AAFT - Media School India, Premiere Film School, Acting School

Sound for motion pictures is an aural experience designed and produced to support the story of a narrative or documentary. Sound could tell a story directly, or it could be used to enhance a story. Although there are separate perceptual mechanism for sound and picture, the sound may be integrated by the audience along with the picture into a complete whole. In such a situation, the sound and the picture together could become greater than sum of these two components. In most cases, motion picture sound is constructed in post production utilizing many piece of sound mixed seamlessly together to create a complete whole. The sources for the sound include recording made during principal photography on the sets or location; song, background music, effects sound recorded specially for the motion picture. Sound is variously used to enhance the effect of visuals on the mind of the viewers. Technical and artistic aspects of recording sound are to be kept in mind while recording sound. However, what is most important for motion picture sound is what the viewers listen. The syllabus for this course of study covers both the art and technique of sound for motion picture

PTU

 

Semester 1

 

MSCMCAJ-101 : Introduction to Communication

 

MSCMCAJ-102 : Introduction to Mass Communication

 

MSCMCAJ-103 : Introduction to Journalism

 

MSCMCAJ-104 : Introduction to Advertising

 

MSCMCAJ-105 : Introduction to Computers

 

MSCMCAJ-106 : Communication and Soft Skills

 

MSCMCAJ-107: Practical

 

 

 

 

 

Semester 2

 

 

MSCMCAJ-201 : Introduction to Media Technologies

 

MSCMCAJ-202 : Introduction to Public Relations

 

MSCMCAJ-203 : Journalistic Reporting & Editing

 

MSCMCAJ-204 : Advertising Design & Principles

 

MSCMCAJ-205 : Project Report

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Semester 3

 

MSCMCAJ-301 : Introduction to Printing Technologies

 

MSCMCAJ-302 : Introduction to Production Technologies

 

MSCMCAJ-303 : Introduction to Newspaper Management

 

MSCMCAJ-304 : Introduction to Copywriting, Visualization & Campaign Effectiveness

 

MSCMCAJ-305 : Introduction to Mass Communication & Society

 

 

 

 

 

Semester 4

 

MSCMCAJ-401: Introduction to Communication Research

 

MSCMCAJ-402: Introduction to Photography

 

MSCMCAJ-403: Mass Communication Ethics & Laws

 

MSCMCAJ-404: New Media Technologies

 

MSCMCAJ-405: Project Report

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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1^st Semester:

 

-           Introduction to Indian Motion Picture Industry

-           Motion Picture Production Process

-           Research in Motion Picture Production

-           Studies in Art Forms and Humanities

-           History of Cinema

-           Screen Grammar

-           Introduction to World and Indian Cinemas

-           Screen Acting : Theory & Practice

-           Camera & Lighting Techniques: Theory & Practice

-           Screenplay Writing

 

2^nd Semester:

 

-           Motion Picture Sound Recording : Theory & Practice

-           Motion Picture Editing: Theory & Practice

-           Graphics & Animation for Motion Pictures

-           The Art of Story Telling

-           Screenplay Writing

-           Motion Picture Production and Management

-           Motion Picture Directing: Theory & Practice

-           Motion Picture Censor Certification, Distribution & Exhibition

-           Production of Short Film : Writing, Shooting, Editing and Directing narrative motion picture in partial fulfillment o the requirement of the award of the Diploma.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3^rd Semester:

 

-                      Anatomy of sound recording studio for motion picture production.

-                      Sound reproduction; acoustic properties of enclosures and their correlation with the subjective listening of sound

-                      Sound designing for motion picture production

-                      Technology in sound recording and reproduction

o   Design consideration and characteristics of amplifiers, oscillators and power supplies.

o   Design consideration and characteristics of sound mixers, volume controls, equalizers 

o   Cables and connectors – their types and applica;tion

o   Care and maintenance of the audio equipment

-                      Audio measurements:

o   Vu meter and sound level meter

o   Technique of measuring parameters of various audio devices used in the studio

o   Measurement of reverberation time of enclosures

-                      Computers in recording and editing of sound; exercises in the use of popular recording and editing softwares

-                      Workshop on

o   Sound recording for motion pictures practices

o   Modern trends in sound recording practices

 

 

4^th semester:

 

-                      Dialogue recording

o   Dubbing of recorded sequences

o   Practices and procedures for dialogue recording with reference to the visuals, continuity of sound quality and perspective

o   Handling voice in multi-track recording and mixing

-                      Music recordings

o   Familiarization with acoustic and electronic musical instruments

o   Types of microphones and their placement in recording music

o   Sound mixing and processing in multi-track recording of music

o   Critical listening in music recording

-                      Exercises in sound recording and editing of:

o   Outdoor sequence involving action

o   Dialogue based short story

o   Song with musical composition

o   Scoring background music

o   Effect sounds

Documentary Film