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Basic Video Production

Subject : engineeering
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1. After the music is recorded its put onto this in the same way a picture is recorded on a DVD






2. Low pressure areas against high pressure areas create the waves. - Waves are just pictures or graphs of the measures of air pressure






3. Another name for ambient sound






4. Made up by the sound effects editor - Indicates a what point in the movie each effect should be placed






5. The relative volume of sounds - Important sounds should be louder than unimportant sounds






6. Lists all the actions the Foley Walkers need to perform to give aural realism to the movie scenes






7. The degree to which the aperture opens






8. Shot of something that did not appear in the previous shot






9. tinted blue - 5500 degrees Kelvin - outside lighting






10. Disrupt the arrangement of air molecules






11. Directional (Cardiod) - Omnidirectional - Bidirectional






12. Recording picture on one machine and sound on another






13. Pre-production






14. Uses a diaphragm - Robust - NO power required - Not so efficient






15. The sound made by the differing frequencies






16. AKA: Phone plug - Has a short prong and outer covering - Consumer standard






17. Sound that doesn't bounce - Dead sound






18. 800 mph or 1000ft per second or 1 foot per millisecond






19. Place were sounds are stored that allows them to be accessed and worked on from various places






20. Distance from the center of a lens to the place where the parallel light will be focused






21. A recording of the general ambience of the place where the dialogue is being recorded






22. A cut in which the character's movement and position are perfectly aligned in time and space from one shot to the next






23. Manipulating frequencies. - Important to radio and musical recording - not film.






24. Name - agency - and role






25. The opening in the lens that allows light to pass






26. The reporter holding a microphone on the screen - Pre-recorded - essentially a sound bite






27. Tonal quality of a sound and is the thing that helps us distinguish between the sound of a martin guitar and bagpipes






28. tinted blue - 5500 degrees Kelvin - outside lighting






29. Best known editing style - Involves narrative clarity and dramatic pacing - Attempts to make the cut from one shot to the net flow as smoothly as possible - The story unfolds scene by scene






30. Pre-production






31. There should be time for actions to take place - EX: burning candle






32. Key - fill - back






33. The more light reaches film






34. Microphones and recorders that pick up all frequencies equally well






35. It is what distinguishes a violin from a clarinet when both are playing the same pitch at the same loudness






36. Microphones and recorders that pick up all frequencies equally well






37. Made up by the sound effects editor - Indicates a what point in the movie each effect should be placed






38. Attaches to the microphone






39. Focal length divided by aperture






40. Place were sounds are stored that allows them to be accessed and worked on from various places






41. Shoot a master shot of the whole scene and then break it up into little parts - such as close ups - reaction shots - cut ins - and cutaways - Classic Hollywood method






42. Make the volume of every scene - every person - and every sound effect more or less the same - One way to achieve balance






43. The most important part of the package - The voice of the reporter describing and telling the story - Recording of the reporter's voice






44. The sound made by the differing frequencies






45. Focuses on an element that appeared in the previous shot






46. Record all the music in a control room






47. Shot of something that did not appear in the previous shot






48. The equivalent of quotes in a story - Person speaking on the screen






49. Random footage in the package






50. Disrupt the arrangement of air molecules







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