Location Sound Bible Ch 1-2

What is location sound?

• Sound that denotes a specific location in a soundscape

• The process of gathering sound for a production in the field

• The process of gathering sound in a sound studio

• Paradoxically, sound that is not associated with any location

True or False: ENG stands for "Electronic News Gathering" and is usually a smaller production

• True

• False

True or False: EFP stands for "Electronic Field Production" and categorically includes all larger projects like feature films.

• True

• False

True or False: A sound mixer is the term for someone who edits sound in post.

• True

• False

True or False: ADR can stand for a variety of things, including "Automated Dialogue Recording" and "Automatic Dialogue Replacement," and refers to the process of recording dialogue in post.

• True

• False

What is "compression" and "rarefaction"?

• Rapid movement of air molecules to produce silence.

• The matter that a sound wave impacts to create sound.

• The part of the sound wave that has little to do with sound.

• When air molecules are forced together and then move apart to create sound.

What is frequency?

• The height of the sound wave that the human ear perceives as volume.

• The number of wave cycles per second, that the human ear perceives as variable low and high tones.

What is amplitude?

• The height of the sound wave that the human ear perceives as volume.

• The number of wave cycles per second, that the human ear perceives as variable low and high tones.

True or false: amplitude is measured in decibels (dB) and frequency is measured in Hertz (Hz).

• True

• False

What is the dynamic range of human hearing?

• 140Hz

• 20Hz-20KHz

• 200dB

• 140dB