A sound stage is a hangar-like structure, building or room, that is soundproof for the production of theatrical motion pictures and television, usually inside a movie studio. Soundstage is a live concert series on PBS, originally aired 1974–1985, with a new version beginning in 2004. ... This article is about motion pictures. ... A movie studio is a controlled environment for the making of a film. ...

Structures of this type were in use in the motion picture industry before the advent of sound recording. Early stages for silent movies were built with large skylights until electric lighting became powerful enough to adequately expose film. With the coming of the talkies in the late 1920s, it became necessary to enclose the stages, eliminating noise and distractions from outside. Buildings without soundproofing are still referred to as silent stages, and can be used where the dialog and other sounds are recorded as a separate operation, usually by the principal actors doing a syncronised voice over a working "cut" of the film or specialized language actors doing a secondary language dubbing. A sound stage, unlike a silent stage, requires caution to avoid making noise behind the camera. A silent film is a film which has no accompanying soundtrack. ... Most of the industrialized world is lit by electric lights, which are used both at night and to provide additional light during the daytime. ... 1902 poster advertising Gaumonts sound films, depicting an optimistically vast auditorium A sound film is a motion picture with synchronized sound, or sound technologically coupled to image, as opposed to a silent film. ... The 1920s is sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or the Roaring Twenties, usually applied to America. ... In filmmaking, dubbing or looping is the process of recording or replacing voices for a motion picture. ...

An enclosed stage makes it easier for the crew of a production to design and build the sets to exact specifications, precise scale and detail. The art director makes an architectural plan and the carpenters build it. After it is painted, the set dresser furnishes it with everything that the set designer, under the direction of the art director, has selected for the interior. The camera can be placed exactly where the director wants it, and achieving the desired lighting is easier because each stage has a metal framework with catwalks and lights suspended from the ceiling. This makes it easier for the cinematographer to have the grips position each flag or bounce and the Electrics to position each light to get exactly the right shot. Set construction is a process by which a set designer works in collaboration with the director of the production to create the set for a theatrical production. ... This article is about building architecture. ... A Cameraman-Reporter during a MINUSTAH mission in 2007 (Photo: Patrick-André Perron A cinematographer is one photographing with a motion picture camera (the art and science of which is known as cinematography). ... In the U.S. and Canada, grips are lighting and rigging technicians in the film and video industries. ...

Though it is an expensive process, working on a sound stage saves time when setting up. As all the scenes can be filmed on the sets inside the sound stage, it also eliminates having to move the production from location to location.

Soundstage also refers to the depth and richness of an audio recording (usually referring to the playback process). According to audiophiles, the quality of the playback is very much dependent on how one is able to pick out different instruments, voices, vocal parts, etc. exactly where they are located on an imaginary 2D or 3D field. This can enhance not only the listener's involvement in the recording but also their overall perception of the stage. Methods and media for sound recording are varied and have undergone significant changes between the first time sound was actually recorded for later playback until now. ... An audiophile, from Latin audire[1] to hear and Greek philos[2] loving, can be generally defined as a person dedicated to achieving high fidelity in the recording and playback of music . ...

See also

• Cinema
• History of cinema
• Redress
• sound localization