sensory architecture : soundscape
DESCRIPTION
A presentation on the importance of soundscape in Urban Design and Architecture, using film sound design as a starting pointTRANSCRIPT
Soundscape : an introduction By Dr. Neil BruceUniversity of Salford
“Sound is 50 per cent of the motion picture experience.”- George Lucas
Introduction
• Who am I?
• Importance of sound and it’s role
• Evaluation of sound and soundscape
• Thoughts about urban design• Real world experiences• What is your roll?
• Methodologies
• Parting thoughts
• Questions
About me
• Film Composer
• Sound Designer
• Researcher on Positive Soundscapes Project
- To acknowledge the relevance of positive soundscapes, to move away from a focus on negative noise and to identify a means whereby the concept of positive soundscapes can effectively be incorporated into planning; and
- The evaluation of the relationship between the acoustic/auditory environment and the responses and behavioural characteristics of people living within it.
• PhD “The effects of expectation on the perception of soundscapes”
Remember
“You can watch a film/program with a bad picture, but you can’t watch a film with bad sound!”
Does this apply to architecture and design?
The Sound Track
• Though we might think of film as an essentially visual experience, we really cannot afford to underestimate the importance of film sound.
• The entire sound track is comprised of three essential ingredients:
• the human voice (Dialogue)• sound effects (Ambience and Effects - A & E)• music (Soundtrack, Score)
• These three tracks must be mixed and balanced so as to produce the necessary emphases which in turn create desired effects.
• These comprise to form the SOUNDSCAPE
• They are analogous to elements in the real world
The Role of Film Sound
• Narrative role • Direct Narrative role
• Subliminal Narrative role
• The emotional sound equation • Grammatical role
• In Design?
Perception factors• Perception of a space is based on a number of factors
• Expectation- Acoustic- Behavioural
• Place Norms- Context- Control- Sound at source- One’s self with in space- Ability to tell others to fit norm
• Safety
• All lead to increasing negative perception
Considerations
•Health
•Social Issues
•Enhancing a space
•Special Effect
•Masking
Methodology
Soundwalking
Parting Thoughts….
Links and references
• Soundscapes- R.Murray Schafer- Danielle Dubois- Jain Kang- Bottledooren
• Sound- Sound Design by David Sonnenschein- Practical Art of Motion Picture Sound by David Lewis Yewdall
