Chapter 23

Question 1

Finding

Answer 1

choosing the best lines of dialogue, the perfect sound effects, and the most appropriate sound effects

Question 2

Positioning

Answer 2

to locate the precise placement for each sound element in your sound design, meaning the right dramatic moment (horizontally along the timeline) and the best track for individual equalizing and creative sound manipulation (vertically along the layered tracks)

Question 3

Enhancing

Answer 3

the enhancement of each sound element to craft a multilayered sound design that works toward the same goal as the writing, directing, cinematography, and editing – telling your story in the style you choose

Question 4

Mixing

Answer 4

includes fixing the perfect interplay and relative dynamic levels of each sound element to al the other others in the final version of the sound

Question 5

Audio tracks from rough cut to fine cut

Answer 5

1. Dialogue
2. Essential sound effects
3. Music – if necessary

Question 6

Spotting for sound

Answer 6

is the process of sitting down and closely watching the picture-locked movie to identify scene by scene, the placement and character of any additional sound effects, ambience tracks, or music that are needed.

Question 7

Audio tracks after picture lock

Answer 7

supplementary sounds (creative)

1. spotting for sound
2. Adding final hard sound effects
3. Room tone tracks
4. Ambient tracks
5. Score music and background source music

Question 8

Split tracks

Answer 8

each character’s dialogue is placed on its own audio track
- By splitting tracks that occur in the same location and same time, you have greater ability to equalize each track separately

Question 9

Equalizing

Answer 9

• adjusting the various frequencies and characteristics of a sound to achieve a specific quality
• In the case of dialogue you can split tracks to equalize them for continuity

Question 10

Room tone

Answer 10

used primarily to fill in silent gaps btw lines of dialogue

Question 11

Hard Effects Track

Answer 11

either downloaded from a digital recording or from the internet, or they’re imported from an audio CD as sound clips

Question 12

Ambience

Answer 12

related to room tone, which is a kind of ambience, also… however in sound editing terms, ambience is a background effects track that creates a unique sense of space and location

Question 13

Final sound selection and placement

Answer 13

Involves the somewhat expeditious use of sound in order to get the film to a pictue locked phase This means using some sounds tha will end up in the final film.

Question 14

Audio sweetening

Answer 14

• Making your audio sound better
• Accomplished by evaluating and adjusting when necessary every individual audio clip across each audio track, one track at a time

Question 15

Equalization

Answer 15

(EQ) the manual manipulation of the various frequencies in your signal

Question 16

Filter presets

Answer 16

help with the removal of high and low end frequency sounds

Question 17

Echo and reverb

Answer 17

• involve the reflection and return of sound after a slight delay
• Return delay for reverb is fast
• Return delay for an echo is much longer

Question 18

Compression and expansion filters

Answer 18

work on the amplitude of a sound signal or more accurately on the dynamic range of a given recording

Question 19

Compression filters

Answer 19

lower loud, peaking sounds

Question 20

Expansion filters

Answer 20

lower the amplitude of extremely low-level sounds in order to drop them below the level of audibility

Question 21

Crossfade

Answer 21

the audio equivalent of a dissolve n the image; as the level of the first audio clip fades out, the level of the incoming clip fades up

Question 22

Center on crossfade

Answer 22

the audio of the first clip is extended beyond the cut point by half the duration of the crossfade in order to accommodate the full fadeout, and the incoming shot is extended at the head by half the crossfade duration to accommodate the fade in

Question 23

Handles

Answer 23

extra frames

Question 24

sound mixing steps

Answer 24

• Final sound selection and placement
• audio sweetening
• creating audio transitions
• audio level balancing
• the mix down