Introduction to Sound Techniques for Transfer Students

Catalog description

This course provides an intensive one-semester introduction to sound for Film and Video. The students will have a hands-on opportunity to work on the audio side of the filmmaking process and experience the effect a good sound design can make on the overall quality of the audience experience. There will be lectures and exercises starting with the most basic elements of recording location dialogue and ambience as well as an introduction to the operation of both the ADR and Foley studios. Most of the exercises will directly contribute to the completion of a final project that will encompass practical use of all the basic elements of sound design. This class is meant to provide a basic foundation for the student’s future work in the department, both for those who plan to go more deeply into sound with advanced classes here as well as for students wanting to better understand the value of this medium to film and television.