Deck 5: Sound Effects SFX

Question 1

Which of the following are included in the SFX stem?

A) Hard effects
B) Foley
C) BGs
D) Design elements
E) All of the above

Answer 1

E

Question 2

Spotting sessions are for music cues only.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

The supervising sound editor is the director or manager of the team responsible for developing the SFX and dialogue stems.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Individual SFX are referred to as elements.

Question 5

Which of the following persons are responsible for creating design elements.

A) SFX editor
B) Foley editor
C) Supervising sound editor
D) Sound designer
E) All of the above

Question 6

Field recording without headphones is like taking photographs with your eyes closed.

Question 7

Which of the following are designed to minimize noise when field recording?

A) Wind sock
B) Shock mount
C) Pistol grips
D) Boom poles
E) A, b, and c

Question 8

S/N ratio refers to speech (principal dialogue) and narration.

Question 9

Dynamic range refers to the difference between the softest soft and the loudest loud.

Question 10

A slate is often recorded for each field recording to provide important information when building a database.