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Soundtrack |
Everything audiences hear when they watch a sound film. The soundtrack is the composite of all three elements of film sound: dialogue, music, and sound effects |
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Mixing |
A process of blending the three elements of the sound track (dialogue, music, and effects) in post-production.
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Scores |
A musical accompaniment written specifically for a film |
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Foley Artists |
A crew member who works in post-production in a specially equipped studio to create the sounds of the story world, such as the shuffling of shoes on various surfaces for footsteps
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Automatic Dialogue Replacement (ADR) |
a process of re-recording dialogue in the studio in synchronization with the picture. There are at least three roles in the ADR process: the actor, the recording engineer, and the sound editor. |
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Direct Sound |
Technique for recording synchronized dialogue in post-production, using a machine that runs forward and backward Also called "looping" |
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Looping |
Cutting several identical lengths of developed film and having actors record the dialogue repeatedly.
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On- and off- Screen Space |
On: what's within the frame Off: A part of the story world implied by visual or sound techniques rather than being revealed by the camera |
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Sound Bridge |
A scene transition wherein sound from one scene bleeds over into the next scene, often resulting in a contrast between sound and image |
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Lightning Mix |
A sound editing technique that links several scenes through parallel and overlapping sounds. Each sound is associated with one scene, unlike a sound bridge.
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On-the-Nose Dialogue |
Dialogue that re-states what is already obvious from images or action
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The term for a film's spoken dialogue, as opposed to the underlying meaning contained in a subtext
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Line Reading |
The way an actor delivers a line a dialogue, including pauses, inflection, and emotion
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Subtext |
An unstated meaning that underlies and is implied by spoken dialogue.
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Volume |
amount of sound produced
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Pitch |
a concise verbal (and sometimes visual) presentation of an idea for a film or TV series generally made by a screenwriter or filmdirector to a film producer or studio executive in the hope of attracting development finance to pay for the writing of a screenplay. |
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Accent |
a distinctive mode of pronunciation of a language, especially one associated with a particular nation, locality, or social class. |
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Dialect |
a particular form of a language that is peculiar to a specific region or social group. |
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Vocal Tics |
An involuntary, abrupt, and inappropriate grunt, bark, or other exclamation or utterance, occurring especially in Tourette's syndrome. |
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The Voice-Over |
A direct vocal address to the audience, which may emanate from a character or from a narrating voice apparently unrelated to the diegesis |
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The "Aural Object" |
The term french film theorist Christian Metz used to describe film sound, which, he argued, is often wrongly treated as an attribute of the image rather than as an entity in and of itself, with its own aesthetic characteristics
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The Acousmetre |
A disembodied voice. Michel Chion theorizes that delaying or withholding the source of the voice endows the voice with mysterious powers.
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Functions of Film Music |
establish historical context, shaping space, defining character, shaping emotional tenor, distancing the audience |
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Five Characteristics of Film Music |
1. Patterns of development 2. Lyrical content 3. Tempo and Volume 4. Instrumentation 5. Cultural Significance |
