quiz 2 study guide

FILMP/MEDP 160 • FALL 2013
STUDY GUIDE FOR QUIZ 2
LECTURE 5
Part 1 – The Lens
Chapter ten is the companion to the lecture on the lens.
You should 'focus' on the issues raised in the lecture:
how a lens works
focal length and how it affects what you see (in the book the term 'perspective' is used. In
the lecture we referenced 'field of view'.
ideas of simple vs compound lens
idea of fixed vs variable focal length lenses (advantages and disadvantages).
The notion of depth of field or DOF, and how to control it. (this is referenced on pp233
-234 of V&V.)
You do not need to with the material in V&V from the middle of p234 to the end of the
chapter that deals with DOF charts and calculations.
Part 2 – Interviewing
This lecture deals with material that is not covered in the reading.
Some of the topics
Ways to look at what an interview is
Importance of pre-interviewing
Guidelines for interviewing
styles of interviewing
Errol Morris and his “interrotron”
LECTURE 6 Sound Basics
This lecture focuses on the nature of sound, as well as sound recording. It relates to
materials in V&V Chapter 15 and 16.
In Chapter 15 the part of the lecture dealing with the nature of sound is referenced on pp
329 – 333.

concept of sound as a wave phenomenon
frequency - Bass/treble
amplitude (+ other terms)
dynamic range & frequency response or range, human and mechanical
timbre
Sound Measurement:ecibels (dB) as a logarithmic scale
Hertz (Hz) and Kilohertz (kHz)
Sound recording concepts
idea of microphone as 'transducer'
types of microphones and how they work
comparison of dynamic vs condenser mics advantages
lavalier microphone
Microphone pickup (reception) patterns and directional characteristics
Omni-directional
Cardioid
Hypercardioid (directional)
Overmodulation
Windscreen
Shockmount
Boom
This lecture does not reference material in the book on pp333 to 344 that deal with
location recording approaches or types of mixers. The material on Digital Sound Recording
on pp337-339 is important for you to grasp, but it references material in lecture 7 (see
below). The section on microphones on pp345- 350 is also directly relevant to this lecture.
There was also specific information about the Zoom recorder, so check your notes
on the recorder and record levels for digital audio.
This lecture and the sound recording demo reference Chapter 16 of V&V. We are working
digitally so don't concern yourself with the discussion of analog record levels on pp353-356.
Do take a look at the discussion of mic technique on pp357-362.
LEC 07 SOUND DESIGN
Sound as constructed environment
relationship of sound and image as “non-natural”
Categories of sound in a film soundtrack
Dialogue (Speech)
Music
Sound Effects (SFX) (Noise)
Diegetic vs non-diegetic sound as applied to the three categories
Types of speech
Dialogue
monologue
Voice Over (VO/narration)
Role of sound design in the film
ambience/room toneound “elements” and where they come from
foley studio
This part of the lecture is referenced in V&V Chapter 21 from pp471-483. The material on
484-486 is not relevant, but the last section “Sound Design Strategies” on pp487-490 is.
The second part of the lecture dealt with Digital Audio.
Layering audio and laying out Audio elements in tracks
Dialog
SFX
Music
Voice Over / Narration
Ambience
Digital audio concepts
Sampling
Sample rates
Compression
Digital Audio File types (.wav, .aiff as uncompressed and .mp3 as compressed)
Audio filtering
Equalization (EQ)
The reading material on Digital Sound Recording is in V&V on pp337-339. You can look at
chapter 23 on Sound Editing in V&V but you will not be held responsible for concepts other
than the ones dealt with in the lecture.