| 04 Sep 08 - THEA283 Notes - Sound Design Process |
[04 Sep 2008|09:39am] |
- Read the script - script analysis
- Director's concept
- Time frame, location, etc
- Meeting between director and all designers
- Association of ideas with sound
- Devising an auditory concept
- Devising a verbal concept
- words that describe where you're going with the sound design
- Charting the play by scenes
- Plotting a tension curve
- Graph with tension level on Y-axis, length of the play on X-axis
- Mark sounds added to tension curve
- Cataloging the required sounds
- Find the sounds with which to work
- Making a tentative cue list and outline of sounds
- Cue list - chart:
| Act/Scene | Cue # | Page | Cue name | Description of sound | | II.1 | 1 | p.2 | alarm | electronic alarm clock |
- Go over equipment available
- Time constraints and schedules
- when things need to be ready for rehearsals, etc.
- Initial experiments
- Finding/purchasing sounds
- Planning the playback system
- knowing what system and equipment you'll have to use
- Building the auditory environment - placement of speakers, etc.
- Rehearsals/tech process
- try music/cues as early as possible
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