Audio Production Media studies week 1 - 4 Acoustics, audio types, microphones

Resources to support the teaching of Audio production originally planned for the BTEC course unit 4.

Lessons provide opportunities for students to explore and analyse:
- types of audio - music, speech, silence, noise etc.
- why audio is used - create mood, ambience, rhythm, reinforce images, introduce era etc. YouTube link examples to help students understand different purposes.
- the difference between pleonastic and contrapuntal audio
- Acoustics in different locations including theatres, empty & full rooms, open spaces etc.
- digital audio file formats - mps. dvd, AIFF etc.
- mono and stereo
- direct sound and reverberation
- interior and exterior recording
- record own audio using editing software
- a range of microphone types including: lavalier, boundary, direct connected, parabolic, noise cancelling etc.
- polar response in microphones