Audio Post Production

Overview

This module provides students with advanced sound design and audio post production skills for working with film, television, and new media content. Students will learn about location sound recording and audio post production workflows and gain practical experience of editing and mixing sound to picture to broadcast specifications. Topics covered include location recording and dialogue editing strategies, ADR session workflow, Foley session recording, mixing to picture and output mix formats.

Learning Objectives

On completion of this module students will be able to:
(i) edit location dialogue to picture
(ii) record and edit replacement dialogue to picture
(iii) record, synthesis and edit appropriate ‘atmos’, foley and sound effects
(iv) mix audio to picture to standard broadcast specifications

Skills

(i) Numeracy and information and communication technology.
(ii) Creative thinking and problem solving.
(iii) Operation of hardware and software for creative studio applications.
(iv) Identify, analyse and solve problems by prioritising tasks, coping with complexity, setting achievable goals and taking action.
(v) Work with information and handle a mass of diverse data, assess risk and draw conclusions (analysis, attention to detail, judgement).
(vi) Apply subject knowledge and understanding from the degree pathway.
(vii) Possess high level transferable key skills such as the ability to work with others in a team, to communicate (both orally and in writing), influence, negotiate and resolve conflict.
(viii) Have the ability and desire to learn for oneself and improve one's self-awareness and performance, to uphold the values of lifelong learning and demonstrate emotional intelligence.
(ix) Demonstrate confidence and motivation to start and to finish the job, adaptability / flexibility, creativity, initiative, leadership, decision-making, negotiating and the ability to cope with stress.
(x) Demonstrate the knowledge and experience of working with relevant modern technology.
(xi) Apply and exploit information technology.

Assessment

None