A.p.p - Audio Post Production Theory - Unit 2 - Semester 1

Front 1

Audio Post-Production can be broken down into four distinct areas. What are they?

Back 1

Dialog, Sound Effects, Foley, Music

Front 2

What are considered "The Main Audio Sources"?

Back 2

1) Location Recording (production tracks) - Wild and Sync Tracks
2) Custom Recordings - Foley and ADR
3) Original SFX
4) Commercial or stock SFX
5) Synthetic sound and Sound Design
6) Music (Original Score and Soundtrack)

Front 3

Organize the following into the proper flow formation:

1) The Mix or Dub

2) Mix Stems

3) Compositing to Printmasters

4) Soundtrack Components

5) Pre-Dubs or Pre-Mixes

Back 3

1) Soundtrack Components

2) Pre-Dubs or Pre-Mixes

3) The Mix or Dub
4) Mix Stems

5) Compositing to Printmasters

Front 4

What is considered the most important stage for a successful audio post-production?

Back 4

Pre-Production

Front 5

What is very often the most expensive part of a production's budget?

Back 5

The Artistic Talent

Front 6

There are four very important decisions that must be made early in the productions life for selecting timecode. What are they?

Back 6

1) Does the production need time code? Many productions use audio that is shot wild and sync is done via slate.

2) What medium will the production be shot on? Film, HD, Digital Betacam, RED, DSLR etc.?
3) What medium will be used in the post-production phase? Avid Media Com- poser, Apple Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere?

4) What medium(s) will the production be released on? Film, Broadcast, Digital Delivery, etc.

Front 7

What are the most common mediums that a production will be released on?

Back 7

Television video, DVD, Blu-Ray, Internet

Front 8

As of 2009 what has been the most common acquisition medium for digitally projected features?

Back 8

35mm film scanned and processed at 2K or 4K resolution via digital intermediate

Front 9

If film is the originating media then what frame rate must the picture be?

Back 9

24 fps

Front 10

If 24P HD video is the originating media, then what frame rate must the picture be?

Back 10

23.976 fps

Front 11

If 30P or 60i HD video is the originating media, then what frame rate must the picture be?

Back 11

29.97 fps (frames per second) or 59.94 fps (fields per second)

Front 12

If SD video is the originating media, then what frame rate must the picture be?

Back 12

29.97 fps but there are two options for time code format - drop frame and non-drop frame

Front 13

Since most production and post-production is being undertaken within the digital video format, what must the time code format be?

Back 13

It depends on the release format.

Front 14

If a productions release format is broadcast television what must the time code format be?

Back 14

Drop-frame (29.97 DF)

Front 15

Would video originating episodic television shows use Drop-frame format or non-drop frame format?

Back 15

Drop-Frame format

Front 16

What frame rate would a 24P originating television show be shot at?

Back 16

23.98 but would then be converted to 29.97 NDF for video editing

Front 17

What does DI stand for in terms of film process

Back 17

Digital Intermediate

Front 18

What is Digital Intermediate (DI)?

Back 18

A film process where film is scanned at either 1K, 2K or 4K resolution. Then colour corrected digitally. Effects can be done digitally as well and combined with the scanned cut negative. The digital file is then printed out to film or other formats.

Front 19

When dealing with HD and other digital sources and digital release formats what is Digital Intermediate?

Back 19

The catch-all reference to a range of processes in which a digital visual source is manipulated (i.e colour correcting/grading, frame rate, output etc)

Front 20

What two main areas are involved in audio production during the production phase?

Back 20

Recording Synchronous location dialog, and recording wild location audio.

Front 21

Which is a more simple process? Recording Synchronous location dialog or recording wild location audio and why?

Back 21

Wild Location Audio. It does not involve talent or other technical people. You simply record whatever the general ambience of the location either in advance or immediately after the shooting. They are sometimes recorded with timecode but it is not necessary

Front 22

What is included with ALL field recordings to promote organization?

Back 22

A take sheet

Front 23

what comprises the larger quantity of recorded material in most television and film productions?

Back 23

Location dialogue and other sync (synchronous) sound

Front 24

There are two important aspects when recording any sync sound, what are they?

Back 24

1) It is recorded synchronously with picture using a method that will allow the subsequent playback speed to match the speed of the original recording. This is known as a "two-way recording system" or "double system" - audio and video recorders are separate.

2) The material is addressable using SMPTE timecode

Front 25

Define the term "resolving"

Back 25

The process of controlling the playback machine speed in a "two-way recording system" "or "double system"

Front 26

What is most location recording recorded with?

Back 26

Flash memory recorders, DVD recorders, Daw, DEVA or hard drive recorders.

Front 27

How many channels of audio can be recorded onto a Tascam HD-P2 and what are they saved to?

Back 27

2 channels of audio onto a flash memory card

Front 28

How many channels can a Nagra VI record and what are they recorded to?

Back 28

up to 8 channels are recorded to Compact Flash (CF)

Front 29

What does an HHB Flash mic record to?

Back 29

a flash memory card

Front 30

What does the Fostex FR-2 record to?

Back 30

either a 1.8" PCMIA hard drive or a flash memory card

Front 31

What is an HHB Portadrive?

Back 31

a self contained, hard disk recorder designed for location field recording.

Front 32

How is data transferred from a HHB Portadrive to a computer?

Back 32

via USB 2.0 or removable hard drives

Front 33

What is a Sound Devices 744T and how many channels can it record?

Back 33

It is a high quality field recorder that can record to 2 channels

Front 34

What does The DEVA V incorporate and how many tracks can it record?

Back 34

both a digital mixer and digital audio recorder. It can record up to 10 tracks

Front 35

What is a Fostex PD-6?

Back 35

a DVD recorder that writes BWF files directly to DVD-RAM cartridges

Front 36

What can be stored in a BWF and why?

Back 36

Metadata can be stored so that reel number, scene number and event numbers can be logged

Front 37

What is a NAGRA 4.2 and what is it designed for?

Back 37

a portable mono full track analogue audio tape recorder designed for radio, cinema and television applications.

Front 38

What is a Sound Devices 788T and what is a known feature of this device?

Back 38

an 8 input, 12 track recorder with timecode. It comes with CL-WIFI which is a hardware accessory that provides the recorder with WiFI connectivity by an apple iOS device.

Front 39

What happens once the production phase has been completed?

Back 39

The location recordings are shipped off to a sound facility for scanning of all the material/taking notes on what material is had and what material is needed.