Teaching Responsibility

LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:

LJMU Partner Taught

Learning Methods

Lecture

Workshop

Module Offerings

4603STE -SEP-PAR

Aims

To introduce students to the basic skills and knowledge to capture, edit, create, and mix audio in conjunction with moving image

Learning Outcomes

1.
Employ appropriate technical methods to capture location sound in conjunction with picture.
2.
Operate an industry standard DAW to edit and synchronise sound to picture.
3.
Recognise the key sound groups employed in sound design for moving image across a range of applications.

Module Content

Outline Syllabus:
Sound and Picture

Overview and historical background to sound for picture; Natural sound versus produced sound; Gestalt and Pyschoacoustic principles; Sound Groups; TV versus Film sound conventions; Music in Film, Audio for Games

Sound FX

Using FX libraries. Layering sounds – approaches to FX building (onset, body, tail)

DAWS in Post

Understanding Libraries and Media Folders Basic editing functions; Slipping and Trimming Cues; DSP Functions; Trimming Cues; Sync Markers and Spotting Tools; Movie Floats and frame rates

Location Recording

Microphone choice and use (boom / lavalier). Timecode use on location. Sound reports and metadata. Synchronising location sound in post-production

Assessments

Practice

Practice