Fundamentals of Sound Production 1

Subject guarantor:

Václav SYROVÝ

Name of lecturer(s):

Martin PINKAS

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

This course provides students with the widest sense of the first basic overview of the artistic and technical aspect of working with sound and introduces tactics and strategies of sound communication as an artistic profession.

Mode of study:

contact instruction

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

None

Recommended optional programme components:

none

Course contents:

Sound as a physical phenomenon. Communication tools and an artistic work.

Spontaneous, targeted and creative work with sound and its structure and application

Basic features of creative work with sound. Real sound, stylized, idealized.

Objective and subjective interpretations of sound

Sound perception, subjective sound association and imagination

Natural and artificial sound signals and their analog and digital forms

Concept of a sound object and sound information. sound composition and dramaturgy.

The relationship of sound and image. Considerations of sound and image information

Sound as an autonomous work and part of a multimedia work. Its presentation

Idea of a music signal. Music as organized sound. Sound style and structure

Performance tools of creative work with sound.

Sound dramaturgy. Its basic tools and procedures.

Basic principles in the structuring of drama sound events. Sound time and space.

Directing a sound recording. Its basic tools and procedures.

Studio and „live“ music recording. Their preparation and implementation.

Recommended or required reading:

Syrový Václav, Základy zvukové tvorby, rukopisné poznámky, 2005

Planned learning activities and teaching methods:

Lectures

Assessment methods and criteria:

Active in the course.

Course web page:

Note:

none

Schedule for winter semester 2012/2013:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2012/2013:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Obor Zvuková tvorba (Bc) (compulsory subject of the main qualification)