What is meant by figure/ground in the context of sound ...

[TVarnum]

What is meant by figure/ground in the context of sound aesthetics?
 
 

a. the principal sound source is favored against other sounds, which act as
  background
  b. the background sounds must match the visual background of the scene
  c. the principal sound source must be in motion to become the figure against
  the more stable ground
  d. the principal sound source must always be shown in close-ups
  e. the principal sound source must be moving against a stable background

Question 2

What is meant by sound perspective?
 
 

a. panning the sound from screen-left to screen-right
  b. matching close-up shots with close-up sounds and long shots with faraway
  sounds
  c. matching literal sounds with the sound-producing source in first-order
  space
  d. matching literal sounds with linear perspective in first-order space
  e. matching stereo sound with a high-energy scene

[amy.lauersdorf90]

Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

b.

[TVarnum]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

[gcook]

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