Mariano Carrasco Maldonado
has successfully completed an online offering of
Sound Essentials
Taught by
Gail Mooney, Tom Benton, & Julian Oddman
Estimated Effort: 30 hours
Issued: February 15, 2021

Learning Outcomes

The Importance and Emotion of Sound

• Understanding of the importance of sound and how you can use it to set the tone. • Ability to learn how choices of music you make can drive the pace of your video and help structure the arc of the story. • Understanding of the importance of ambient sounds and how we can use them in video production. • Ability to learn about the different licensing options for music.

Capturing & Syncing Sound

  • Ability to learn about audio gear used to capture quality audio and the reasons behind your choices of gear.
  • Understanding of the importance of monitoring audio.

Interview Principles

  • Understanding of how to get quality audio for your interviews.
  • Ability to ask questions that will get meaningful responses that will engage the audience.
  • Knowledge of how to capture audio of your interview’s dialogue and syncing your audio with video in post-production.