Course Name | Audio Production |
Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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NMC 447 | Fall/Spring | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Prerequisites | None | |||||
Course Language | English | |||||
Course Type | Elective | |||||
Course Level | First Cycle | |||||
Mode of Delivery | face to face | |||||
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course | Q&ALecture / Presentation | |||||
Course Coordinator | - | |||||
Course Lecturer(s) | ||||||
Assistant(s) | - |
Course Objectives | This course aims to give a perspective on audio production as a part of an audio visual. |
Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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Course Description | This course is a combination of the knowledge on audio equipments such as microphones, mixing desks, recording devices and an audio editing software. It also covers using the sound as a tool of effective expression. |
Related Sustainable Development Goals |
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Supportive Courses | X | |
Media and Managment Skills Courses | ||
Transferable Skill Courses |
Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
1 | Course description | NMC 447 - Syllabus |
2 | Sound design and history | Hendy, D. (2013). Noise: A Human History of Sound and Listening. London: Profile Books. ISBN: 9781781250891 pp: 3-144. |
3 | Current approaches in sound design, sound design in world cinema (THX 1138, Star Wars), Foley technique | Whittington, W. (2007). Sound Design & Science Fiction. USA: University of Texas Press. ISBN: 9780292795112 pp: 75-114. |
4 | Definition of sound, sound waves and propagation phases, frequency, sample rate, bit depth, stereo & mono, digital audio formats, audio cables | Zettl, H. (2005). Sight, sound, motion: applied media aesthetics. Belmont, CA : Thomson Wadsworth. ISBN: 0534079520 pp: 355-360. |
5 | Microphone types, Polar Pattern, mic techniques | Eargle, J. (2004). The Microphone Book. Elsevier. ISBN: 9780240519616 pp: 66-77. |
6 | Presentation | |
7 | Introduction to Adobe Audition: open and save a file, time criteria, waveform module | Exercises will be done in Adobe Audition software. |
8 | Adobe Audition: multitrack module, sound recording techniques | Exercises will be done in Adobe Audition software. |
9 | Adobe Audition: Noise Reduction, Time & Pitch, Chorus, Delay / Echo | Exercises will be done in Adobe Audition software. |
10 | Adobe Audition: Flanger, Phaser, Notch Filter & Scientific Filter, Reverb | Exercises will be done in Adobe Audition software. |
11 | Adobe Audition: Mixing, finalizing projects and export | Exercises will be done in Adobe Audition software. |
12 | Short projects on Adobe Audition | Exercises will be done in Adobe Audition software. |
13 | Final Project work (sound design for video) | Exercises for final project |
14 | Final Project work (sound design for video) | Exercises for final project |
15 | Semester Review | |
16 | Final Exam |
Course Notes/Textbooks | The notes taken during the lectures and linked websites can be used as lecture notes. |
Suggested Readings/Materials | Alden, Stanley R. Thomson “Audio In Media(8th Edition)”, Wadsworth Publishing 2008 |
Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
Participation | 1 | 10 |
Laboratory / Application | 1 | 30 |
Field Work | ||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
Portfolio | ||
Homework / Assignments | ||
Presentation / Jury | 1 | 20 |
Project | ||
Seminar / Workshop | ||
Oral Exam | ||
Midterm | ||
Final Exam | 1 | 40 |
Total |
Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 3 | 60 |
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 1 | 40 |
Total |
Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
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Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 2 | 32 |
Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 2 | |
Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 2 | 28 |
Field Work | |||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | |||
Portfolio | |||
Homework / Assignments | |||
Presentation / Jury | 1 | 8 | |
Project | |||
Seminar / Workshop | |||
Oral Exam | |||
Midterms | |||
Final Exams | 1 | 16 | |
Total | 116 |
# | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
1 | To be able to critically discuss and interpret the theories, concepts and ideas that form the basis of the discipline of new media and communication. | |||||
2 | To be able to critically interpret theoretical debates concerning the relations between the forms, agents, and factors that play a role in the field of new media and communication. | |||||
3 | To have the fundamental knowledge and ability to use the technical equipment and software programs required by the new media production processes. | X | ||||
4 | To be able to gather, scrutinize and scientifically investigate data in the processes of production and distribution. | X | ||||
5 | To be able to use the acquired theoretical knowledge in practice. | X | ||||
6 | To be able to take responsibility both individually and as a member of a group to develop solutions to problems encountered in the field of new media and communication. | |||||
7 | To be informed about national, regional, and global issues and problems; to be able to generate problem-solving methods depending on the quality of evidence and research, and to acquire the ability to report the conclusions of those methods to the public. | |||||
8 | To be able to critically discuss and draw on theories, concepts and ideas that form the basis of other disciplines complementing the field of new media and communication studies. | |||||
9 | To be able to develop and use knowledge and skills towards personal and social goals in a lifelong process. | |||||
10 | To be able to apply social, scientific and professional ethical values in the field of new media and communication. | |||||
11 | To be able to collect datain the areas of new media and communication and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1). | |||||
12 | To be able to speak a second foreign language at a medium level of fluency efficiently. | |||||
13 | To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise. |
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