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Presentation
Presentation
The Introduction to Sound Design UC aims to broaden and raise awareness of students' knowledge during the 1st cycle of studies in the field of sound arts. The sound aspect applied to the development of content for multimedia applications and video games is increasingly preferable not in its communicational aspect, but also following a technological evolution of resources and consequent integration and interaction techniques with users. In this sense, in this phase, the UC defines students for concepts, production pipelines, techniques and state of the art technology in the domain of sound design for interactive media applications.
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Class from course
Class from course
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Degree | Semesters | ECTS
Degree | Semesters | ECTS
Bachelor | Semestral | 3
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Year | Nature | Language
Year | Nature | Language
2 | Mandatory | Português
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Code
Code
ULP2533-16946
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Prerequisites and corequisites
Prerequisites and corequisites
Not applicable
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Professional Internship
Professional Internship
Não
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Syllabus
Syllabus
1) History and evolution of Sound Design: a) Theoretical models; b) Classical techniques; c) Audio Linear vs Audio Procedural; d) Semiotics and function of sound in the context of video games 2) Perception and sound immersion: a) psychoacoustics and hearing cognition; b) sound manipulation techniques; c) spatialization techniques. 3) Equipment; sound design systems and techniques: a) capture techniques; b) editing and mixing techniques with Digital Audio Workstations (DAWs); c) effects and audio manipulation: reverb, equalization, noise reduction, amplitude manipulation, etc .; d) introduction to sound synthesis for sound design; f). 4) Integration of sound assets in audio engines: a) Middleware b) Creation and management of sessions, c) events and game call d) Bank export and optimization d) Integration in Games engines
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Objectives
Objectives
1) In-depth knowledge of the history and vocabulary of sound design. 2) Contact with the nomenclature, work methodology and main tools of sound design for digital media. 3) Application of sound design to the creation, manipulation and transmission of sound content for digital media, with an emphasis on video games. At the end of this course, the student will be able to: 1) Know the history and vocabulary of sound design. 2) Know the main technologies, techniques and methodologies of sound design in the context of video games.
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Teaching methodologies
Teaching methodologies
project based learning
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References
References
Sonnenschein, David; Sound Design, Michael Wiese Productions, 2001 Andy Farnell; Designing sound. ISBN: 978-0-262-01441-0 Rumsey, F.; The Audio Workstation Handbook, Oxford, Focal Press, 1996 Zaza, T.; Audio Design, Englewood Cliffs, Prentice Hall, 1991 Collins, K. (2013). Playing with sound: a theory of interacting with sound and music in video games. Mit Press.
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Assessment
Assessment
As aulas têm carácter teórico-prático, sendo a exposição dos conteúdos programáticos feita oralmente pelo docente com recurso ocasional à projeção de elementos audiovisuais complementares e debate com os estudantes. São realizados diversos exercícios práticos para consolidação dos conhecimentos.
A avaliação é contínua e consiste na resolução de exercícios propostos ao longo do semestre resultando numa avaliação de média final ponderada com um peso total de 18 Valores. Os restantes 2 valores destinam-se à avaliação da participação e trabalho em aula por parte dos estudantes. Os estudantes deverão frequentar obrigatoriamente a pelo menos 70% das aulas.
O Exame de Recurso, com uma duração de 2h e destinado aos estudantes com nota negativa (inferior a 10 valores) ou para estudantes que pretendam fazer melhoria de nota, consiste na realização de uma proposta de trabalho prática de complexidade semelhante ao trabalho desenvolvido durante a avaliação contínua, sendo obrigatória a posterior submissão de relatório e apresentação da mesma com um peso total de 20 valores."
Descrição
Data limite
Ponderação
Participação e trabalho em aula 21-06-2020 10% Mini Projectos (x4)
15-05-2020
25%
Projecto 1
01-06-2020
25%
Projecto 2 21-06-2020 40% Exame
100%
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Mobility
Mobility
Yes
