Sound Design Theory and Practice: Working with Sound

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
List of illustrations
Foreword
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
	Sound analysis and sound-image analysis
	For those wary of ‘theory’
	What this book is not about
	Notes
	References
2. Theories of sound
	Definitions of sound
	Theories of sound
	The scientific study of sound
	Auditory perception
	General principles of perceptual organisation
	Philosophies of sound
	Summary
	Notes
	References
3. Audiovisual theories of sound
	Introduction
	Cinema and sound
	Early film sound theory
	Later film sound theory
	Practitioner’s sound theory
	Forums and blogs
	Summary
	Notes
	References
4. Sound as a sign
	The importance of signs
	Written and spoken language
	Sound as a sign
	Semiotics and sound analysis
	The sign system of Charles S. Peirce
	The universal categories
	The structure of a sign
	Classification of signifier-object relations
	Dividing the object
	Dividing the interpretant
	Significance and signs
	Reality and semiotics
	Summary
	Notes
	References
5. Analysing sound with semiotics
	Using semiotics
	Firstness, Secondness and Thirdness in sound
	Sound signs
	Natural(ised) and arbitrary sound signs
	Music in the soundtrack
	Emotion and signs
	Integrating semiotics with sound theory
	Analysis example – The Conversation
	Summary
	Notes
	References
6. King Kong (1933)
	Introduction
	Sound effects in King Kong
	Music in King Kong
	Summary
	Notes
	References
7. No Country for Old Men
	Introduction
	The sounds of the gas bottle and cattle gun
	The use of repeated dialogue
	Withholding information
	Summary
	Notes
	References
8.Sound in non-fiction
	Sound and non-fiction
	Newsreels
	Sound from location recordings
	Early documentary films
	Conventions of documentary
	Animated documentary
	Sound in television non-fiction: current affairs, news and sport
	Semiotics and non-fiction sound
	Truth-telling and sound
	Impact on the audience
	Sound and ethics
	Summary
	Notes
	References
9. Sound in video games
	Introduction
	Similarities between interactive and linear media
	Early game sound design – creating meaningful sounds
	Theoretical models for video games
	Game audio models
	Game audio and semiotics
	Modern games
	Immersion – modelling reality or ignoring reality?
	Meaningful sound design
	Summary
	Notes
	References
10. Sound in practice
	Sound analysis revisited
	Re-examining sound design
	Communication and collaboration
	Sound authorship
	Working with sound
	Summary
	Note
	References
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Index