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Sound Design Laboratory

Sound Design Laboratory

Code	13839
Year	1
Semester	S1
ECTS Credits	6
Workload	OT(15H)/TP(45H)
Scientific area	Cinema
Entry requirements	Not applicable.
Mode of delivery	Face-to-face
Learning outcomes	It is intended to lead students to use the fundamental tools for the different areas of work in film sound. It is also intended that students will be aware of the wide variety of possible combinations between sound and image that they will be challenged to implement. It is intended that the student will be able to (1) create an audio support for moving images, manipulating several of tools available in software and hardware, (2) conceptualize the diferent types of listening expected in the audience and the different types of combination between sound and image, and (3) analyze and discuss with fundamented grounds the different components of sound in audiovisual examples.
Syllabus	- Sound: emission, propagation and reception - Representations of sound - The viewer and the listening modes - Audio editing and mixing - Techniques for capturing audio - Analysis and application of dynamic, temporal, spatial and digital effects - Editing MIDI information and using samples - Spacialization for stereo and multipoint - Sound and Image: Synchronization, Parallelism and Counterpoint - Sound jobs
Main Bibliography	BEAUCHAMP, Robin, Designing sound for animation, New York, Focal Press, 2013 CHION, Michel, A audiovisão: som e imagem no cinema, Lisboa, Texto & Grafia, 2011 COOK, Nicholas, Analysing Musical Multimedia, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1998 HENRIQUE, Luís, Acústica Musical, Lisboa, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 2007 HUBER, David M., Modern Recording Techniques, New York, Focal Press, 2005 SONNENSCHEIN, David, Sound Design: The Expressive Power of Music, Voice and Sound Effects in Cinema, Studio City, MWP, 2001 YEWDALL, David, The Practical Art of Motion Picture Sound, New York, Focal Press, 2007
Language	Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.