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Post Sound Design

The Art and Craft of Audio Post Production for the Moving Image
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Post Sound Design offers a practical introduction to the craft of film sound editing, including dialog replacement, Foley, sound effects, music editing, and final mixing. Drawing on years of teaching experience, award-winning composer John Avarese guides readers through the physics and biology of hearing, supported by real-world examples and exercises designed to help create story, character, and emotion through sound.
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Ideal for students, aspiring sound designers, and filmmakers interested in mastering the art of film audio and sound design.

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Post Sound Design provides a practical introduction to the fascinating craft of editing and replacing dialog, creating Foley and sound effects, editing music, and balancing these elements to a final mix. Based on years of experience and teaching this material to students at Drexel University, award-winning film composer John Avarese offers user-friendly knowledge and stimulating exercises to help compose story, develop characters and create emotion through skillful creation of the sound track.

Starting each chapter with a real-life example, the textbook is structured in such a way to create a fundamental understanding of the physics and the biological foundation of hearing, and putting it into practice with suggested movie scenes demonstrating the discussed audio techniques.

Post Sound Design engagingly demonstrates the individual areas essential to creating a soundtrack that will enhance any media production.

Series: The CineTech Guides to the Film Crafts

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Post Sound Design is praised as an excellent and accessible guide for aspiring sound designers, covering both aesthetic and technical aspects of film audio. John Avarese's clear writing and insider knowledge provide invaluable advice, making it a recommended read for filmmakers seeking to enhance their productions through professional sound quality.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781501327476

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 29 June 2017

Country: United States

Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic

Illustration: 129 bw illus

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 8.0mm

Width: 186.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 144

About the Author

John Avarese is an Associate Teaching Professor at Drexel University, USA, teaching Production Sound, Audio Post-Production, and Scoring to Picture. To date, Avarese has composed over 4000 commissioned scores and recorded an elegant collection of film music, as well as mixing and sound design on hundreds of projects, including 27 theatrical feature films, scores of short films, and six surround sound planetarium features.

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