Foley Sounds Are Vocal

Question: The four general categories of film sound are __________.

Answer: vocal sounds, environmental sounds, music, and silence

Question: What is the difference between diegetic sound and nondiegetic sound?

Answer: Diegetic sound originates from a source within the world of the film, while nondiegetic sound comes from a source outside that world

Question: Which of the following are good assumptions of sound design?

Answer: A film’s sound is potentially as expressive as its images.
Image and sound can create different worlds.
Image and sound are co-expressible.

Question: What are the four phases of sound production?

Answer: Design, recording, editing, mixing

Question: What is ambient sound?

Answer: Sounds that emanate from the setting or environment being filmed

Question: True or false: Like other types of sound, music can be intrinsic, helping to tell the story, whether it pertains to plot, action, character, or mood.

Answer: True

Question: What is overlapping sound (also known sometimes as a sound bridge)?

Answer: Sound that carries over from a first shot to the next before the second shot begins

Question: True or false: Foley sounds are sounds that are created and recorded “wild,” or in the field, and then edited into the film.

Answer: False – foley sounds are created from props on set.

Question: True or false: In the context of sound design, silence can be a sound.

Answer: True

Question: Which individual is responsible for recording and supervising sound throughout the process of making a film?

Answer: Sound Editor