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Who are the main production sound crew members

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Sound mixers

Boom operators

Sound assistants

Sound trainees

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Problems with dialogue recording?

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Unwanted noise

Camera shots dictate microphone placing

Mics need to be hidden

Subjects often moving

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What does the production sound mixer do

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Meets with producer and director to discuss creative intentions.

Checks quality of sound recording.

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What are spot effects?

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individual effects that are related to a single source (e.g. a plane, a door, a dishwasher)

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What are atmosphere effects?

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This term covers non-synchronous FX, which are laid to create presence or ambience within a scene to place it in a specific location (e.g. traffic, birds, city skyline)
Foley FX - Sounds that are recorded in a studio directly to picture.

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What are sound design effects?

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An american term first used in Apocalypse Now. It is now used to describe the overall design of a soundtrack. In Britain, the term is used to describe the origination of specially designed sounds.

dinosaurs, aliens, spaceshits etc

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What is ADR?

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Automated Dialogue Replacement -

Replacing audio dialogue problems with alternative takes, recorded after the fact. Done to improve audio quality or reflect dialogue changes

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What is foley recording?

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The reproduction of everyday sound effects that are added to film, video, and other media in post-production to enhance audio quality. These reproduced sounds can be anything from the swishing of clothing and footsteps to squeaky doors and breaking glass.

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What is FPB

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Frames per beat

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How do you calculate FPB?

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(60/ BPM) x F = FPB

F = Frame Rate

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What level should dialogue peaks register between?

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Approximately -12 dbFS to -6 dbFS

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What is the BBC programme loudness level/ average loudness TV level

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-23.0 LUFS +- 1.0 LU

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What is the BBC maximum true peak level

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  • 3dBTP
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What LRA should programmes aim for?

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No more than 18 LU

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What LRA should speech in factual programmes aim for

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No more than 6 LU

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What should the minimum separation between dialogue and background LU be?

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4 LU

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What is the recommend peak level of uncompressed music?

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-3 dBTP

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What is the recommend peak level of compressed music?

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-10 dBTP

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What is the recommend peak level of heavy M and E (gunshots, warfare, aircraft etc)

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-3 dBTP

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What is the recommend peak level of background M and E? (office/ street noise etc)

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-18 dBTP

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What is frame rate

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Essentially the same as a sample rate.

The number of frames/ images that are displayed per second in a film, TV or computer game.

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What is diegetic sound

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Sound where the source is visible on screen, or is implied to be present in the action of a film.

E.g voices off characters, sounds made by objects etc

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What is non-diegetic sound

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Sound where the source is not visible on screen

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What does an SFX editor do?

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Create an audio landscape which draws the audience into the reality created by the director.

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Spot FX/ Hard FX?
individual effects that are related to a single source e.g plane, door, dishawasher
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Ambience/ Atmosphere FX?
this term covers non-synchronous FX, which are laid to create presence or ambience within a scene to place it in a specific location.
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Foley FX?
Sounds that are recorded in a studio directly to picture.
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What are the three main foley FX types?
Moves Footsteps Specifics
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What should your monitoring calibration be when mixing a film soundtrack?
- 20dB pink noise, through speakers must register | - 85dB SPL
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What are the broadcast standards levels?
ITU-R BS.1770 EBU R128
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What is dialogue editing comprised of?
Phase matching Removal of unwanted noise Generation of continuity
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What is an EDL?
Edit decision list an ordered list of reel and timecode data representing where each video clip can be obtained in order to conform the final cut
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What is a track-lay?
An editing template which allows the editor to organise and manage dialogue into a more familiar layout
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What is checker boarding
Individual character lines which are separated and placed on alternative tracks
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What are phonemes
The distinct units of sound in a specified language that distinguish one word from another
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What is a stop in phonetics
also know as plosive, is a consonant in which the vocal tract is blocked so that all airflow seses e.g gut, cut, dot
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What is a fractive in phonetics
consonants produced by forcing air through a narrow channel made by placing two articulators close together, e.g fair, sober, very
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What is a nasal in phonetics
Produced by air escaping through the nose but not through the mouth, as it is blocked by lips or tongue. e.g mum, nice, lung
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What is a glide in phonetics
a semivowel or glide, also know as a non syllabic vocoid, is a sound that is phonetically similar to a vowel sound but functions as the syllable boundary. e.g aWay, Yes, saLary etc
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What is a diphthong in phonetics
is a combination of two adjacent vowel sounds in the same syllable, often formed when separate vowels are run together in rapid speech. e.g Church, JuDGe
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What is a vowel
a sound pronounced with an open vocal tract, so that the tongue does not touch the lips, teeth or roof of the mouth, such as english 'ah'
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What are sync fx
effects which were recorded on the camera takes, some may be used in the mix, others may be replaced
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What are wild track fx?
this term covers any atmos or spot effects, that have been recorded on location without picture.
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What is the academy curve
A noise reduction scheme from 1975
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What is the standard film frames
24 fps
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What is standard television frames
30 fps
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How many frames per second can the human brain percieve
10-12 fps
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What is a leitmotif
A short, constantly recurring musical phrase, often associated with a particular person, place or idea.
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What is a streamer
a visual indicators to help with the scoring session - a diagonal line leading to a punch
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What is a punch
indication of down beat
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When was the phonograph invented and by who
1877 - Thomas Edison
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What was the first film with dialogue
1927 - The Jazz Singer

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