Sound Space

PROJECT LEAD: Philippe Ciompi, sound designer, tutor for sound at the animation department

ACROSS RCA SOUND SPACE

This five-days project offers students from all programmes, i.e. not film specialists, a conceptual as well as practical approach to creating sound and editing/constructing sound worlds in conjunction with moving image and independently from image, focussing particularly on the potential of sound to convey space, timing, narrative, to film or other art forms. Groups create 1 sound only project and 1 sound to image projects and present them at end of workshop.

DURATION : 5 days

PROVISIONAL TIMETABLE

DAY 1
am – Introduction, conceptual framework, sound psychology, examples, etc
pm – intro to sound equipment / build groups / briefs
groups discuss projects

DAY 2
am – talk & examples – recordings – discussions & feedback
pm – group work– intro to editing stations

DAY 3 – group work, recording, editing, constructing sound pieces

DAY 4
am – talk, examples, conceptual recap, feedback. Groups finalize piece 1 and go on to work on piece 2

DAY 5
am – groups work on and finalize pieces
pm – groups present their pieces to the workshop, results are commented and discussed etc