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| who invented the first photograph |
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| who improved first photograph |
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| who delivered photography to the public |
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| who claimed to make the first motion picture |
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| Who's camera was also a projector |
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| What was the first succesful "Talkie" |
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| Who created the Tabulating Machine Company (TMC) |
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| what was the first commercial computer |
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| What led to the miniturization of devices in the 1960's |
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| Who built the microprocessor |
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| What US agency used Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine |
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| What is the speed of sound |
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| what is the range of human hearing |
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| What is the range of Human hearing in Amperage |
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| What is the logorhythm of 10,000,000 |
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| 7, thats the fuckin exponet of 10 |
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| What Happens when two identical waves are in phase |
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| The waves are greatly reinforced (Antinode) |
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| What happens when 2 identical waves are 180 degrees out of phase |
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| The waves cancel each other out creating a pocket of silence (Node) |
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| What do we use to study Amplitude |
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| Sound Pressure Level meter(SPL) |
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| What is the area of higher than normal pressure in a wave called |
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| what do we call the area of lower than normal pressure in a wave |
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| A compression and a rarefraction of a sound wave comprise what? |
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| Matter wich sounds travels through is called? |
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| A microphone converts changes in air pressure(waves) in too an electrical pulse called a ? |
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| the number of waves passing by a single point in a specific time |
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| Frequency is measured in? |
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A change in frequency is a change in what in relation to human
HEARING |
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| The strength of a wave is know as what? |
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| The most sensitive range of human hearing is between? |
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| 2khz or 2000 hertz and 4khz or 4000 hertz (kilo hetrz= 1000 hertz |
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| the speed of a wave divided by its frequency = |
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| A _ is the time required to complete 1 cycle of a wave |
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| name 2 types of waveforms |
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| The unit of measurment in a phase is? |
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| Any __ increase in sound is double the actuall sound power |
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| 2 or more waves occupying the same space will have an effect on each other called a ? |
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| rooms with lots of reflections are known as __ while rooms with few reflections are known as__ |
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| Live rooms, and dead rooms |
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| Any __ increase in sound is double the actuall sound power |
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| Multiple reflections of multiple boundries are known as |
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| This phenomenom occurs when the energy of a sound wave is absorbed into a boundry(wall) and sets it in motion |
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| What is known as the bending of a wave around the edge of a barrier |
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| A __ is a large vacuum tube that allows for the flow of electrons in a beam from end too the other |
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| The NTSC (National Television Systems Committe) standard for creating a video image is a ___ electrical current |
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| A U.S television screens image is projected at how many frames per second |
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| The PAL( Phase Alternating Line) standard for creating a video image is a ___ electrical current |
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| A standard television signal consists of what parts? |
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| Luminance (brightness), Chrominance(color saturation) Timing&Blanking pulses(black out electrical beam too start over) and Audio signal |
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| What part of the TV signal deals with color? |
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| What part of a Television signal deals with brightness? |
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| ___ are cameras for soundstage use in TV |
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| ___ are cameras that have a seperate camera and VTR |
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| Electronic Field Production (EFP) |
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| __are camera that have a camera and VTR in a single unit |
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| Electronic News Gathering camera(ENG) |
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| what is the proper name for the imaging device found in a video camera |
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| CCD(Charge-coupled device) |
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| Video camera imaging devices are comprised of ___ layers, which capture an image and convert it too an electronic signal |
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| 3, light enters and breaks down into grid too match pixels, in 2nd the energy is stored and in the 3rd the signal is amplified |
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| the light entering the camera is split into the three additive colors through one of how many, and what methods |
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| 3, dichroic mirrors, Prism block and striped filter |
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| This method of color seperation yeilds the least quality and is used in consumer camera with only 1 CCD |
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| How many digital TV formats are there |
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| ___ draws in all the lines of TV resolution one at a time in order |
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| ___ draws in the lines of resolution in an odd-then-even pattern |
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| Film stock used for making features that have an aspect ratio of 1.85:1 is said too be |
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| film stock used for making features that have an aspect ratio of 2.35:1 is said too be |
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| In a ___ display, we are triggering phosphers to glow, but rather than use an electron beam, we essentially "wire" each pixel |
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| ___ operate not on the priciple of creating light from little"bulbs" like phosers, but on controling light passing through the display |
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| ___ is a connector that that's a compromise between component analog video and composite video. It uses only 2 lines, 1 for luminance and another for the composite chrominance signal |
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| This connector was named after Paul Neill and Carl Concelman |
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| This connector is the connection you have with your cable company at home |
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| F-connector...Fuck up connector |
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| The ___ is used to introduce the melody or mood of a song |
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| The __ of a song contrasts in mood or rhythm to the rest of the song |
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| A __ is used to highlight a particular instrument in a song |
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| A __ is used too illustrate the ablities of a musician |
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| An event that occurs very early in the story to grap the audiences attention |
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| The part of the story that provides the backround info needed to understand the characters and the action |
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| a major event that moves the audience into act 2 of a story |
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| The halfway point of a story a.k.a. the point of no return |
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| the point of highest dramatic tension in a story, where all previous action has led at the end of act 2 |
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| The main character in a script who goes through change is the ___ |
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| The character that causes the change in the main character in a script or film |
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| An ___ is a recurring physical symbol of importance within a dramatic work |
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| 1 basic rule, 1 page of a screenplay is = to ___ minutes of screen time |
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| A series of panels of rough sketches outlining the scene sequence and major changes of action or plot in a production to be shot or produced |
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| who is responsible for the creative process in recording |
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| Whos responsible for the sales and scheduling in the studio |
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| Who's responsible for the Techniqual end in recording |
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| who's the resisident engineer at a studio and knows all the in's and out's |
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| Assistant Engineer a.k.a. 2nd Engineer |
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| We record core elements during what part of production |
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| Recording additional elements to an exisiting track is? |
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| Whjat is the most critical part of any session |
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| something that converts enery from one form to another (Microphone turns accoustic energy into electrical signal) |
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| How does a dynamice microphone work |
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| a coil wire attached to a diaphram, which is suspended in a magnetic field |
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| How does a condensor mic work |
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| two oppositely charged plates create a capacitance. Then the sound waves hit the diaphram changing the capacitance which is converted into and lectrical signal that matches the sound waves |
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| name the 2 types of wiring |
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| what type of wire is used professionaly |
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| Name the 3 elements of anolouge tape |
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| B.O.B- binding, oxide and backing |
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| name the elements of the dynamic range |
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| Max level, Nominal level and Sound Floor |
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| What do we use on a console to add effects |
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| Auxialary System, AUX SYSTEM |
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| What section do we use to controlthe overall oout put of the enitire mix |
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| ___ are the talent scouts of a recording company |
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| the A&R's, Artists and Repatoire |
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| this part of the recording phase is responsible for blending all the individual sounds together |
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| ___ is the process of making changes in the mixes to prepare them for various consumer formats |
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| this is the amplitude difference between the nominal level and noise floor |
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| tape speed is measured in what |
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| the ___ records an ultra high frequency on the tape( as high as 150kHz) |
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