sound-design
Crafting cinematic soundscapes
Sound design is the craft of creating, selecting, and arranging audio elements for film, theater, video games, or other media.
This includes ambient noise, sound effects, and the overall sonic atmosphere of a production.
A sound designer shapes how audiences experience a scene through what they hear: The sound design made the spaceship feel massive and ancient.
As a verb, to sound-design is to perform this work.
Added film audio
- soundtrackMusic accompanying visual media
- diegeticOriginating within the fiction
- non-diegeticOutside the story's world
- ambiencePervading mood of place
ADR · surround · layering · sweetening · boom · post-production · sync · mix
Trigger for action
- playbackReproducing recorded media
- reinforcementAdding support or encouragement
- soundscapeAcoustic environment's character
- underscoreLow horizontal text mark
crossfade · effects · microphone · wireless · mix · rehearsal · operator · venue
Allowing mutual exchange
- adaptiveAble to change accordingly
- middlewareInter-application bridging software
- triggerWhat initiates action
- loopCurve closing on itself
randomization · occlusion · footsteps · ambience · real-time · asset · implementation · engine
Foley
Added film audio
- soundtrackMusic accompanying visual media
- diegeticOriginating within the fiction
- non-diegeticOutside the story's world
ambience · ADR · surround · layering · sweetening · boom · post-production · sync · mix · stems
cue
Trigger for action
- playbackReproducing recorded media
- reinforcementAdding support or encouragement
- soundscapeAcoustic environment's character
underscore · crossfade · effects · microphone · wireless · mix · rehearsal · operator · venue · acoustics
interactive
Allowing mutual exchange
- adaptiveAble to change accordingly
- middlewareInter-application bridging software
- triggerWhat initiates action
loop · randomization · occlusion · footsteps · ambience · real-time · asset · implementation · engine · Unity
oscillator
Cyclic signal generator
- waveformGraphed oscillation pattern
- modulationVarying signals to transmit
- LFOSub-audio frequency cycler
envelope · filter · granular · wavetable · FM · subtractive · additive · patch · preset · Ableton
sound-designcinematography
Motion picture visual craft
production design · visual design · set design · visual effects · costume design
sound-designmusical score
Notated composition for performance
film score · orchestral score · original score · the score · soundtrack
sound-designsilence
Total lack of sound
dead air · soundlessness · muted · quiet
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