Sound with Ray Beckett :: June 3, 2010; 6:00 pm :: Cinema A, The London Film School, 24 Shelton Street, London :: Register.

Ray Beckett, regular collaborator with Ken Loach and Oscar-winning Location Sound Mixer on The Hurt Locker, discusses his work with Larry Sider from the School of Sound, illustrated by film clips, including The Hurt Locker, Land and Freedom and The Wind That Shakes the Barley.

Deconstructing the Soundtrack — A Seminar Series sponsored by the School of Sound in collaboration with the London Film School :: June 12-13, 2010 :: The London Film School, 24 Shelton Street, London.

Building on the success of Sound & Music Techniques for Narrative Filmmaking with Gustavo Costantini, the seminars are aimed at those working in screen-based media, and offer three further perspectives on the use of sound and music in filmmaking.

Experts Larry Sider, Annabelle Pangborn and Stephen Deutsch will each deliver a half-day seminar demonstrating the interrelationship between sound, music, image and story. The programme will include a discussion of strategies and concepts for working with sound and music, from pre- to post-production.

With particular relevance for directors, writers and producers as well as sound designers, editors and composers, the final session will be dedicated to discussing participants’ own projects.

Course Schedule

Saturday 12th June :: Prof. Stephen Deutsch: Putting Music in its Place
Setting a framework for the use of sound and music with image, Deutsch offers a new way of hearing music within the unified world of a film’s soundtrack. Stephen Deutsch is Head of Post-Production at Bournemouth Media School. He is also a composer for television, film and theatre and Editor of The Soundtrack Journal.

Larry Sider: Sound Changes the Image
Sider deconstructs the soundtrack showing how each component of sound expresses character, place and story. He describes how the practical application of these concepts positions the audience in relation to the screen and the narrative. Larry Sider is Director of the School of Sound, as well as an editor, sound designer and visiting lecturer at film schools in the UK and Europe. He was formerly Head of Post-Production at the National Film and Television School.

Sunday 13th June :: Annabelle Pangborn: Giving the Film Back to the Audience
In choosing whether to use music or sound, Pangborn analyses how music responds directly to a film’s narrative to create atmosphere, expression and mood. She shows how music connects the audience to a film’s subtext, confronting the audience with the reality of their feelings. Annabelle Pangborn is Head of Editing, Sound and Music at the National Film and Television School. She is also a composer and sound designer.

On the second afternoon, all three tutors will offer analysis and feedback on a selection of the participants’ own projects. The session will be an open discussion about the work between tutors and all participants. Tutors will answer questions about the use of sound and music in relation to the editing, narrative and overall style of the film while eliciting responses to the work from the audience.

Go to the LFS Workshops site for further details about the programme, tutors’ biographies and registration instructions.