As you watch
your favorite movie and are swept away by what is happening on screen, there are
things that you may notice like music and sound effects that bring the movie to
an emotional level. The part of this that I am going to talk about is the sound
effects, which are created by someone called a sound designer. A sound designer
can be used for more than movies; they can also be used for plays, video games,
and or any other type of multimedia.
So what
exactly does a sound designer do? A sound designer creates ambient sounds such
as wind and rain or effects like doors closing, computer sounds, or cars
driving by. They may also create loud explosions, a creaking floor, or water
running. The reason why they do this is because the sounds that they record on
set or that are really happening are very quiet or not recorded properly on a
film set.
A sound
designer has several options when creating sounds. They can use a sound library,
which are prerecorded sounds that are either created for sale to the public or
made for a private library. These sounds usually contain things that normal
people can’t create. An example of this might be an explosion. Another option
is to create your own recordings by going out and creating the sounds
yourself. Sometimes larger companies will provide something called a foley
stage. These are specifically built areas inside of a recording studio that have different items that create sound. Some examples might be cement, grass, dirt,
sand, and or rocks. These items could be used to create sounds of people walking
on different surfaces.
The first
step is to watch the movie you are going to create sounds for and decide what
sounds you want to replace or create. Once you do this you can either search
your sound library or go out and create your own sound. Once you add the sound
effect to the movie you can do things like add equalization or compression to
help make the effect sound like what is happening on screen. Sometimes these
sound effects you add don’t sound like what is happening or even sound natural.
One way to help make these effects blend in is to combine several prerecorded
effects together to create just the right sound.
Sound
designers create sounds to go along with visual representation. The job itself
can be exciting and fun. I hope this introduction to what a sound designer does
helps you understand what the basic functions are.
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