Quiz 4

Question 1

Actualities

Answer 1

Excerpts of interviews, new conference, speeches, vox, the recorded sound of someone speaking

Question 1

Active tape

Answer 1

To record something as it happens

Question 2

Ambience

Answer 2

sustained sound that is captured at a remote location

Question 3

Bed

Answer 3

Medium level of sound underneath a track or other audio, not very dynamic

Question 4

Clipped

Answer 4

poorly edited so that a sound at the end has been cut off abruptly

Question 5

Crossfade

Answer 5

the process of simultaneously decreasing the audio level of one source and increasing the audio level of another

Question 6

Echo

Answer 6

an inadvertent repetition of information, doesnt have to be repeating the exact same words

Question 7

Elements

Answer 7

the component parts of a news report all mixed to make the final piece

Question 8

Empathy

Answer 8

the understanding and full comprehension of anothers feelings

Question 9

Fade

Answer 9

the action or command that causes the audio to decrease in volume

Question 10

Fade (in, out, up, down, under)

Answer 10

to adjust the volume of sound from low to high or high to low at a gradual pace

Question 11

Fade to black

Answer 11

taking a sound down and out

Question 12

Field Producing

Answer 12

working at a remote site to create a podcast or radio story

Question 13

Focus Statement

Answer 13

your clear summary of the idea at hand, usually in one sentence. SOMEONE is doing SOMETHING BECAUSE

Question 14

Gold Coin

Answer 14

a unique statement of truth or insight held by your interviewee

Question 15

Good Tape

Answer 15

it causes the ears to perk up, eyes to moisten, the hairs on the neck to tingle and the voice to emit a cry of joy

Question 16

Intro

Answer 16

the copy that a host will read on the air and usually includes information for the program director about tape time and other peculiarities of the tape in question.

Question 17

Lede

Answer 17

the intro or the first paragraph of a piece

Question 18

Lufs

Answer 18

Loudness Unit Full Scale, when producers emphasize the final mix needs to be delivered in LUFS theyr’e discussing the perceived loudness of recored content.

Question 19

Piece

Answer 19

news or feature report broadcast in the body of a program. Can be almost any length

Question 20

Pitch

Answer 20

The description of a proposed story

Question 21

Plosives

Answer 21

Low frequency distortion caused by powerful ‘p’ and ‘b’ sounds that overload the microphone

Question 22

Room Tone

Answer 22

ambience recorded at the location of an interview

Question 23

Scene

Answer 23

the location where some action takes place

Question 24

Sound Effects

Answer 24

more nuanced and identifiable

Question 25

Submix

Answer 25

a partial or intermediate mix, one stage in the production of a complex piece

Question 26

Tape sync

Answer 26

a way of improving the quality of an interview that would otherwise have to be done over the phone

Question 27

Tracks

Answer 27

the parts of a report read by the reporter or host, the voice track

Question 28

Verbal Affirmation

Answer 28

those tiny filler words some people use in regular conversation