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    Post-Production Lesson 3 - Sound Design

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    This document outlines a post-production sound design course. It discusses [1] the importance of sound in film and how it can subtly influence the audience or thrust them into a scene. [2] It covers sound recording techniques like choosing the right microphone and understanding audio equipment. [3] The final section details the post-production sound process, including laying down dialogue, effects and atmosphere tracks, cleaning up audio, mixing and balancing levels, and adding effects to elicit specific emotions from audiences.

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    This document outlines a post-production sound design course. It discusses [1] the importance of sound in film and how it can subtly influence the audience or thrust them into a scene. [2] It covers sound recording techniques like choosing the right microphone and understanding audio equipment. [3] The final section details the post-production sound process, including laying down dialogue, effects and atmosphere tracks, cleaning up audio, mixing and balancing levels, and adding effects to elicit specific emotions from audiences.

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    This document outlines a post-production sound design course. It discusses [1] the importance of sound in film and how it can subtly influence the audience or thrust them into a scene. [2] It covers sound recording techniques like choosing the right microphone and understanding audio equipment. [3] The final section details the post-production sound process, including laying down dialogue, effects and atmosphere tracks, cleaning up audio, mixing and balancing levels, and adding effects to elicit specific emotions from audiences.

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    Post-Production Lesson 3 - Sound Design

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    This document outlines a post-production sound design course. It discusses [1] the importance of sound in film and how it can subtly influence the audience or thrust them into a scene. [2] It covers sound recording techniques like choosing the right microphone and understanding audio equipment. [3] The final section details the post-production sound process, including laying down dialogue, effects and atmosphere tracks, cleaning up audio, mixing and balancing levels, and adding effects to elicit specific emotions from audiences.

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    Post-Production Course Outline – Sound Design

    1. Importance of sound in film


    a. Sound as a subconscious and conscious element
    b. Determines our positioning in the film
    c. Sound “eases” us into a scene, or can be jarring and thrust us into or out of a
    situation.
    d. Can evoke nostalgia, fear, tension, suspense, etc.
    e. Bad sound will alienate more than bad visuals.
    f. “Missing” audio (e.g. sound effects or room tone) will make a scene feel incomplete.

    2. Sound recording
    a. Clean audio
    b. Noise to signal ratio
    i. Understanding “noise”
    ii. Noise your microphone and cables make (innate electronic noise)
    c. Room tone
    d. Atmospheric sound
    e. Choosing your microphone and understanding your limits
    i. Lapel, boom, onboard DSLR, Zoom, phone, etc.
    ii. Directionality/polarity: cardoid, hypercardoid, omnidirectional, figure 8, etc.
    f. Understanding cables
    i. XLR vs audio jack

    3. Post-production sound (Practical)


    a. Laying your sound down
    i. Dialogue
    ii. Atmospheric
    iii. Sound effects/foley
    iv. Room tone
    b. Cleaning your sound
    i. Denoise, dehum, de-ess
    ii. EQ: lowcut, highpass
    iii. Crossfade tracks
    c. Mixing distance
    i. Atmosphere in the background
    ii. Dialogue in real-time
    iii. Voice-overs in the foreground
    iv. Music in the background/foreground (depending on scene)
    v. Sound effects in the background/foreground (depending on scene)
    d. Adding effects to your sound
    i. Ethereal; Nostalgic; Suspenseful
    ii. Slow motion sound; outer space
    iii. Tinnitus
    iv. Making sound for emotive effects, or non-literal spaces
    e. Choosing your soundtrack
    i. When to add sound and when to leave it as silence
    ii. Short-form versus long-form soundtracks
    iii. Making a cohesive soundtrack

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