COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SOUND DESIGN

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MTS 4013 SOUND DESIGN ELECTIVE 2 2 0 4

Offered By

Music Technology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR SUAT VERGILI

Offered to

Music Technology

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to provide the students a detailed insight into the methods, procedures and techniques required for recording audio, music and designing sound for visual media productions such as video, games, animations etc.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Grasp the theory and practice of recording sound, editing music and sound design for visual materials,
2   Make the connections between sound design concepts and their places in the audio post production process,
3   Apply the theoretical knowledge in practical situations,
4   Incorporate specialized software usage techniques in order to speed up and enhance the post production process,
5   Build the technical relationships between the audio material and the video material, keeping their logical and practical relationships in mind.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to Sound Design and Concepts
2 Sound Design Theory
3 Sound Design over a still image
4 Ambient Recordings and Use of Ambiance in sound design
5 Music editing for Sound Design
6 Audio Scene Creation
7 Recording Techniques for Sound Design
8 Voiceover and IVR
9 Voiceover and IVR Recording Session
10 Automatic Dialog Replacement
11 ADR Session
12 Sound Design Project I
13 Sound Design Project II
14 Project Reviews

Recomended or Required Reading

To be announced.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course will be carried out with lectures and real-time applications. The course instructor explains the sound design operations and demonstrates them to the students. All students apply the operations individually in order to familiarize themselves with the procedures. Each week new sound design operations and techniques are shown. Assignment sound design projects will be given. The assignments will be evaluated each week with the class.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 ATT ATTENDANCE
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.80 + ATT * 0.20


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Sound Design Projects and Assignments should be delivered on time with the project folder, project contents, 2 channel mix in wave format and a video file in quicktime or avi format.
The assignment CD s and DVD s should all have covers with the student name, number and project title on it.
The students are responsible with the use of the computer lab, recording studio and all the equipment.
Students who wish to practice individually or as a group should inform the course instructor and schedule their practice sessions taking available studio or lab hours into account.
Only students taking this course are allowed to attend courses and practice sessions. No one else other than the attendants of the course should be allowed in the lab or the studio, even if he/she is a student of the music technology department or not.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

* 70% course attendance is mandatory.
* The students are responsible with the use of the computer lab, recording studio and all the equipments.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

suat.vergili@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Workdays at 13:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Tutorials 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparing assignments 5 3 15
Preparing presentations 4 3 12
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 111

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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