Audio Information Literacy (MIL) PDF

Media and Information Literacy (MIL) Audio Information and Media September 11,2017 People Media AUDIO Text Visual Motion Manipulatives/Interactive Multimedia Audio Information and Media  Types and Categories of...

Media and Information Literacy (MIL) Audio Information and Media September 11,2017 People Media AUDIO Text Visual Motion Manipulatives/Interactive Multimedia Audio Information and Media  Types and Categories of Audio Information  Radio Broadcast -Live or recorded audio sent through radio waves to reach wide audience.  Music -Vocal and/or instrumental sounds combined in such a way as to produce of form, harmony, and expression of emotion. It is composed and performed for many purposes, ranging from aesthetic pleasure,  Sound Recording -recording of an interview, meeting, or any sound of the environment. Sound Clip/effects -any sound, other than music or speech, artificially reproduced to create an effect in a dramatic presentation, as the sound of a storm or creaking door. Audio Podcast -a digital audio or video file or recording, usually part of a themed series, that can be downloaded from a website to a media player or computer. Different ways of storing Audio Media  Tape -magnetic tape on which sounds can be recorded.  CD -a plastic-fabricated, circular medium for recording, storing and playing back audio, video and computer data. USB Drive -an external flash drive, small enough to carry on a key ring, that can be used with any computer that has a USB port. Memory Card -(flash memory card or storage card) is a small storage medium used to store data such as text, pictures, audio, video, for use on small, portable, or remote computing device.  Computer Hard Drive -secondary storage devices for storing audio files.  Internet/Cloud -websites or file repositories for retrieving audio files, and more precisely the files are stored in some datacenter full of servers that is connected to the Different Audio File Formats MP3 (MPEG Audio Layer 3) -a common format for consumer audio, as well as a standard of digital audio compression for the transfer and playback of music on most M4A/AAC (MPEG-4 Audio/Advanced Audio Coding) -an audio coding standard for lossy digital audio compression. Designed to be the successor of the MP3 format, AAC generally achieves better sound quality than MP3 at WAV -is a Microsoft audio file format standard for storing an audio bit stream on PCs. It has become a standard file format for game sounds, among others.  WMA (Windows Media Audio) -is an audio data compression technology developed by Microsoft and used with Windows Media Player.  Hearing Vs Listening “Hearing is simply the act of perceiving sound by the ear. If you are not hearing-impared, hearing simply happens. Listening, however, is something you consciously choose to do. Listening requires concentration so that the brain  Sound Characterist ics and Purposes Characteristic s  Volume  Tone  Pitch  Loudness Elements and Principles of Sound  Elements of Sound Design - the objects or things that we have to work with:  Dialog -speech, conversation, voice-over. o Waterfall- as first element fades out, the second element begins at full volume.  Sound Effects -any sound other than music or dialog.  Music -vocal or instrumental sound (or both) combined in such a way as to produce beauty of form , harmony, and expression of emotion.  Silence -absence of audio or sounds.  Principles of Sound Design -the techniques for combining the different elements or objects.  Mixing -the combination, balance and control of multiple sound elements.  Pace -Time control. Editing. Order of events: linear, non-linear, or multi-linear.  Transitions -How you get from one segment or element to another.  Types of transitions o Segue- one element stops, the next begins (“cut” in film). o Cross-fade- one element fades out, the next fades o V-fade- first element fades to inaudible before the second element begins. o Fade-to-black- V- fade silence between elements effect.  Stereo Imaging -using left and right channel for depth. Thank you for listening!