Sound DesignerBy Jessica Collins

When a sound designer is analysing sound what elements are

considered? • Sound effects• Special effects on desk• Pre-recorded sound• Pitch/Speed/Tone• Use of speech and voice• Background sound• Counts• Live music• Found sound• Instruments• Genre• Animal sounds• Silence• Echoing

What does a sound designer do?

• Design install and operate the sound.• Work extremely close with the director and choreographer as

the sound designer is also a creative role.• Auditory creator, some sound designers even compose.• Evoke emotion create and reflect the mood, and underscore

the action.• Source music and sound.• Edit the music to correct timing and pitch/tone.• Decide whether the sound is diegetic or non diegetic. • - Diegetic: Actual sound that can be heard by the actor. Eg.

Rain.• -Non Diegetic: Sound only heard by the audience. Eg. Dramatic

music.

Continued. • Control radio microphones, ambient microphones and

orchestra microphones.• -Work out location, how many are needed and where are they

needed backstage.• Take the script and analyse what's required and when to

create cues in the script. • It is also required that a sound designer researches accurately

so for example modern music is not featured in a medieval piece.

• They are required to complete the picture through sound.