Chapter 07
Sound in the Cinema
1. Sounds perform many functions in film including
2. Which of the following is NOT one of the three major perceptual properties of film sound?
3. The term dialogue overlap means
4. The term Mickey Mousing refers to
5. In film sound, “fidelity” refers to
7. The scene of the cavalry rescue in John Ford’s Stagecoach
8. Sound that represents a character’s thoughts without the character speaking aloud is called
9. The prologue of Orson Welles’s The Magnificent Ambersons
10. Which of the following does NOT affect sound perspective in a theater space?
11. A sound bridge is
12. A sound bridge is categorized as
13. How are speech, music, and sound effects captured?
14. In Michael Mann’s The Last of the Mohicans, during the final combat scene,
15. A dry recording is a recording
16. Ambient sounds are the sounds that
17. In a modern film, how many separate tracks may be layered into the mix at any given moment?
18. The pitch, or frequency, of a sound affects the
19. Film sound can include any mixture of
20. The angels in Wings of Desire violate the rule that one character cannot
21. In the scene when Virginia is on the beach in The Snake Pit, the crossing of internal and external diegetic sound borders
accomplishes what narrative goal?
22. When the king puts on headphones in The King’s Speech, what kind of sound do we hear?
23. How would you describe Casablanca‘s soundtrack compared to film soundtracks of today?
24. To create suspense, horror and mystery films often use
25. Jackie Brown repeats the same scene three times, using ______ in each version.
26. In Citizen Kane, a sound motif is
27. Rhythm involves what aspects?
28. A category of film that typically uses sonic flashbacks intercut with diegetic synchronous sound is
29. A dialogue overlap is when a line of dialogue continues across a cut.
30. To aid in synchronization, the soundtracks of animated films are recorded after all the images are completed.
31. The final battle scene of Seven Samurai uses a dense mix of sound effects without music.
32. Foley sound effects are the most common kind of nondiegetic sound.
33. The rhythm, melody, harmony, tempo, volume, and instrumentation of the music can all strongly affect a viewer’s
emotional reactions.
34. Fidelity refers to the quality of recording.
35. Volume, pitch, and timbre all contribute to the sonic texture of a film.
36. Diegetic sound must come from an on-screen source.
37. The loudness of sound in film can be measured precisely but is subjective for the listener.
38. Film sound can include any mixture of noise, music, and speech.
39. In musicals, the soundtrack is made before the image track.
40. The “Wilhelm” scream comes from a Foley sound library and has been used in only one full-length film, Psycho.
41. Diegetic sound is defined as any sound that is realistic.
42. Off-screen sound can provide a sense of how a scene will develop.
43. The use of subjective sound can parallel that of optical point-of-view.
44. Sound perspective gives a sense of spatial distance and location.
45. Nondiegetic sound is the same as synchronous sound.
46. An example of blending in The Exorcist is a single piercing scream repeated over and over again.
47. Describe what off-screen sound is and two major ways it can be used. Illustrate your answer with specific examples from
Film Art, the lectures, or any film seen for this class.
48. How does on-screen and off-screen sound work with optical point-of-view cutting to illuminate character perspective in
Quentin Tarantino’s Jackie Brown?
