Flashcards
Ch 16 Location Sound Techniques
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- 1The basic production sound team (small-scale) usually consists of: Sound _________ and _______ Operator.Sound Mixer (in charged)
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Boom Operator (helper and deals with mikes and boom microphone) - 2Third person on the sound team; usually for bigger shoots. They set up equipment, holds second boom, wrangles the cable when the boom operator follows a moving shot. Their title is the _______ WranglerThe Cable Wrangler
- 3Sound Preproduction: 1. Sound Mixer must go on location and survey/scout the environment ahead of time. Look for noisemakers EX: Lights, fridge, or even a bus stop near by.2. Communication with the Director of Photography
3. Should communicate with editors and sound design for the film. To make sure that they're on the same page as far as technical specs. - 4The _______ _______ has the job to get the best possible recording of all field production audio including dialogue, wild sound effects, wild dialogue, and location ambient sound.Sound Mixer
- 5_________ refers to the loudness of a signal as it enters the audio recorder, which determines the strength of the recorded audio signal.Levels
- 6_______ levels means when the sound recordist controls the strength of the signal.Setting Levels
- 7_________ meters are found on DV camcorders and stand-alone digital audio recorders. They measure strength of the incoming signal. Respond to all sounds directly entering the recorder.Peak Meters
- 8-50 dB = low 0 dB = high ____________ means signal is too strong to be sampled accurately and the result is distorted sound. (0 dB) [may be caused by spike]Over-modulated or Overloaded
- 9Refers to recording too low"In the Mud"
- 10Headroom describes -___ dB and 0 dB-12 dB
- 11Sound ________ is usually done with actors as final adjustments to the lights and camera.Sound Check
- 12Name for the temptation of raising or lowering the recording levels.Riding Levels
- 13This meter is used on a field mixer for setting levels. Indicates an average sound level. Not highly sensitive to short, sharp, percussive sounds.VU Meter
(Volume Unit Meter) - 14Reference _______ is a 1-kHz pure tone that is used as a reference for calibrating a chain of audio devices in the field.Reference Tone
- 15_______ is a standard practice to record 30 seconds of reference tone at the head of your record media so that audio transfers and level reference in post production can also be calibrated with the original audio. It assures the postproduction folks that what they are hearing is exactly what was recorded.Headtone
- 16Automatic level control a.k.a _______ ______ gives away the control for the meeting audio levels to the recorder, which assumes that there is a single proper level for all sounds. It rides levels by its self. May be fooled by transient (sharp/sudden) soundsAuto Gain
- 17_________ are volume controls that only come into effect when an audio signal reaches overload. The _________ surprises the loudness by clipping off the sounds before they can peak.Limiters; limiter
- 18_______ Filters automatically remove unwanted portions of the frequency range. They are built into the microphonesFrequency Filters
- 19The most common filters are design to cut off low frequencies are variously calledbass, bass roll-off, low-pass, low-frequency attenuation filters
- 20_________ is finding the right relationship between the audio we want (dialogue) and the background sounds, and ___________ is maintaining this ________, as well as audio levels, from setup to setupBalance; Consistency, balance
- 21___-_____ means directly within the microphone's optimal sensitivity range.on-axis
- 22_____ ______ means the microphone is especially sensitive to frequencies where the average human voice falls.Speech bump
- 23______ pole allows us to position a mike as close as possible to the source but still remain outside the boundaries of the shot.Boom Pole
- 24_______ Mount holds the microphone in place.Shock Mount
- 25A ______ Grip is handheld microphone.Pistol grip
- 26Audio _______ so that the audio sounds the same in all scenes.Audio Continuity
- 27Sound blankets are used when _______ Spaces threatens to compromise sound quality.Reverberant Spaces
- 28_____screens buffer wind noise.Windscreens