1. Sound Designer
By Jessica Collins

2. When a sound designer is analysing
sound what elements are
considered?
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Special effects on desk
Pre-recorded sound
Pitch/Speed/Tone
Use of speech and voice
Background sound
Counts
Live music
Found sound
Instruments
Genre
Animal sounds
Silence
Echoing

3. What does a sound designer
do?
• Design install and operate the sound.
• Work extremely close with the director and choreographer as
the sound designer is also a creative role.
• Auditory creator, some sound designers even compose.
• Evoke emotion create and reflect the mood, and underscore
the action.
• Source music and sound.
• Edit the music to correct timing and pitch/tone.
• Decide whether the sound is diegetic or non diegetic.
• - Diegetic: Actual sound that can be heard by the actor. Eg.
Rain.
• -Non Diegetic: Sound only heard by the audience. Eg.
Dramatic music.

4. Continued.
• Control radio microphones, ambient microphones and
orchestra microphones.
• -Work out location, how many are needed and where are they
needed backstage.
• Take the script and analyse what's required and when to
create cues in the script.
• It is also required that a sound designer researches accurately
so for example modern music is not featured in a medieval
piece.
• They are required to complete the picture through sound.