Exam 1 Lecture Quizzes Flashcards
When we talk about the primary “tune” of a piece of music, the part that we’re most likely to hum or sing along to, we’re talking about the…
Melody
When we talk about the simultaneous sounds of distinct musical pitches, as heard in chords or other musical accompaniment supporting a melody, we’re talking about…
Harmony
When we talk about how an instrument or voice sounds—how it sounds different than other instruments or voices—we’re talking about…
Tone Color/Timbre
The idea that images and sounds in a film often combine to create meanings that extend beyond the meanings conveyed by each of these two contributing factors alone is known as ________________.
Added Value
__________________ is when sound and visual action happen at the same time, giving the impression that sound emanates from the world of the screen.
Synchronization
When viewers intuitively accept the notion that image and sound mutually influence one another, they are entering into the ______________.
Audio Visual Contract
Which of the following is typically the more significant principle shaping a filmmakers’ approach to sound design?: Clarity or Fidelity
Clarity
If two film characters in a room are complaining to one another about the loud music they are hearing (and that film viewers can also hear) emanating from a neighboring apartment, that musical sound would be best classified as?
Diegetic/ Off-screen
What is the term used to describe a single take from a single film camera?
Shot
When the mood of a musical score seemingly contradicts the emotions or mood associated with the images and/or actions depicted on screen, we call it…
Anempathetic Music
What was the term first used by Hugo Gernsback to describe the narrative genre now known as science fiction?
Scientifiction
What is the term used by the scholar Darko Suvin to describe a scientifically plausible innovation, which, according to his definition, should remain firmly at the center of any science fiction narrative?
Novum
A musical theme or shorter motive, developed within a film or a franchise, and attached to a specific character, object, action, or idea, is a(n)…
Leitmotif
Conventional musical figures that evoke, represent, or signify a particular mood, place, emotion, or some other character trait in the narrative are called _____________________.
Musical Topics
Identify the individual(s) responsible for the first moving picture device, using celluloid film, that allowed for simultaneous viewing by a group.
The Lumiere Brothers
For an ambitious film like Metropolis, a studio might provide a(n) _________________, which provided the specific music, scored for orchestra, that should be played with the film. On road shows, these would be played night after night by a touring orchestra.
Special Score
What is the first known SF film?
A trip to the moon
What was was the name for the early sound-on-disk system of synchronized film sound?
Vitaphone
In King Kong, which term best describes the Classical Hollywood role that music plays in giving the viewer a sense of the strangeness of Skull Island and the ‘otherness’ of its inhabitants?
referential/connotative cueing
The literary works of H.G. Wells, Jules Verne, and Mary Shelley are associated which of the following eras of science fiction?
Early Science Fiction
Which term refers to science fiction films and television that compel the reader/viewer to offer their own interpretation or reinterpretation of the narrative.
Writerly
How was Godzilla’s roar created?
A resin-coated glove dragged along the strings of a contrabass, recorded and slowed down in playback.
Who was the composer responsible for creating both the sound effects and underscoring used in Gojira.
Ifukube Akida
What does the “5/4 March” used in Gojira help to signify?
The Japanese military’s uncoordinated and unsuccessful attempts to stop Gojira’s attack.
The first science-fiction film to use the theremin was…
Rocketship X-M
What was the term used by the producers of Forbidden Planet to credit the sound designs created for the film by Bebe and Louis Barron?
Electronic Tonalities
The term “Extra-diegetic” refers to which of the following?
Music that is considered outside the show, used for commercial cuts and re-entries
What term best describes narrative fiction that is left open for interpretation and reinterpretation, as seen with the New Wave science fiction of the 1950s-70s?
Writerly
Introduced in the 1950s, this technology made audio recording more portable and gave it better fidelity and dynamic range.
Magnetic Tape
Which style of composition did Jerry Goldsmith use in Planet of the Apes?
Pseudo-serialism
