Post Sound Design: The Art and Craft of Audio Post Production for the Moving Image (The CineTech Guides to the Film Crafts)

Post Sound Design provides a practical introduction to the fascinating craft of editing and replacing dialog, creating Foley and sound effects, editing music, and balancing these elements to a final mix. Based on years of experience and teaching this material to students at Drexel University, award-winning film composer John Avarese offers user-friendly knowledge and stimulating exercises to help compose story, develop characters, and create emotion through skillful creation of the sound-track. Starting each chapter with a real-life example, the textbook is structured in such a way as to create a fundamental understanding of the physics and the biological foundation of hearing, and put it into practice with suggested movie scenes demonstrating the discussed audio techniques. Post Sound Design engagingly demonstrates the individual areas essential to creating a soundtrack that will enhance any media production. Cover page Halftitle page Series page Title page Copyright page CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 1 WHAT IS SOUND DESIGN? WHY IS SOUND SO IMPORTANT? WHAT IS SOUND DESIGN? LOW BUDGET PRODUCTION CONSIDERATIONS—AND A TRUE STORY IT ALL STARTS WITH CAPTURING THE SOUND WHY YOUR LISTENING ENVIRONMENT IS SO IMPORTANT LISTEN 2 DAWS What’s in the Box? AUDIO INTERFACE STRAIGHTFORWARD EXPLANATION OF THE FUNDAMENTALS OF DIGITAL AUDIO 3 AUDIO CONNECTORS, MICROPHONES CONNECTING AUDIO EQUIPMENT MICROPHONES FREQUENCY RESPONSE 4 ORGANIZING OPEN MEDIA FRAMEWORKS (OMFS) (OR ADVANCED AUTHORING FORMATS (AAFS)) Planning the Tracks: Where to Start, and Organizing Your Work OPENING OMFS OR AAFS NDP CONSOLIDATE STEREO NON-DIALOG TRACKS 5 NARRATION WHAT IS THAT VOICE AND WHERE IS IT COMING FROM? PLANNING A NARRATION RECORDING SESSION MICROPHONE CONSIDERATIONS CASTING SCRIPTS WORKING WITH TALENT MARKING SCRIPTS DURING RECORDING EDITING NARRATION TIMED NARRATION A CLEAN RECORDING 6 DIALOG EDITING Every Word Is Important WHAT IS DIALOG EDITING? GETTING STARTED ORGANIZING THE TRACKS SMOOTH TRANSITIONS DECIDE WHAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED 7 EQUALIZATION AND DYNAMICS Shaping the Sound FREQUENCIES DYNAMICS THE OPPOSITE OF COMPRESSION 8 ADR It’s Not Repairing, It’s Replacing USE SIMILAR EQUIPMENT TO THE ORIGINAL THE TRADITIONAL ADR PROCESS AN ALTERNATE WAY OF RECORDING ADR ALTERING THE ADR RECORDING IN POST: TIME AND SPACE 9 SOUND DESIGN PIECES OF THE PUZZLE LISTENING IN LAYERS DIEGETIC AND NON-DIEGETIC SOUNDS AMBIENCES HARD SOUND EFFECTS FOLEY WALLA WORLDIZING 10 EDITING MUSIC The Soul of Film THE POWER OF MUSIC TEMP SCORES WORKING WITH LIBRARIES WORKING WITH COMPOSERS STEMS FROM COMPOSERS MUSIC CUE SHEETS 11 REVERBS AND DELAYS GIVE IT SOME SPACE BUT FIRST, HOW WE GOT HERE USING REVERBS IN POST-PRODUCTION DELAYS AUX CHANNELS—OR LET’S TAKE A BUS 12 MIXING Putting It All Together AUTOMATION COPIES WHAT TO CHARGE 13 DELIVERABLES YOU MAY THINK THAT YOU’RE DONE . . . DELIVERABLES QUALITY CONTROL FULLY FILLED-IN MUSIC AND EFFECTS (M&E) TRACKS 14 CASE STUDIESA Couple of Real-world Scenarios MY DOG TULIP DIALOG THE USE OF EFFECTS IN CREATING THE SOUNDTRACK MUSIC THE MIX A STORY ABOUT SURROUND PRISON SOUNDS FOLEY—FOOTSTEPS, CLOTHING, AND SQUISHY STUFF AMBIENCES, OR LACK THEREOF AN EVOLVING SCORE RELAXED MIX INDEX "Post Sound Design provides a practical introduction to the fascinating craft of editing and replacing dialog, creating Foley and sound effects, editing music, and balancing these elements to a final mix. Based on years of experience and teaching this material to students at Drexel University, award-winning film composer John Avarese offers user-friendly knowledge and stimulating exercises to help compose story, develop characters and create emotion through skillful creation of the sound track. Starting each chapter with a real-life example, the textbook is structured in such a way to create a fundamental understanding of the physics and the biological foundation of hearing, and putting it into practice with suggested movie scenes demonstrating the discussed audio techniques. Post Sound Design engagingly demonstrates the individual areas essential to creating a soundtrack that will enhance any media production." -- Site web de l'éditeur "Post Sound Design provides a practical introduction to the fascinating craft of editing and replacing dialog, creating Foley and sound effects, editing music, and balancing these elements to a final mix. Based on years of experience and teaching this material to students at Drexel University, award-winning film composer John Avarese offers user-friendly knowledge and stimulating exercises to help compose story, develop characters and create emotion through skillful creation of the sound track. Starting each chapter with a real-life example, the textbook is structured in such a way to create a fundamental understanding of the physics and the biological foundation of hearing, and putting it into practice with suggested movie scenes demonstrating the discussed audio techniques. Post Sound Design engagingly demonstrates the individual areas essential to creating a soundtrack that will enhance any media production."--Publisher`s website What is sound design? DAWs : what's in the box? Audio connectors, microphones Organizing OMFS (or AAFS) : planning the tracks : where to start and organizing your work Narration Dialog editing : every word is important Equalization and dynamics : shaping the sound ADR : it's not repairing it's replacing Sound design Editing music : the soul of film Reverbs and delays Mixing : putting it all together Deliverables Case studies : a couple of real-world scenarios.