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Basic Video Production

Subject : engineeering
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1. The picture should look the same from shot to shot if the assumption is that the shots are in the same time and space






2. Raw sound that was recorded on the day






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






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






5. Random footage in the package






6. 3200 degrees K






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






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






9. Middle point of the haystack






10. Sound must appear to be coming from the picture






11. Big image - short focal length






12. Automatic Gain Control - Prevents the signal from being recorded at too low or too high a level






13. The sound made by the differing frequencies






14. If there is a background noise in one shot - there should be the same background noise in the next - if they are in the same time and place






15. The sound made by the differing frequencies






16. Record all the music in a control room






17. When you hear a bounce off a very close wall - quicker response than an echo






18. Isolates a particular character or action






19. The number of times per second that the wave travels from the beginning of one cycle to the beginning of the next






20. AKA Cross Cutting - Alternating shots from one line of action to another - Implies that the two actions are occurring at the same time






21. The voice of a person in the distance should sound different from the voice of a person when shown in a close-up






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






23. Charged Coupled Device






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






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






26. Small image - long focal length






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






28. An actors performance should be consistent from shot to shot






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






30. Automatic Gain Control - Prevents the signal from being recorded at too low or too high a level






31. After the music is recorded its put onto this in the same way a picture is recorded on a DVD






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






33. The re-recording process - AKA looping - Actors are brought back to a soundproof room - where they watch short segments of themselves on a screen and listen through earphones to the audio that needs to be replaced - Feed and deliver the lines that ne






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






35. An 'over the shoulder' shot (of an actor) with the camera pointed at Sally






36. The voice of a person in the distance should sound different from the voice of a person when shown in a close-up






37. Big image - short focal length






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






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






40. No two microphones should be closer together than three times the distance between them and the subject.






41. Pre-production






42. Pre-production






43. 20 HZ to 20000 HZ






44. Source microphones go into - Has up to 4 channels






45. Recording picture on one machine and sound on another






46. Actors should look the same from one shot to another






47. tinted blue - 5500 degrees Kelvin - outside lighting






48. Asynchronous noised mixed in during post production to give a scene authenticity - Sometimes called Wild Sounds






49. Recorded in a similar way to ADR - Help explain complicated processes - indicate What a person is thinking - represent someone's conscience - or comment on What is occurring in the picture






50. Disrupt the arrangement of air molecules







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