L5_Audio and Motion Dimensions of Information and Media Flashcards
What are the characteristics of sound?
volume
tone
pitch
loudness
This characteristic of sound refers to the intensity of the sound.
Volume
This characteristic of sound refers to the audible characteristic of a sound—quality or character that distinguishes a sound from other sounds, regardless of its pitch or volume.
Tone
This characteristic of sound refers to how high or low a sound is.
Pitch
This characteristic of sound refers to the magnitude of the sound heard
Loudness
What are the elements of sound design?
dialogue
sound effects
music
mixing
pace
stereo imaging
transition
This element of sound design refers to speech, conversation, voice-over.
Dialogue
This element of sound design refers to any sound other than music or dialogue.
Sound Effects
This element of sound design refers to vocal or instrumental sounds (or both) combined in such a way as to produce beauty of form, harmony, and expression of emotion.
Music
This element of sound design refers to the combination, balance and control of multiple sound elements.
Mixing
This element of sound design refers to time control, editing, order of events(linear, non-linear or multi-linear).
Pace
This element of sound design refers to using left and right channel for depth. This refers to the aspect of sound recording and reproduction.
Stereo Imaging
This element of sound design refers to how you get from one segment or element to another.
Transition
It makes specific points, provides hint to the setting in the absence of visuals (e.g., squeaky doors, explosions, rustling leaves, etc.).
Sound Effects
What are the types of sound effects?
Hard sound
Foley sound
Background sound
Design sound
This type of sound effect refers to those that appear on screen and are synchronized to the picture, recorded directly as what they are.
Hard Sound
This type of sound effect refers to equally synchronized on screen but are not the original sound as what they appear to be. That means that they are recorded and mixed to appear as another sound on screen.
Foley sound
This type of sound effect refers to all sounds that indicate ambience settings. They do not need to be synchronized to the picture. Ambience sounds are usually recorded in real life application in nature and then mixed.
background sound
This type of sound effect refers to a palette of sounds that usually do not occur in nature. They may be created from scratch with various audio editing tools and with the help of effect processors.
design sound
It refers to spoken message that often gives the most direct information.
It also refers to most essential content in some media formats, such as audiobooks designed for the visually-impaired people or for those who want an alternative listening experience in novels and other traditional reading content
Narration