DISC332-25S2 (C) Semester Two 2025

Sound mixing for film and games

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 14 July 2025
End Date: Sunday, 9 November 2025
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 27 July 2025
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 28 September 2025

Description

This course provides students with the skills and knowledge required to produce a professional final mix of dialogue, music, and sound effects for a feature film, documentary or game. Students learn advanced techniques in controlling balance, dynamics, balance, ambiance, and spectrum, along with prevailing industry conventions regarding loudness levels and file formats in various genres. Multichannel surround and 3D approaches to sound mixing are also taught.

Prerequisites

60 points from courses in the Screen Sound major

Timetable 2025

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Thursday 12:00 - 13:00 Otakaro 146 L1 Lecture Theatre
14 Jul - 24 Aug
8 Sep - 19 Oct
Studio A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Monday 11:00 - 12:00 Otakaro 137
21 Jul - 24 Aug
8 Sep - 19 Oct

Course Coordinator

Hamish Oliver

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,122.00

International fee $6,238.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Humanities .

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