Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
LJMU Partner Taught
Learning Methods
Lecture
Tutorial
Workshop
Module Offerings
5534STE-JAN-PAR
Aims
To provide learners with the practical skills and theoretical understanding necessary to record, mix and create sound for mixing image
Learning Outcomes
1.
Apply established forms and conventions in the production of audio for moving image
2.
Record and mix audio for a defined piece of vision selecting appropriate technical methods
3.
Use a surround capable desk / DAW to produce multi-channel mixes
4.
Explain the key technical principles and workflows associated with sound for moving image
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:Timecode Revisited
VITC, BITC, LTC and Serial timecode; 9-pin command modes; Principles of layback; Audio for video layback in practice; Syncing DAWs accurately to picture; The frame rate transfer problem; Understanding Pull Up/Pull Down
Video and television signals and formats
Chrominance, Luminance and Sync; Recording formats and embedded audio / timecode; Interlaced vs. non-interlaced images; digital video formats and codecs
Sound and Picture
Overview and historical background to sound for picture; Natural sound versus produced sound; Gestalt and Psychoacoustic principles; Sound Groups; TV versus Film sound conventions; Music in Film
Sound FX
Building effects; Suspending disbelief; Foley FX; Digital Effects and EQ as tools for FX building
DAWS in Post
Understanding Libraries and Media Folders; Internal Signal Routing; External Signal Routing; Basic editing functions; Slipping and Trimming Cues; DSP Functions; Trimming Cues; VCube ingest and compositions; Virtual Transport for synchronization; Sync Markers and Spotting Tools; Movie Floats and frame rates; 5.1 Stems and Panning; Using software monitor paths; Typical linear and non-linear workflows
Dialog
ADR or Looping; Microphone technique for dialog replacement; beeps and streamer generation for ADR
Multichannel Sound
Multi-channel sound history; Matrixed 4:2 surround theory, advantages and limitations; Dolby Surround and Steering; Compatibility Issues; Recording and Mixing prerequisites; Surround sound monitoring and signal paths; The role of the matrix; LT/RT Encoding; Practical considerations for mixing; Bandwidth limitations and solutions; Using the centre channel; Premixes; Monitoring Modes; Using automation; Discrete multi-channel formats, Dolby Digital, DTS and SDDS; Down Mixing advantages and disadvantages; Bass Management Issues in 5.1
Workflow and File Interchange
AAF, MXF and OMF interchange formats; wrapped and un-wrapped datasets; AS-11 delivery basics
Additional Information:Jon Thornton is the Module Leader.