We’ll cover the following topics, using a mix of discussion, practical exercises, film clips, demonstrations and hands-on experience:

1. •How we hear the world & How this relates to sound design
   

2. •Use of music / Sounds with a musical nature / abstract sounds
   

3. •Use of sound design in Film, with demo film clips
   

4. •Playwriting and sound design
   

5. •The performer’s voice and sound - manipulation, amplification and reinforcement
   

6. •Noises Off – using live sound effects
   

7. •Language and concepts of sound – Ways of talking about sound
   

8. •What’s the difference between a designer, composer, engineer and operator and how they work together.
   

9. •Recorded Vs Live music
   

10. •Copyright law for using music in shows
    

11. •Q & A

One Day Course in Sound Design for Theatre

This course will cover how we hear and perceive the world, how our imagination affects what we think we hear and how this can be used in theatre making. We’ll look at the development of sound design techniques in theatre and film that have allowed sound designers to break free of the stereotype of being a technical craft, unique in that it occupies the same aural world as the spoken word and so it often interacts more with the performer and the text than with other design elements. This course is ideal for directors, writers, performers, sound designers, engineers, educators and anyone with an interest!

This course has been run for:

National Theatre Directors Course

Theatre de Complicite Education

Central School of Speech and Drama