Unit 6 - Audio Equipment

Audio

The Equipment

Multiple Choice

You are filming a "man on the street" segment where your actor is walking and talking to different people in one location. What is the best mic for this situation?

• Shotgun / Video Mic

• Lavalier Mic

• Handheld Mic

• Camera's Internal Mic

Multiple Choice

You are filming a conversation between two characters in a scene. You are filming in a closed room. What is the best mic for this situation?

• Shotgun / Video Mic

• Lavalier Mic

• Handheld Mic

• Camera's Internal Microphone

Multiple Choice

You are filming a scene outside in the trees by the gym. You are filming a group of five people. What is the best mic for this situation?

• Shotgun / Video Mic

• Handheld Mic

• Lavalier Mic

• Camera's Internal Mic

Multiple Choice

This is a

• Omni

• Dynamic

• Shotgun Mic

Multiple Choice

When should a microphone like this be used?

• On Stage

• In a studio

Multiple Choice

What is this connector called?

• XLR

• Jack

• Speakon

• RCA

Multiple Choice

In the world of professional film and video production, sound is incorporated during __________.

• development
• pre-production
• production
• post-production

Multiple Choice

This mic picks up sound from the front and rejects sound at the back

• Cardiod / unidirectional mic
• Omni directional mic
• Dynamic Mic
• Condenser Mic

Multiple Choice

This mic gets its name form the pattern it picks up.

• Condenser

• Cardioid

• Lavalier

• Ducking

• An editing feature that lowers the volume of a particular track when another audio

source is present

• Commonly used for voiceovers with background music

• Scrubbing

• Clicking and dragging the playhead of an audio project through the timeline to
get to a particular section

• The user is able to hear the audio while scrubbing, making navigation of the
project more efficient

• Normalization

• The process of making sure all of the audio levels in a project are at a consistent level and sound
good together.

• Equalization

• The process of adjusting the different levels (bass, treble, mid-tones, etc.) in an audio recording in
order to produce the best sound

• VU meter

• Also called Volume Unit Meter

• A visual representation of the audio volume level; used to ensure all audio clips recorded are at the
same level.

• Over-modulation

• Sound interference that occurs during recording when audio levels are too high and

causes the signal to distort or lose clarity.

• Audio Channels

• The amount of individual audio channels used during playback. The more channels
of audio, the more realistic the sound.

• Monaural (Mono) - All sources of audio play out of one single channel.

• Stereophonic (Stereo) - Audio sources can be separated into two different
channels (left and right).

• Surround Sound - Multiple audio channels; usually 5-7 channels.

MP3

• Most popular audio file format.

• Standard for downloading and

• storing music.

• Commonly used for streaming

over the Internet.

WAV

• Standard file format for PCs.

• Native sound format for Windows

environment.

Multiple Choice

___________ is the application of a constant amount of gain to an audio recording to bring the average or peak amplitude to a target level (the norm). Makes your audio sound louder.

• Audio Fade

• Transition

• Audio Reverb

• Audio Normalization

Multiple Choice

a piece of narration in a movie or broadcast, not accompanied by an image of the speaker.

• edit

• voiceover

• ducking

• fade

Multiple Choice

In ___________, the level of one audio signal is reduced by the presence of another signal.

• ducking

• masking

• transitions

• none of the above

• Foley is the art of re-creating

sounds to give realism in movies
and TV.