Sound Design

Year
1

Academic year
2022-2023

Code
02033033

Subject Area
Audio-visuals and media production

Language of Instruction
Portuguese

Other Languages of Instruction
English

Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face

Duration
SEMESTRIAL

ECTS Credits
6.0

Type
Elective

Level
2nd Cycle Studies - Mestrado

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

Theoretical classes used for the presentation of specific concepts and techniques in sound design.

Practical lab classes will be used for training the application of sound design and audio techniques in a concrete interactive media or intervention project.

Learning Outcomes

The student will gain an understanding of the concepts and techniques involved in sound design for interactive media and installation environments. The student will understand the dynamics and properties of diverse acustic contexts, their communicative potential and limitations of the acustic ecology of diverse media contexts, and the form how sound design can be used to transform perception of space, place and interactive media. There is the added goal of offering basic knowledge of audio equipment and software for recording, editing and audio control.

Work Placement(s)

Syllabus

1. Introduction to key concepts in Sound Design

2. The study of natural and humanized soundscapes

3. Physical, psychoacustical and cognitive perspectives of sound.

4. The role of sound in modifying perception, experiential and communicative functions

5. Soundscape analysis techniques and the notion of acustic ecology

6. Guidelines and sound design patterns in interactive media

7. The practice of audio elements creation in soundscape composition

8. Tools and techniques.

Head Lecturer(s)

Fernando Amílcar Bandeira Cardoso

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Exam: 40.0%
Project: 60.0%

Bibliography

Schafer, R. M. (1993). The soundscape: Our sonic environment and the tuning of the world. Simon and Schuster.

Truax, B. (2000). Acoustic Communication, Santa Barbara.

Sonnenschein, D. (2001). Sound design: The expressive power of music, voice, and sound effects in cinema (p. 1). Studio City: Michael Wiese Productions.

Murch, W. (2001). In the Blink of an Eye (Vol. 995). Los Angeles: Silman-James Press.

Farnell, A. (2010). Designing sound. Mit Press.

Luís L. Henrique. Acústica Musical. Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (2007)

Michel Chion. Audio-Vision. Sound on Screen, Columbia University Press (1994)

Alves, Valter (2013), Pattern Language for Sound Design in Games, www.soundingames.com