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Sound
> Introduction
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These sound boards look pretty intimidating,
don't they? There's about a million
buttons on this thing! Truth is, sound
production is not that complicated--as
long as you follow a few basic rules.
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Here's
a statement that may sound controversial: "When making
videos, sound is more important than picture." Studies
show that while people will tolerate the worst quality
video images, they will not watch programs that have
poor quality audio. If you aren't convinced, look at
this this way: nearly all of us have enjoyed television
without actively watching the pictures (while cooking,
for example); but no one can tolerate even a minute
of TV viewing with the sound muted.
Similarly,
many students are surprised to learn that it is not
uncommon for a television production company to spend
more time working on the audio portion of a TV program
than the video portion. At any given point in a show,
for example, there is only one visual image on screen.
But at that same moment there may be dozens of audio
tracks all dancing together: dialogue, music, sound
effects etc. Each audio track must be carefully created
and adjusted to within very precise tolerances to produce
the desired effect.
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