INTRODUCTION TO SOUND

PREREQUISITE: FILM1020
In this course, students learn audio skills in order to create and capture audio for film and the visual image. Students will additionally learn sound theory, and are introduced to sound characteristics, microphone types and usage, basic acoustical principles, basic sound design objectives. Class focuses on the elements of sound: dialog, voice-over, sound effects and music and their impact on the visual image. Through industry standard location and studio recording techniques, students are responsible for acquiring, editing, enhancing, processing, mixing, and synchronizing sound for production and post-production sound.