Fall 2026 — MWF 2:00–2:50
DAD 310
Sound Design for Film
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Assignment 5 is dropped; no synthesis assignment is due Wednesday
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Final project proposal — post the footage links and a short initial spotting plan to D2L by class
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Final project proposal — post the footage links and a short initial spotting plan to D2L by class
about
This course is an introduction to sound editing and sound design for film and linear media. We examine the place of sound in artistic and technological cinema — microphone technique, foley, field recording, ambience, and mixing — and cover the basics of sound, microphones, and analog-to-digital conversion along the way.
Lectures, readings, and film clips illustrate the language of film sound as it is practiced by directors, sound designers, and editors. You’ll work in REAPER throughout, building from live Foley performance to a five-minute sound design piece cut to picture.
details
Meets
MWF 2:00–2:50
Room
TCB 209
Instructor
Tate Carson
Credits
3
Prerequisites
DAD 222 and MUS 204
Software
REAPER, Vital, SoundQ
Grading
Attendance 30% · Assignments 50% · Final project 20%
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