term
Which analogue recorder was a standard production recorder in the past and is still used today for recording gunshots and explosions due to its high dynamic range?
Definition
Nagra
Term
What is the name of the document that contains details about a game's style and design and potentially may contain details about audio implementation?
Definition
Design Document
Term
What is the name of the template created when spotting backgrounds?
Definition
Skeleton Tracks
Term
With the movements done, according to the FOley order of operations, the next thing the artist will begin to record is the ___
Definition
Footsteps
Term
Which printmaster formats makes use of AC-3 encoding?
Definition
Dolby-SRD
Term
What type of Magnetic stock, considered the most dynamic and best sounding, is somtimes used to record final mixes prior to digital encoding?
Definition
Full Coat Mag
Term
In order to give the audience the impression that the scene is taking place in the location it appears to be taking back in, the editors will need to build ___
Definition
Backgrounds
Term
Which printmaster format is stored on an external CD-ROM disc and follows a proprietary 30FPS timecode printed on the film just to the right of the optical audio track?
Definition
DTS
Term
Which freely downloadable Audio API did we discuss in lecture?
Definition
FMOD
Term
Which printmaster format is printed on both outer outer edges of the film print?
Definition
SDDS
Term
During which phase of a game's development do we find ourselves most busy, doing wiring, and responding to change requests?
Definition
BETA
Term
Once the dialogue has been prepared, the dialogue editor will split out tracks that most likely will NOT be used during re-recording; These are known as ___
Definition
Mutables
Term
When designing sounds for any film, using the ___ will often not work as it is frequently not large enough to use or is potentially poorly recorded.
Definition
Original Sound Source
Term
Which static cue gives azimuth and zenith information, and is most useful in front of or behind the listener?
Definition
Pennae Response
Term

In another scene, someone is ponding nails into a piece of wood. The director wants the nail hits to sound HUGE and sound very HEAVY and MEAN.

This would indicate he wants a ___ sound effect

Definition
Subconscious
Term
What is another name for the optical printmaster format?
Definition
DOLBY SR
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