UNIT 70:What is the role of a Sound Designer?

Design, install, operate (practicality of sound desk, speakers and microphones. How is the sound going to be heard?)

Works extremely closely with the director or choreographer Most sound designers have come from being composers Evoke emotion, create and reflect mood, underscore the

actionSource the sound/musicEdit the sound/music (allows you to manipulate it)Diegetic & non diegetic sound (diegetic = what the actors

respond to, non diegetic = what the audience, not the actors, hears)

What equipment is needed and where? (radio/ambient/orchestra microphones?)

Reading/analysing the script and adding sound cues.

When analysing sound, the designer considers

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Silence

Spoken sound

Voice

Natural sound effects

Instruments

Dynamics

Live music

Pitch

Volume

Tempo Background noise

Found sound

Recorded sound

Roles & responsibilities

Record sounds

Create context

Dialogue

Source sound effects

Make the show realistic and atmospheric

Analysing the sound and script

Create time and place

Create mood

Manipulate sound