1. Sound Finds a Voice Sound: Invisible element of a digital media project Can enhance a project’s mood and emotion Sound: can include actor’s voices, music, natural or environmental sounds Sounds may be modified through Volume, Pitch, rhythm, fidelity, and environment

2. Principles of Audio Sound is FORCE: Emotional, Perceptual, and Physical Heart and Soul of any production The starting point for understanding sound is to pay attention to sound wherever and whenever it occurs…. So listen… what do you hear?

3. Basic Audio Equipment- Microphones Pickup Patterns Main types  Handheld  Lav  Shotgun/Boom

4. Perform before a Microphone Speak across Closer for condenser/cardiod Same distance 4-6 inches away Closer in noise Back up in hard sell

5. Basic Audio Equipment- Mixers Potentiometers VU meter Master/Monitor Input/Output

6. Digital Audio Editing- File Types WAV (PC) and AIFF (MAC) MP3, MPG, RA  Larger files for CD quality (10mb/minute) MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface)  Stores music data and read by specific hardware

7. Digital Audio Editing- Basics Waveform Input levels Trimming Normalize Transitions  Segue…Cut…Cross-fade…Fade in/out

8. Audio Performance Understand what saying, meaning and purpose Find key words Establish mood Pace for correct excitement Find purpose

9. Audio Interview Ask simple & direct questions Ask questions to get a meaningful response Ask follow-up questions

10. Audio Story Look for the interesting answers Fill in the gaps Who? What? When? Where? Why? How? Conversational Pyramid News Story Structure

11. Pyramid Style Lead- answers one to three questions Body- Fills in the rest Close- For more information