Sound Design for Film
Published on 23. August 2021
176 pages
978-1-78500-915-0 (ISBN)
Description
Sound Design for Film offers an in-depth study of one of cinema's most powerful storytelling tools, exploring the creative landscape and proposing a variety of contemporary approaches to audio design. Opening up a hidden world of narrative techniques, experienced designer Tim Harrison provides key insights into how sound works on audiences to guide them through stories. Topics covered include: the creative process from script to delivery; visualizing your design ideas; developing characters and settings, and using motif and metaphor. Also covered is recording foley and sound effects along with editing and manipulating audio and the final mix. Serving as a tool for creative reflection and development, this unique book offers invaluable approaches for enhancing your storytelling skills, wherever you are on your filmmaking journey.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Ramsbury
United Kingdom
Illustrations
30 Figures; 59 Halftones, color
File size
12,54 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-78500-915-0 (9781785009150)
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Tim Harrison
Sound Design for Film
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08/2021
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Person
Tim Harrison is a sound designer, composer and filmmaker. He is the Founder and Director of Aumeta, an audio company whose credits include Black Mirror, Censor and Assassin's Creed. His filmmaking experience extends into multiple disciplines, having produced a number of award-winning music videos and directed several internationally exhibited films. He has also designed a number of film sound courses, and is an experienced lecturer at the University of the Arts London.
Content
- Intro
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- FOREWORD
- DEDICATION
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- 1 LISTENING: SOUNDSCAPES, AUDIENCES AND STORIES
- 2 CHARACTER: PSYCHOLOGY AND ACTING WITH SOUND
- 3 SETTING: AMBIENCE, IMMERSION AND SENSE OF PLACE
- 4 MOOD: EMOTION, TONE AND WORKING WITH MUSIC
- 5 SYMBOL: SOUND WORLDS AND METAPHORS
- 6 SHAPE: SOUND MAPS, CONTRAST AND MOTIF
- 7 VOICE (PRODUCTION): THE ART OF ON-SET RECORDING
- 8 VOICE (POST): DIALOGUE EDITING AND ADR
- 9 IMAGE: SPOTTING AND SOUNDâ?"IMAGE RELATIONSHIPS
- 10 TIME: TRANSITIONS, RHYTHM AND TIME PERCEPTION
- 11 SPACE: ACOUSTICS, SILENCE AND THE FREQUENCY SPECTRUM
- 12 AESTHETIC: EXPLORING THE OVERALL FEEL OF A SOUND TRACK
- 13 COLLABORATION: ROLES AND WORKFLOW WITHIN THE INDUSTRY
- 14 TRANSFORMATION: OTHERWORLDLY CAPTURE AND MANIPULATION
- 15 FINALE: MIXING AND DELIVERING A FILM
- APPENDIX I ONE LAST DANCE SCRIPT
- APPENDIX II MAN VS SAND SCRIPT
- APPENDIX III DYNAMIC QUALITIES OF SOUND
- GLOSSARY
- REFERENCES
- INDEX
