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Current Academic Year 2012 - 2013
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Module Title
Module Code
School
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Module Teacher	Tom Lawrence
NFQ level	8	Credit Rating
Pre-requisite	None
Co-requisite	None
Compatibles	None
Incompatibles	None

Description

The course introduces student to the principles of recording, editing and mixing audio for use in multimedia productions. Students will produce their own field recordings and Foley for film and animation. Through critical analysis of film sound, audio installations and music production the students will develop skills to assess and implement Sound Design. Students will design and produce sound for linear and responsive media.

Learning Outcomes

1. Demonstrate recording and microphone technique through field recordings
2. Produce a soundtrack for an eight to ten minute film or animation
3. Demonstrate expertise in sound studio
4. Record and edit Foley sound for picture.
5. Mix sound from both musical and environmental sources.
6. Design and produce sound for linear and responsive media.

Workload	Full-time hours per semester
*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Lecture	12	Theory and Case Study based
Seminars	24	Lab session practice based, demonstration & feedback sessions
Directed learning	24	Pitch of ideas and trailer/demo presentation developement
Independent learning	50	independent learning time
Assignment	40	Assingment 1
Assignment	60	Assignment 2
Directed learning	40	Researching relevant techniques, artists and sound works
Total Workload: 250

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

Hearing and spectral content of sound:.
Frequency domain, fundamentals, harmonics, subharmonics & overtones.Principles of hearing:-Psycho-acousticsPrinciples of reproduction: monitoring, speakers and environment.

Sound Design for Moving Image.
Recording source audio for moving images.Foley recording and designFilm Soundtrack and music.

Synthesis and Sampling;.
Sound synthesise: additive, subtractive, modulation and granularMIDI.

Digital Audio Recording..
Microphone Techniques & Location recordingThe recording studio for dubbing and voice over & Multi-track recording..

Digital Signal Processing;.
Multi-track Mixing: Editing, Effects & Processing:( equalisation, compression and reverberation).

Audio for responsive/ interactive environments:.
Sound design for installationsSound design for games,Algorithmic Audio composition..

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment	%	Examination Weight	%

Course Work Breakdown
Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Project	To produce a major multimedia sound work or sound installation	60%	Week 12
Digital production	Produce a piece of mixed audio ( studio and environmental sounds) for broadcast.	40%	Week 7

Reassessment Requirement
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories; 1 = A resit is available for all components of the module 2 = No resit is available for 100% continuous assessment module 3 = No resit is available for the continuous assessment component
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Indicative Reading List

Barry Blesser and Linda-Ruth Salter: 2007, Spaces Speak, are you listening?: Experiencing Aural Architecture, MIT Press,
Jean-Francois Augoyard: 2006, Sonic Experience: A Guide to Everyday Sounds, McGill, Montreal,
Matt Woolman: 2000, Sonic Graphics: Seeing Sound, Thames & Hudson, London,
Alan Licht: 2007, Sound Art: Beyond Music, Between Categories, Rizzoli, New York,
LaBelle, Brandon: 2006, Background Noise: Perspectives on Sound Art,
Kruth, Patricia: 2000, Sound, Cambridge University Press, New York,

Other Resources

3337, Handouts:, 0, Training handouts, 3339, Audio:, 0, Examples, exercises and listening training, 3348, Website, WALTER MURCH, 0, Stretching Sound to Help the Mind See, http://www.filmsound.org/murch/stretching.htm, 3349, Website, Walter Murch, 2005, DENSE CLARITY – CLEAR DENSITY, http://transom.org/?page_id=7006, 3350, Website, 0, The Wire: Adventures in Modern Music:, http://thewire.co.uk/, 3351, Website, 0, Interference Journal, http://www.interferencejournal.com/, 3352, Website, Ira Glass, 0, Radiolab: An Appreciation by Ira Glass, http://transom.org/?p=20139, 3353, Website, Bob Katz, 0, Music mastering and loudness Part 1, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EgamkLkXW8,

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Please note that this information is subject to change.