COURSE Code: FMTV 311
3 Credits
Course Description
This course is designed to explore the art and craft of sound recording, sound editing and sound mixing and the role that each discipline plays in documentary and dramatic filmmaking. Through in-class exercises, individual and group projects, students will develop skills as sound recordists, boom operators, sound editors and sound mixers.
Students will study sync sound recording, sound editing and mixing. Students will record, edit and mix the sound for a short group documentary. Students will also record, edit and mix the sound for a short group dramatic project that will be shot on location. Students will follow the sound post process from pre-production, production and post-production to the deliverables stage. Special emphasis will be placed on pre-production planning, technical specs including technically correct audio levels, naming protocols and the relationship between the picture post and sound post departments. Industry standards will be introduced and adhered to.
Students will learn Pro Tools non-linear sound editing software. Students will study the practices and techniques of the various sub-disciplines within audio post-production: dialogue, ADR, SFX, ambience and music editing, and mixing. Special emphasis will be placed on esthetics and the creative choices available to the audio post team.
