SOUND EFFECTS    - Radio, TV, and Film   by Robert L Mott  1990 Focal Press

Sound effects like music or dialogue, are links in the sound chain. Knowing how and when to use each of these elements to its best advantage is often the difference between a succeful or disappointing endeavor.   

This bok explores aspects of the craft, ranging from the techniques used in Shakespears Globe Theater to the challenges and expectations of today's radio, TV, and film studios.  

Contents: 

Chapter 1  

• The Beginning of Radio Drama
• The Discovery of Sound Effects
• The Pioneers
• The Visual Directors
• Sound Effects Became Recorded
• Radio's Intensive Teamwork
• Some Famous Sound Effects Openings
• The Theater of Mind
• A History of Television Sound Effects
• The Impact of Sound

Chapter 2  

• A History of Sound
• The Electron
• Visualizing Sound
• The Sound Wave
• Echo and Reverberation
• The Way We Hear

• Pitch
• Timbre
• Loudness
• Attack
• Sustain
• Decay
• Speed
• Rhythm
• Utilizing All the Components

• Natural Sound
• Characteristic sound
• Comedy sounds
• Comedy styles
• Cartoon sounds
• Fantasy

• The Television Sound Effects Studio
• Sound Effects Console
• Microphones
• Reel-to-reel Tape Machines
• Cart Machines
• What Else Have You Got!!?
• Equipment for Post Production

• Creating Sound Effects
• Live Sound Effects
• Computerized Sounds
• Vocalized Sound Effects
• Creating a Sound That Does Not Exist

Chapter 7 

• Writing the Radio Sound Effects Script
• Acting with Sound Effects
• The Radio Director
• Mixing a Radio Show

• Writers
• Acting and Sound Effects
• Directors and Producers
• Assistant Directors
• Control Room Sound System

• The Production Crew
• The Sound Editors
• Successful Sound Effects Editing
• Location Sounds
• Manipulating Reality
• Spatial Confinement

• Some fundamentals
• Miking the Sounds
• Why Foley?
• The Foley Stage
• Some Precautions
• In Conclusion 

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