chapter 7: sound

Question 1

loudness

Answer 1

the amplitude or breadth of the vibrations produces our sense of loudness or volume

Question 2

pitch

Answer 2

the perceived highness or lowness of the sound, helps us distinguish music and speech from background noise

Question 3

low pitched sounds

Answer 3

suggest rumbling

Question 4

high pitched sounds

Answer 4

suggest tinkling

Question 5

timbre

Answer 5

the harmonic components of sounds or tone quality

Question 6

automated dialogue recording

Answer 6

actors repeat their lines while watching the footage in looped playback

Question 7

what are some examples of timbre

Answer 7

nasal voice, mellow music, etc.

Question 8

what 3 components of sound define the sonic texture of a film

Answer 8

• loudness
• pitch
• timbre

Question 9

what are the 3 types of sound in cinema

Answer 9

• speech
• music
• noise/sound effects

Question 10

when is music added to a film?

Answer 10

Nearly always in post-production

Question 11

when are sound effects added to a film

Answer 11

post production

Question 12

the Foley process

Answer 12

creating sound effects to be used in a film using everyday items like shoes, car doors, sandpaper, etc.

Question 13

mixing/blending

Answer 13

combining two or more soundtracks into one

Question 14

dialogue overlap

Answer 14

a line of dialogue is continued across a cut

Question 15

sound perspective

Answer 15

apparent distance of a sound source

Question 16

what are the 3 dimensions of film sound

Answer 16

• rhythm
• fidelity
• temporal

Question 17

what does rythm involve

Answer 17

• a beat
• a tempo
• a pattern of accents

Question 18

fidelity

Answer 18

the extent to which a sound is faithful to the source as we conceive it

Question 19

what is the an example of sound fidelity

Answer 19

an image of a dog accompanied by the sound of a barking dog (as opposed to the meow of a cat)

Question 20

diegetic sound

Answer 20

a sound with a source in the story world

Question 21

non-diegetic sound

Answer 21

a sound with a source outside of the story world

Question 22

what is a common example of non-diegetic sound

Answer 22

the input of music (like a film’s score) that is not being “played” by any of the characters.

Question 23

internal diegetic sound

Answer 23

diegetic sound coming from inside the mind of a character

Question 24

external diegetic sound

Answer 24

diegetic sound with a physical source in the scene

Question 25

synchronous sound

Answer 25

we hear the sound at the same time we see it

Question 26

asynchronous sound

Answer 26

sound that doesn’t match up with the visuals we see (bad lip-dubbing)

Question 27

simultaneous sound

Answer 27

the sound takes place at the same time as the image, in terms of story events

Question 28

nonsimultaneous sound

Answer 28

sound that doesn’t take place at the same time as the visuals (hearing a sonic flashback of a character’s previous line playing in a current scene)

Question 29

sound bridge

Answer 29

sound from the previous scene lingers over the bridge of the current scene