Sound Designer

Specification minimum requirements

Minimum requirements

These are the minimal requirements that an examiner will expect to see in your lighting design.

These are relevant too:

Eduqas: AS Component 1
A Level Component 1
Component 2
WJEC: AS Unit 1
A2 Unit 3

Sound design Learners must produce a sound design with at least 8 different cues. The design should include:

  • use of pre-recorded sound effects (possible use of music to create atmosphere)
  • use of sound board/mixing desk to mix sound elements
  • use of software to create sound e.g. Audacity, QLab
  • use of sound elements e.g. pitch, volume, direction, duration, echo, reverb, distortion, layering of sound effects, montage.

These are relevant too:

Eduqas: GCSE Component 1 & 2
WJEC: GCSE Unit 1 & 2

    5 (4 unit 2) different cues using, for example:

  • recorded sound effects
  • effects used at source
  • atmospheric sound effects
  • specials