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What term refers to the whole process from creating a catalog from the location dialog and matching the appropriate audio takes with the picture cut to produce a seamless and fully integrated dialog track |
Dialog Editing |
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What is considered the most important audio element in a picture? |
Dialog |
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What is one of the most important fundamentals for a dialogue editor to be able to do? |
create a rock solid synchronization between lip movement and the actual dialog audio |
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What function was heavily relied upon during dialog synchronizing in the old days? |
To play both picture and audio in slow motion in sync. |
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Which did dialogue editors prefer? Steenbeck flatbeds or tape synchronizers and why? |
Steenbeck flatbeds because the operating procedures of the flatbed allowed them to play both picture and audio in slow motion in sync while the tape synchronizers did not. |
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When editing dialog, the first thing you should do once you receive it is what? |
go through the material to see what is available. This process of sifting is often different between television and film. |
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What do you do if you cannot find a good take of some dialog? |
You must go through and tag the dialogue that needs to be looped (ADR). The rest of the dialog is then recorded onto the hard drive until all the material has been loaded. |
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What does OMFI stand for? |
Open Media File Interchange |
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Which file format would you use if you wanted to transport audio files as well as the EDL to an audio workstation for further manipulation? |
OMFI |
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What is an EDL? |
Video Edit decision list |
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In order to complete a finished dialog track what must an editor do? |
They must audition each line (usually with picture) to make sure that the correct take was selected and that the quality is acceptable. |
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How many tracks are usually created for conformed dialog in ProTools? |
1-4 |
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What is a common technique used by dialog editors when editing dialog tracks in ProTools? |
to separate the dialog into tracks based on camera perspective as opposed to character. (eg. Close-ups on track 1, Wide angle on track 2, off camera on track 3, narrative on track 4) |
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True or False? Almost all dialog eventually becomes mono material |
True |
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Which two mics are most commonly used when recording dialog? |
Boom (shotgun) mic and Lavalier (lav) mics |
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Once the assignments of audio are made, what happens next? |
Synchronization is checked for each line and short crossfades are applied to ensure smooth transitions between each edit. |
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What does ADR stand for? |
Automatic Dialog Replacement |
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As soon as all of the tagged ADR lines have been documented what happens next? |
The sound supervisor advises the appropriate production manager to schedule the various talent |
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What is ADR sometimes referred to as? |
Looping |
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What is ADR? |
the process of replacing the original location dialog with newly recorded dialog |
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Would you keep ADR tracks with location tracks? |
No, they are always kept separate because a lot of sound editing is required to take the dry signal and match it to the location voice. |
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What reverb works very well in creating the depth and space of all spaces, including small ones? |
IR (impulse response) reverb |
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What is Narrative dialog sometimes referred to as? |
Voice-over |
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What is Narrative? |
It is dialoging that super-imposes itself on any other audio element for any number of artistic reasons (i.e documentary, commentary) |
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What term describes a voice element that would sound as if it were coming from a telephone or cell phone? |
Radio Tones (RTs) or Futzes |
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What happens once all the location material is catalogued? |
The picture is spotted so that all non dialog audio is documented. This is then compared against the location material that was captured and any commercial sound libraries that are relevant |
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Many sounds required for a film or television show fall under what category? |
Foley |
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When do you use Foley? |
Foley is used wherever the realism of a sound and complexity of the action would make it difficult if not impossible to re-create electronically. It is also used to replace unusable sounds that are destroyed by distracting ambient sounds or dialog that has been looped. |
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When does the process of edition sound effects begin? |
Immediately after the picture is spotted and the wild location audio is documented and transferred to a DAW |
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If all of the picture material and audio material is at hand, in what order should you edit? |
Editing would then begin chronologically |
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What should you do when a group of sound effects has overlaps? |
Checkerboard them |
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What is Sound Design sometimes also referred to as? |
Sound Effects Design |
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What is sound design? |
The process of creating soundscapes using various means in order to enhance a traditional sound effects track or score |
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What does the Sound designer sometimes have authority over? |
The entire soundtrack similar to a Music Supervisor |
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When a sound designer has authority over an entire soundtrack, what are some of their responsibilities? |
scheduling, or working with the location recordists for production sound specifics |
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Where is SFX design most often used in terms of final product release?
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In Feature Films, sometimes in television episodics and especially in science fiction and in low budget television drama, sitcoms, documentaries etc
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What is in a typical Sound designers toolkit? |
1 stereo microphone 2 matched mono mics Synths Digital workstation Mixer, headphone, amps, speakers Socks (aka blimps or dead cats) for mics |
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What do you use Foley for? |
you use it to enhance original location sound, replace unusable location sound, create new sound that was not recorded on location in the first place |
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What sounds are often recorded as Foley? |
Footsteps, door sounds, squeaks and creaks, Home sounds, Human Sounds |
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When doing Foley, what is the order of business? |
Footsteps are done first. Moves Second, Specifics last |
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What do foley stages need to be built with?
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built with extreme noise control in mind.
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How is noise control for foley stages measured? |
Noise Criteria (NC) |
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If i were to say the noise level in a room was NC20, what would that mean?
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The noise criteria level means that at rest, the noise level in the room is only 20dB which is great
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Who created the art of Foley? |
Jack Foley |
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What is a Foley Pit? |
a walking surface in a Foley studio |
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What are the two general areas that music for film and television can be broken into? |
Custom recordings and pre-recorded music |
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What are Custom Recordings? |
The original compositions expressly scored for the picture by a music composer |
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How does one usually deliver music for a movie? |
a common delivery mechanism for original music is delivering stems in a ProTools session |
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What is a temp track and who creates it? |
It is a temporary music score created to help the filmmakers visualize the final product as well as aid in the pacing of the film. It is created by the film editor. |
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How does one decide where the music gets placed in a movie? |
In a process called "the spotting process", you meet with the director, producer, film editor and music editor to determine where the music should go |
