IMA LAB EXAM
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- Berry Gordy
- Motown Records
- Bruce Swedien
- Worked with Quincy Jones (on michael jackson's album; engineers.
- Sam Phillips
- Founded Sun Studios; started elvis presley, johnny cash, jerry lee lewis
- Qunicy Jones
- producer/musician; worked with frank sinatra, michael jackson; produced tv shows such as fresh prince, the movie the color purple, and started vibe magazine
- Ahmet Ertegun
- Founded Atlantic records; had tom dowd record everything for atlantic.
- Audio Post Production
- referenced to the elements of film
- Diaologue
- most important element; tells the story; captured on the set be the boom opertator and the production audio mixer.
- Boom operator
- microphone person
- Production Audio Mixer
- Makes sure the audio being recorded on the set is being recorde at a good clean level
- ADR
- Automated diaologue replacement; Talent must come in and edo his/her lines in a controlled environment (studio)
- Room Tone
- smoothes out replaced diaolgue
- Foley
- Sound effects addes in real time tot he picture, such as footsteps, clothing movements, and other sound not captured on set
- Designed/Creature Sounds
- invent "new" sounds; can use "everyday" soudns and turn them into their own "new" sounds
- Ambience/backgrounds
- they are natural sounds of a shot's environment; makes sure the audience feels they're in the same place as the characters.
- What are the two main aspects of music for movies?
- Original Score and Source Music
- Original score
- is orginial music for that particular pictures
- Source Music
- is pre-existing music used for that picture
- Pre-Dubs/Pre-mixes
- the process of mixing all of the sound elements so that the final mix can be accomplished with less work
- Final Mixes
- Mixing sound for a film into Stems which will be combined to represent the finished soundtrack
- Final Mix
- This is where the re-recording process takes place. Re-recording mixers mix the pre-dubs on a Dub Stag. Basically, a movie theater with a console.
- Stems
- the final elements of a sound track that when combined make the Final Mix
- What are the three parts of advertisements?
- Psychology of color; layout; copy
- Red
- food
- Purple
- luxury; money
- Persuasion based on authority
- People with knowledge
- Fears and problems
- Presents problem; offers solution; Effective; believable
- Fun and Please
- People and attitudes associated with the product
- Vanities and Egos
- High priced items; Sells an image; No strong arguments
- Consensus
- implies correctness; we agree with people we like; celebrity endorsements; "everyone is doing it so why shouldn't I?"
- web Pages
- navagation
- Concensus
- Celebrity endorsements
- Fear Ad campaigns
- Presents problems; offers solution; Effective; Believable
- Time code offsets
- 30 fps,
- Sound delay
- T= Distance/velocity (speed of sound 1,130 fps)
- How many decibel increase is there when we double out speakers
- 3dB
- Dynamic Basses Effects Processors
- A processor that controls or alters the amplitude of a signal such a such as a Gate, Compressor, and EQ
- Time Baed Effects Processors
- A processor that controls or alters the timing of a signal such as a flanger, Delay, and Reverb
- Dey signal
- any signa that has NOT been processed or affected in any way.
- Wet Signal
- any signal that has been manipulated with effects. Example: Adding reverb or flanging
- Critical Listening
- are sounds that have been manipulated in some form
- Dub Stage
- basically a movie theater with a large format console inthe center
- Creature/Designed sounds
- Taking every day sound and combining them together to create all new sounds
- Boom Op
- person responsible for caturing dialogue on the set; the assistant to the produciton audio mixer that is responsible for optimal microphone placemtn on a film set
- Metric conversion
- Tera, Giga, Mega, Kilo, - milli, micro, nano, pico
- PIERZ WAVOO
- Power= watts; Current= amps; Electromotive force= volts; Resistance (DC)= ohms; Impidence (AC)= ohms
- Inverse Square Law
- Everytime our distance is doubled we will experience a GdB decrease