Sound Design for Low & No Budget Films

Chapter 3 Sound Design

1. a. Defined
2. b. Introduction
3. c. Movie Examples
4. d. Recording
5. e. Creating
6. f. Editing and Processing
7. g. Mixing
8. h. Exercises

Figure 3.1

Defined

There are a couple of ways of defining the term sound design. It is commonly used to refer to the creation of a sound for a creature, alien, monster, spacecraft or other thing that humans may never have encountered before. This is what I refer to as a sound effects design. Sound design’s larger meaning is the overall soundscape of a film. This includes the music, sound effects, designed sounds, backgrounds and even the dialogue.

For example, the language and thereby dialogue for ...