Post Production - Mixing and Sound Design for Film and TV Class | New York
Introduction to Audio Post Production for Film and TV
- →The role sound plays in film and television, and why it carries more than people think
- →An overview of the whole sound post-production process
Post Production Sound Theory and Terminology
- →Dialogue, Foley, sound effects and music - what each one is for, and the vocabulary the room uses
Case Studies and Analysis
- →Pulling apart the sound design in famous film and TV scenes
- →What successful sound design projects did, and why it worked
Industry Tools and Software
- →Working in the editors the industry actually uses - Pro Tools, Soundminer and the rest
- →The plug-ins and processing that do the heavy lifting
Dialogue Editing
- →Cleaning and enhancing dialogue recordings
- →Syncing dialogue to picture
- →ADR - automated dialogue replacement
Effects Editing, Part One
- →Ambience and atmosphere
- →Immersive soundscapes and environmental sound
- →Balancing ambience against dialogue and music
Effects Editing, Part Two, and Foley
- →Sound effects and sound design - hard FX against designed sound
- →Using and building sound libraries
- →Recording and editing Foley, and where the craft came from
- →Syncing Foley to the action on screen
Music in Film and TV
- →How music creates emotional impact
- →Source music against score
- →Working with composers
Collaboration and Communication
- →The audio post team, and who does what
- →Working with directors, producers and the rest of the crew
- →Understanding a creative vision, and taking feedback on it
Sound Delivery and Format Considerations
- →Preparing soundtracks for theatrical, TV and streaming delivery
- →Complying with broadcast loudness standards
Final Projects and Feedback
- →Your own audio post project, start to finish
- →Feedback and guidance on it from the instructor
In our students' words.
“Instructors are very well versed in the subject and willing to help each student individually. Learned a lot and feel more comfortable and knowledgeable of concepts, DAWs, and shaping sounds.”
Jonelle Mazell
Before you enrol.
Yes. You work to real film score briefs, and the delivery module covers complying with broadcast loudness standards, which is what a real handover demands.
A sound editor you can work in - the course is taught against the tools the industry uses, Pro Tools and Soundminer among them, and the plug-ins that go with them.
36 hours. Tuition is $1,099 plus a $100 registration fee.
Live online. The sessions are built for participation rather than watching - weekly tasks, and three live playback sessions where you show your work.
No - the course opens at the role of sound in picture and the vocabulary of the edit suite, then builds from there. Comfort in a DAW is what you need.
Herwig Maurer, also known as Agent H - a Berklee alumnus in sound production and engineering, who collaborated on an Academy Award-nominated film's audio and is currently doing sound design on Amazon's Reacher.
36 hours - $1,099 + $100 registration
Ready when you are.
InquireModulation Effects
Beyond chorus and phasing: ring modulators, frequency shifters, Leslie cabinet simulation and auto-panners, and where each one belongs.
Read →Filtering
There are many ways to access the power of filtering, but probably the easiest is to use a plug-in. Logic’s AutoFilter is a good example of Emagic’s…
Read →Filtering
How filters shape a sound - low-pass, band-pass, comb and notch - plus resonance, envelope control and using filters creatively in a mix.
Read →Modulation
We have discussed the most common modulation effects such as chorus, flanging and phasing. Now it is time to investigate other modulation effects.
Read →Mastering
A full guide to mastering - what it is, how multi-band compressors work on the master buss, choosing crossover points and prepping tracks.
Read →Mid/Side and Stereo Width
Mid is what the two channels share, side is what they do not. Splitting a mix that way lets you treat the centre and the edges separately - and it is the most common professional move that never appears in a beginner's mix.
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