Video Chaptrer 17 - Recording Audio

1. Consumer cameras record sound ____.

• A. automatically
• B. manually
• C. professionally
• D. None of the above.

To prevent the “emptiness” that results when an editor cuts unwanted pieces out of the production track, you record​ ​ (a)   ​ at the shoot location.

• room tone
• production sound
• sound effects
• voice recordings

Recording ​ (a)   is a ​ complex process requiring sophisticated microphones, mike placement, and electronic mixing and equalizing.

• music
• background sound
• production sound
• sound effect

Which type of microphones are engineered to be held by the camera, a boom or stand, or the performer?

• Cabled mikes
• Independent mikes
• Shotgun mikes
• User-worn mikes

Because they are shielded against outside electrical interference, ____ mikes provide the cleanest, most reliable signal

• Cabled mikes
• cardioid
• lavaliere
• wireless

A cardioid microphone has a(n) ​ (a)   pickup pattern.

• broad, directional
• narrow
• omnidirectional
• stereo

Which of the following pieces of recording equipment is the final destination for an audio signal?

• Cable
• Microphone
• Production Mixer
• Recorder

A ​ (a)   mike support is preferred on many location shoots because of its light weight and compactness

• fishpole
• boom
• stand
• none of the above

A two-wire microphone cable that is subject to electrical interference, but is not very bulky or expensive, is called a(n)

• balanced line
• phone plug
• unbalanced line
• XLR connector

In production sound recording, which piece of recording equipment is most commonly used to minimize undesirable sounds?

• Equalizer
• Production Mixer
• Receiver
• Transmitter