SOUND FOR FILM

SOUND MICROPHONE RECORDING SFX

EQUALIZER TECHNIQUE
Vibrations that travel through the air or
another medium and can be heard when
they reach a person's or animal's ear.
 Decibel (db)

A decibel is a unit of
measurement which is
used to indicate how loud a
sound is
 SOUND FREQUENCY
The number of times per second that
a sound pressure wave repeats itself
The units of frequency are called hertz (Hz). Humans
with normal hearing can hear sounds between 20 Hz
and 20,000 Hz. Frequencies above 20,000 Hz are
known as ultrasound.
MICROPHONE

A microphone is a device
that translates
sound vibrations in the air
into electronic
signals or scribes them to
a recording medium
POLAR PATTERN
SOUND DEPARTMENT
 FILM SOUND GEARS

Boom pole
Sound recorder
XLR

Blimp windshield Sound mixer

 SINGLE AND DOUBLE
RECORDING TECHNIQUE
1. Clean dialogue
2. Wild sound
3. Boom perspective
4. SFX
Equalizer (eq)