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01/28/2009

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Term
LA MAD Dogs are a ___ group used for fight sequences at the beginning of reels.
Definition
Walla
Term
Conceptualizing sounds often requires the use of ______ whereby a sound is derived as a result of visual association.
Definition
Analogous Visualization
Term
Who cuts in basic SFX such as door slams and lever pulls?
Definition
Hard FX Editor
Term
Once the session is complete, you hand it off to the editor. In order to reduce the noise floor, they will need to _____.
Definition
Remove Silence
Term
___and ___ are the 2 components that make up the Advanced Authoring Format (AFF).
Definition
MXF DATA, MEDIA DATA
Term
If I had to choose a single mic to record a murder of crows this mic would be a good choice?
Definition
RODES NT-4
Term
To notch out specific sounds in the same frequency range as the dialogue or add life to tracks that have been over processed you will use this in your chain.
Definition
Massenburg Equalizer
Term
What are the numbers printed on both the workprint and the mag stripe film to maintain sync between the 2?
Definition
Edge Code
Term
The ___ will give you info about the scope and implementation of Audio and Music in the Game Audio Engine.
Definition
Design Document
Term
After a film has been converted to video a ______ will need to be applied to slow the audio down to match the new video.
Definition
Audio Pull Down
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
____ are not often used for movies due to the fact that Hollywood, directors and producers want things bigger, and louder.
Definition
Originals
Term
What parameter of a 5.1 surround pan window is used to bleed signal into the other channels of the path?
Definition
Divergence
Term
When dialogue is panned and bounces around based upon perspective, its known as?
Definition
The Ping Pong Effect
Term
What accompanies the re-appearance of a character, element, or situation?
Definition
Leitmotif
Term
This is the material contained on the
PFX track.
Definition
Production Sound FX
Term
Telling the story of a film through sound is known as?
Definition
Term
What is the process of converting the film to video?
Definition
Telecine
Term
It is this persons responsibility to make sure that all all parts are playable, within the instrument proper range and are not technically awkard.
Definition
Orchestrator
Term
As discussed in lecture, what alternative sound tool is a very powerful applicator available on the internet as a free download?
Definition
Term
After a few ineffective punches, the bad guy finally connects, knocking our hero off of her feet. The director tells you he wants that punch to be huge, and sound very heavy and mean. This would indicate that he wants a ____ sound effect.
Definition
Subconcious
Term
T or F. When spotting Foley, it is always necessary to spot each individual step.
Definition
False
Term
This person on the music crew creates spotting and timing notes that list all cues with, start times, end times, and descriptions of dramatic functions.
Definition
Recordist
Term
This person is able to communicate with the director in dramatic terms and works well under extreme pressure.
Definition
Composure
Term
An attribute of auditory sensation by which sounds can be ordered on a musical scale.
Definition
Pitch
Term
This predub is 5 channels for a DTS film.
Definition
Panned Dialogue
Term
While cutting perspective splits, you come across a scene where a character sitting just off screen is speaking to a character on screen. Since they are sharing the same space, the line should be placed on the _____.
Definition
Master Track
Term
The supervising sound editor called and requested the artist record the sound of glass breaking, and a melon being smashed. These elements should be ____.
Definition
Wild Tracked
Term
Which motion picture was the first to have synchronized sound fx performed to picture.
Definition
Showboat
Term
In order to make sure the timing of the picture is maintained after the conversion from film to video a ____ is done during the telecine process.
Definition
2/3 3/2 Pulldown
Term
When working with linear video, once you have your connections set you will set the clock source to ____.
Definition
Video Preference
Term
___ actors get about $750 per 4 HR. session.
Definition
SAG
Term
One of the things the Foley supervisor will look for in a stage is the ____, to ensure the artist will be able to move from one surface to another with as little setup and tear-down as possible.
Definition
Pit Arrangement
Term
You start replacing ghost regions with sound effects by selecting a ghost region, holding ____ and dragging the file you wish to use onto the track(MAC).
Definition
Shift
+CMD
Term
Production Effects that will not be used in the re-recording process.
Definition
PFX
Term
How many times is VITC written in 1 frame of video?
Definition
4
Term
Consolidate region.
Definition
Shift+OPT+3
Term
As you are designing your backgrounds you should create layers for foreground, mid-ground, background so the mixer can match the__.
Definition
Perspective
Term
Which position in Audio Post deals with arming tracks and documenting what has been recorded?
Definition
Recordist
Term
A reference that tells you how fast the media is moving is a ____ reference.
Definition
Clock
Term
Repeat paste to fill section.
Definition
OPT+CMD+V
Term
Crowding of wave fronts around a moving sound source.
Definition
Doppler
Term
Single ended noise reduction.
Definition
Cedar Box DNS 1000
Term
Blending source elements from the editorial.
Definition
Pre-Dubbing
Term
You are beginning to prepare to build your backgrounds for the reel. The first thing you build is a template that is known as ____.
Definition
Skeleton Tracks
Term
What is the responsibility of the Foley recordist?
Definition
Documentation
Term
The ear shifts the combined response of the unwanted signal in 2 ears and partially cancels it out.
Definition
Binaural Masking
Term
When building an effect what will result from the use of too many sounds in a particular frequency range?
Definition
Muddy
Term
Ratio of Direct to Reverberant Sound is one of the 3 ways to ____.
Definition
Simulate Distance,
Term
Takes the LCR and Non Discrete surrounds and reduces them to 2 channel.
Definition
Dolby SR
Term
When the goons car explodes at the end of the chase you decide to use the sound of cellophane being handled as a layer of the fire. This would be an example of using ____ to conceptualize.
Definition
sound with no visual congruence
Term
Not counting interns or runners. What is the first position in the SFX editor hierarchy?
Definition
Backgrounds Editor
Term
The scientific study of the human perception of sound.
Definition
Psychoacoustics
Term
This is the main editing software for games to its ability to batch process.
Definition
Sound Forge
Term
In a spotting a movie this represents the story and the content of the film.
Definition
Dialogue
Term
To improve speech intelligibilty of dialogue that sounds lispy or consonants that are hard to understand you would be working in the _____.
Definition
8th Octave
Term
What person is responsible for levels going to tape during a Foley session?
Definition
Foley Mixer
Term
If you need to have the sound of a hockey check sync up to in game action, the sound wi need to be _____.
Definition
Triggered
Term
This term used to describe programming a sounds behavior and location in the game.
Definition
Wiring
Term
Found in the outer ear, the ____ vibrates according to acoustic energy.
Definition
Timpanic Membrane
Term
The only place you will find audio on a digital stage.
Definition
Credenza
Term
The foundation of your ambiences will be made up of _____.
Definition
Subtle Continuous Loops
Term
One of the reasons that the director wanted to cut digitally is because they would only have the ____ of the production audio onthe Mag Stripe, if they cut on film.
Definition
Circled Takes
Term
RE-syncing cues that are not in time is the job of the _____.
Definition
Foley Editor
Term
Process of placing the score and matching it to picture in the event of picture changes after score mix.
Definition
Score Editing
Term
Once you start designing the backgrounds you find you are having trouble with an obviously repetitive loop. This phenomena is known as the ____.
Definition
Washing Machine Effect
Term
This static cue works best with frequencies between 270Hz-500Hz.
Definition
Interaural Time Difference (ITD)
Term
A scene cuts to an on-screen shot of a car window being smashed.
This would be a ____ sound effect.
Definition
Conscious
Term
What surface might you use in place of tile?
Definition
Wood
Term
We hear a sound as coming from the direction from which it first reaches us.
Definition
Precedence Effect
Term
If the director says it sounds hissy and electronic sounds dull and he wants to create an "airy, sweet, and open" feel. What octave range would you begin working with?
Definition
9-10
Term
Groups of RAM loaded on a level by level basis.
Definition
Banks
Term
After your basic effects are in place you can ___them by adding elements such as subconscious sounds or processed sounds to enhance the overall designed sound.
Definition
Sweeten
Term
Who selects the mic for the foley session?
Definition
Foley Artist
Term
When creating a worktape and timecode, frame rate that should be used is_____.
Definition
29.92 non drop
Term
This is a large acoustically treated room with with cement floors.
Definition
Foley Stage
Term
Which type of Mag Stock has a guide track.
Definition
Mag Stripe
Term
This prints edge code on the edited film so we can keep it in sync.
Definition
ACMADE
Term
In motion pictures the emotion is usually said to come from the ___.
Definition
Music
Term
Protects against loud sustained sounds.
Definition
Stepedius Reflex
Term
When setting up to work with linear video you need ___and____references for accurate sync.
Definition
Positional, Clock
Term
In order to make the most __ frequencies in the human voice standout,you could noost the frequencies between 1khz-3.1khz
Definition
Prominent
Term
___ are the result of final mix.
Definition
Stems
Term
Use of a specific performance by a specific artist.
Definition
Master Rights
Term
How human beings perceive intensity.
Definition
Loudness
Term
In Pro Tools, you can move the end of a 3 beep cue to the beginning of the ghost region, representing the line you are going to record, by pressing ______.
Definition
CTRL+Start (PC)
Term
As soon as the goon hot wires the car, the director wants the Van Helen song "Running with the Devil" to play from the car stereo. this would be an example of _____ source music.
Definition
Incidental
Term
What would you find on channel 2 of a video transfer?
Definition
LTC (Linear Time Code)
Term
This type of editing would require a DigiBeta with no sound to be sent to the picture editor.
Definition
Cutting Digitally
Term
When doing Foley predubs _____ are fed to 3 channels.
Definition
Panned Steps
Term
Reflections within the first 50-100ms.
Definition
Early Echo Response
Term
Written 4 times for every frame of video.
Definition
VITC
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