CHAPTER
SOUND AND MUSIC
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ound, in the form of dialogue, background noise, or effects, pro-
vides an important means of communicating ideas. Music helps set the
tone of a scene and emphasizes the emotions portrayed by the actors.
Together, sound and music give dimension to a visual image that would
otherwise be mere pantomime.
Those involved in the creation, recording, and mixing of sound and
music include:
· Production Sound Mixer: coordinate and monitor the recording of
dialogue and ambient sound during filming.
· Boom Operator: handle the overhead boom microphone and con-
cealed wireless microphones.
· Cabler, Cable Man, or Third Man: run cable to the mikes and place
body mikes on actors.
· Production Soundman: record onset sound.
· Dialogue Editor: edit the sound recorded during filming.
· Automated Dialogue Replacement (ADR) Supervisor: record lines of
dialogue that will be dubbed in (substituted) for unusable passages
recorded during filming.
· FX Editor: add or embellish sounds other than dialogue or music.
· Foley Artist: create appropriate sounds for the FX Editor.
· Music Editor: create a temporary score; help sync the final score to
the film.
· Playback Operator: play prerecorded music during the filming of a
scene.
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