Sound Design for Visual Media

Associate of Applied Science in Sound Design for Visual Media

Ever wonder what’s behind the sound effects for a video game? Or who created that ringtone for your phone? Or how they edit together dialog in a movie? There’s a whole industry dedicated to coming up with the audio track to our visual world, and it is made up of talented sound designers. Learn how to break into the industry at BEAU.

Program objectives

The sound design for visual media program* will give you access to the tools and equipment you need to develop the sonic complement to a variety of visual media, including TV, film, interactive web content, video games and mobile applications.

• Study technical topics such as synchronization, sound effects, field location recording, dialog recording and editing
• Use an industry-standard digital audio workstation to create, capture, edit, process and mix sound for video
• Use desktop publishing tools to develop web and print marketing assets
• Define intellectual property and explain its role in the global economy
• Build a body of work in a variety of media to use as a demo reel

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Sample Classes

Field, Dialog and FX Recording

Students prepare to make professional sound recordings specifically for visual media projects, using in-studio and field recording equipment. The class provides basic audio engineering equipment skills needed for post production.

Post Production I

This introduction to audio post production for visual media includes studies in the theory and practice of recording dialogue, spotting audio to picture, matching music to visual media and mixing dialogue, effects and music stems.

Digital Video Editing I

Students learn basic video editing techniques using professional-level nonlinear editing software.

Notes. 1 – Tuition, fees and textbook costs are current as of July 1, 2011 and represent estimated costs for students completing the program “on-time”; 2 – “Median Federal Loan Debt” is the median value of total debt from federal student loans for students completing the program in the 2009-2010 award year; 3 – “Median Private Loan Debt” is the median value of total debt from private loan sources for students completing the program in the 2009-2010 award year; 4 – “Median Institutional Loan Debt” is the median value of total debt from institutional financing plans for students completing the program in the 2009-2010 award year; 5 –the “On-Time Completion Rate” reflects the percentage of students completing the program in 2009-1010 who did so within the normal program length; 6 – Job placement rate calculated for 2009-2010 program graduates using the method established by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS – www.acics.org); 7 – O*Net is the U.S. Department of Labor’s database for job titles and information related to employment in specific career fields. The occupations listed in the table above result from entering the program’s CIP (Classification of Instructional Programs) Code into the O*Net Crosswalk at http://www.onetonline.org/crosswalk/. CIP codes reflect broad categories of educational programs rather than the specific focus of a program offered at a particular institution. As a result, the occupations listed above represent potential careers that may be obtained by graduates of this program and may include occupations in which program graduates do not work. Please speak to an admissions representative to learn more about specific career opportunities for graduates of this program.Values of “n/a” appear for new programs that had fewer than 10 graduates in 2009-2010.