How to be an in-demand Sound Designer with Paul Davies Syllabus

DAY 1

• Part 1 - Moving away from technical mastery

• How you can be your favorite director’s favorite sound designer
  • What does Steve McQueen want from his sound designer? What does Lynne Ramsay want?
• Sound used in the service of emotional storytelling
• Examples from across Paul’s career

• Part 2 - Case studies, live demonstrations and best practices

• Case study looking at a sound design track lay
  • Comparing an export from the editor with the final track lay
  • Examining two scenes in-depth
• Live demonstration of Paul Davies’s sound design technique
• How relationships should work
  • Between different departments
  • With the composer
  • Within the sound department
• Best practices for feature film sound design workflow

DAY 2

• Part 3 - Debriefing students’ assignments

• Listening exercise
• Sound effects exercise

• Part 4 - Learning from the past to become a more creative sound designer

• What no one ever told you about the history of film
  • Why the industry resisted sound
  • Why sound killed silent cinema (whereas TV did not kill radio)
• What we can learn from different eras, using example clips
  • Silent films
  • Early talkies
  • Contemporary films

• Part 5 - Conclusion

• How to practically apply everything to your own career
• What’s your next move?

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