Chapter 9

Which of the following directors often uses silence as a sound?

Akira Kurosawa

What is the difference between diegetic sound and nondiegetic sound?

Diegetic sound originates from a source within the world of the film, while nondiegetic sound comes from a source outside that world

The types of sound that filmmakers can include in their sound tracks include all of the following general categories EXCEPT ____________.

Dolby sounds

Foley sounds are sounds that are created or recorded "wild" and then edited into the film.

False

Who do the textbook authors call the first sound designer in American film history?

Orson Welles

The two types of vocal sounds in a film are dialogue, which develops out of situations and conflicts that characters find themselves in, and narration, which is commentary spoken by on-screen or offscreen voices. Which clip illustrates both dialogue and narration?

The Big Charade

Listen carefully to this clip from Snapshot. Based on the sound track, which of the following statements is TRUE?

There are a lot of people at this party, and someone is playing the piano.

External sound comes from a source within the world of the story and can be heard by the characters in that world.

True

The short film The Big Charade frequently includes a sound design that combines images with unexpected sounds. This clip, for example, gives loud dynamic sound to each gesture the charade player makes. This is an example of ____________.

asynchronous sound

What are the four phrases of sound production?

design, recording, editing, mixing

These sounds come from a source within a film's world. They are the sounds heard by both the movie's audience and characters

diegetic sounds

The process of combining different sound tracks into one composite sound track to play in synchronization with the edited picture is called-----

mixing

Werner Herzog's style is frequently called hallucinatory due to what sound design element in his films that produces a feeling in the viewer of being somewhere between fantasy and reality? Correct Answer

music and silence

These sounds come from a source outside the world of the movie are heard only by the audience

nondiegetic sounds

What are the four basic perceptual characters of sound?

pitch, loudness, quality, fidelity

As light and dark create the image, so ____________ create the sound track.

sound and silence

What is ambient sound?

sounds that emanate from the setting or environment being filmed

what is looping

the rerecording of sound first recorded on set

Listen carefully to this clip from Spam-ku. Which sound element is an example of diegetic sound?

the sound of the pancake batter

Why does an assistant use a slate or clapboard on a film set?

to help synchronize the separate image and sound recordings in postproduction