How the microphone picks up sound in the film studio; how the electrical impulses are transmitted to the recording room and amplified, how sound is photographed on to a special track, how a married print is made, and how sound works when projected in a cinema.
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Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
004992
Language
English
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion picture projection
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion pictures - Study and teaching
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Sound - Recording and reproducing
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Motion pictures - Study and teaching
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
Educational & Instructional → Instructional
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Sound-waves
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)