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Lecture 10 – what counts as an unusual approach?

By Martin Parker Posted on March 28, 2019 Posted in lecture notes

Table of Contents 1. What counts as an unusual approach? 1.1. The standard approach… “you’ve seen one, you’ve seen them all” 1.1.1. Watch this analysis and review of Phantom Menace 1.2. The oblique approach 1.3. A systems approach 1.4. An …

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introduction to 360 sound

By Martin Parker Posted on March 21, 2019 Posted in lecture notes

Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. quick summary of what we should already know 2.1. two-channel sound 2.2. surround sound 2.3. ambisonics 3. using ambisonics in your mixes 4. Starting with audio mixing for 360 video 4.1. Get a video …

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Introducing The Encounter

By Martin Parker Posted on February 28, 2019 Posted in lecture notes

Lecture notes from the session are available to download above, video capture should be available on LEARN.

week 1 – lecture notes

By Martin Parker Posted on January 17, 2019 Posted in lecture notes

week 2 – guest talk

By Martin Parker Posted on January 16, 2019 Posted in lecture notes

This session we are priviledged to welcome Pete Smith who is coming to show some of his work, discuss his experiences as a field recordist in Scotland. Take a look at the work below and post two questions or discussion …

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week 1 – what is fixed?

By Martin Parker Posted on January 16, 2019 Posted in lecture notes

part 1 In week 1 we explore what is fixed in a media-production context. We also discuss what in this envrionment is subject to almost never-ending change. These reflections are important in preparing for our own work making sound for …

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Lecture 05 ambisonics and Reaper, a quickish tutorial

By Martin Parker Posted on February 27, 2017 Posted in lecture notes, Tutorials

What follows are instructions on how to make use of Reaper and the very powerful Ambisonics tool Kit to help you to spatialize your sound. It does not advise on what might sound good in a spatial context, but gives …

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week 3 – task now week 4

By Martin Parker Posted on January 27, 2019 Posted in lecture notes

task to prepare for week 3 At week 3’s session we will be discussing ways of shifting from film sound analysis towards scores that might make new sonic forms and experiences. However, we’ll also be listening to and looking at …

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Week 3 – graphing film sound

By Martin Parker Posted on February 12, 2015 Posted in lecture notes

1. Analysis 1.1. What is analysis? 1.2. Why is it useful? 1.3. How might it help you? 1.4. What form might an analysis take and what can it show? 2. Interpretation 2.1. What is interpretation? 2.2. Where do we find …

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SFM links

  • BBC Engineering Document no 94 Discussion of the development quadrophony in Radio at the BBC in 1973
  • Randy Thom's sound blog Randy Thom – thoughts on film sound
  • Soundworks vimeo channel Very useful page of sound docs with info about mainstream film sound design.
  • Very useful Wiki/glossary from UoTexas Huge list of terms used in film production, explained in a searchable wiki.

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