Topic outline

  • Aims of the Module

    To give the student a basic understanding of Production Sound and/or Video at Technician/associate designer level; an introduction to the role of the Sound & Video Department within a production or external project and its relationship to other departments; an introduction to the roles of Sound Designer, Sound Operator, Production Sound Engineer, Video designer, Video programmer, Video operator, Production Video Engineer and their responsibilities to a production/project.

     

    Indicative Content

    Students will learn by active participation in the realisation of the Sound and/or Video Design for productions/projects within the Guildhall School or in other venues. They will be supervised by tutors, other staff and other students at appropriate times.

    • Production Preparation
    • Minor repairs, cataloguing and maintenance
    • Content creation and editing
    • Rigging & Installation
    • Audio Patching
    • Plotting & Programming
    • Alignment and keystoning
    • Mapping and focusing
    • Production Communications
    • Onstage Foldback
    • Musical Instrument Microphones
    • Radio Mic Fitting & Management
    • Performance Playback
    • Video documentation

     Prerequisites

    Associated Studies – Sound/Video option