VM 612 - Graduate Sound Design

Credits: 4 credits
Provides the graduate student with a theoretical basis in sound for image and the creative skills in audio production and postproduction required to produce the sound track for their MFA thesis project. The course also prepares the student for a career in the field of sound design. Audio Production topics includemicrophone techniques, studio and location sound recording processes, and sound effects creation. Audio Post-Production and Sound Design topics includedialog correction; noise reduction; E.Q and compressors/limiters; Automated Dialog Replacement (ADR/looping); Foley session recording; and editing and mixing for stereo, binaural, and surround-sound formats. Sound for image theory and practice are applied to narrative, experimental, and documentary film; AR/VR applications; computer cell animation; installations; podcasts; and sound art.