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CHAPTER 6
FILM SOUND: LISTENING TO THE CINEMA
MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS
1. A microphone suspended over the action outside of camera range on a device resembling a fishing pole is called
2. After the introduction of synchronized sound in 1927, the Movietone system
3. Sound effects are used
4. The sound that marks the moment when the mother sees the word “murder” on her bedroom door in The Shining
is an example of
5. Film music can
6. Mickey-mousing is
7. An example of synchronous sound is
8. An example of asynchronous sound is
9. Which 1927 Warner Bros. film is credited with convincing studios and audiences that synchronized sound was
here to stay?
10. Sound perspective refers to
A. the creation of sound effects.
FILL-IN-THE-BLANK QUESTIONS
1. _____________ has a visible onscreen source, such as when dialogue appears to come directly from the speaker’s
3. A musical _____________ may be played in different ways at different times to help convey something about a
4. A _____________ is a character, a person, or an unidentifiable voice that provides commentary during a film.
The answer can be found on p. 220.
SHORT-ANSWER QUESTIONS (3–4 SENTENCES)
1. What was the Vitaphone system, and why was it short-lived?
2. How was sound provided during film showings until the late 1920s?
3. Name two possible functions of prerecorded popular music within a film.
4. What are two possible uses of silence in narrative sound films?
5. Describe two types of film-sound transitions, explaining what they are and how they might be used.