Alexander Markowski Alexander Markowski UNCW Film StudiesUNCW Film Studies

FST 393 -Sound Design-FST 393 -Sound Design-

Post Production Final ProjectPost Production Final Project

Film Sound ProjectFilm Sound Project

Each student selects a short section of a favorite film. They must then remove the existing sound track and create a new sound track using professional sound recording, editing and mixing basics learned in class.

Power Point Short Film of Students in ADR and Foley Student Project Examples

IntroductionIntroduction

This is a production course designed to enable students to develop a deeper understanding of a film sound track. The three main components of a film sound track; dialog, music and effects are examined and broken down into individual categories to reveal the purpose of each effect in the story telling process.

Project – Goals

Learn the professional mechanics in creating film sound tracks.

Learn how to translate and communicate creative goals through established sound spotting and cueing methods.

Learn how to manage media so projects can be recorded and edited on multiple computers as well as properly archived upon completion.

Reinforce sound editing and mixing skills.

Students will acquire a broad sense of the tasks required to perform post-production audio for a film project.

This exposure should give students an appreciation of the complexity and effort needed to produce a final film sound track.

It is also the thought that if students can master these practices that they will be enabled with organizational skills, communication practices and time management skills that will give them an artistic advantage over non enable students.

Preparation for sound editorial and recording:

Spotting Scheduling Recording Media Managing Editing Mixing

Students must create :

Spotting notes, which accurately convey their ideas about the sound track.

ADR cue log that follows a standard professional format.

Foley cue sheets that cue all foley to be recorded. All spotting notes, ADR and foley cues must be clearly

formed so that other editors and sound engineers can decipher and perform tasks based on their instruction.

Students must effectively organize and engineer sound recordings.

Students must decide which sound effects can be expected to be pulled from a standard sound effects library and what will need to be freshly recorded.

Based on the spotting notes students create a list and gather custom recorded sound with portable recording equipment.

Students record ADR and foley sound effects to picture using non-linear computer software.

Students must create computer based sound editorial sessions that are specific to 4 individual tasks. In this

process they must clearly demonstrate the principles of organized media management.

1 - Sound effects editorial to clean up and master student recorded sound effects.

2- A foley record session with multiple tracks and digital movie. 3- An ADR recording session with multiple tracks and digital

movie. 4- A final edit and mix session with all combined tracks from foley

ADR sound effects with multiple tracks and digital movie.

Students must sound edit and mix the audio that they have gathered in

sync to digital video. Sound editorial must include cuts and rendered audio

fades and cross fades. Sound mix must contain the use of envelope volume

control. Sound design may include the use of rendered or real

time audio processing including equalization, compression, pitch conversion, echo and reverberation based on artistic needs.

Artistic requirements:

Student projects must demonstrate the artistic value of dynamics, continuity, balance and fidelity congruent with the story telling process.

Don’t leave any holes, make it sound entertaining, and have it neatly presented and organized.

Advantages

Allowing students to select their own section of a movie is a great motivational factor. Students are working on a film section that emphasizes their own interest whether it is a horror movie, sci-fi classic, or students own film.

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The Decent Labyrinth Fearless Six String Dead Alive Le fabuleux destin Le fabuleux destin

d'Amélie Poulaind'Amélie Poulain Lawrence of Arabia Futurama Wallace and Gromit Harry Potter Baby Snakes Texas Chainsaw Massacre Monsters Inc. Potamkin