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

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