Sound: Techniques

Question 1

What is a fade?

Answer 1

gradually changing the volume of a piece either to be louder or quitter

Question 2

How can you use a fade in combination with action?

Answer 2

Sounds can also be established at a higher volume, faded to a lower level when the action begins, and brought back up at the end of a scene

gives the impression that the
sound has been played at the same volume throughout.

Question 3

What should you consider for an audiance when using an effect?

Answer 3

How will they read this, what will their impression be?

Question 4

What is an echo, how do you add it and what might it inidcate?

Answer 4

Echo: Sound boucning of surface

Added: through editing software

indicate: location, create mood (Ei isolation, loneliness) or limit realism

Question 5

What is a reverb, how can it be added and what does it indicate?

Answer 5

Reverb: an effect added to a sound using
editing software or occurring naturally in a performance space

Added: Editing software

Indicate: help the audience understand the location or atmosphere of a performance (one sound will sound different in a cathedral from a classroom)

Question 6

What is it called when music accompanies action?

Answer 6

Underscoring

Question 7

What are sound levels?

Answer 7

How loud or softly a sound is played

Different sound levels might even have a physical effect on an audience (can feel deep vibrations) however make use it never obscures the actors!