Jakob Parsons on Sound Design Tues 15 March

Jakob Parsons

We're delighted to welcome back sound specialist Jakob Parsons to teach sound design to our 2nd year undergraduate animators.  Jakob will join us on Tuesday 15 March at 9.30am.

Good sound design is a vital part of the film-making process. 50% of the experience of enjoying a film is audio, and yet when teaching film-making we tend to focus most of our attention on what we see with our eyes, sometimes neglecting the importance of sound.

• Animators might not always realise it - but we definitely need good sound design.

Sound Design 
Our second year animation students are working on their first Studio Project - working together to design and animate a teaser/trailer for an upcoming game, TV series or feature film, as part of 2nd year Module PR5001, in which students collaborate together, working in teams.  The module is the culmination of the second year of study at Escape Studios.

Jakob Parsons
Jakob Parsons has a degree in music production from The Academy of Contemporary Music, and his main specialism is music composition.  He also works in live sound, and co-founded his own production company Lambda AV. 

Jakob Parsons

Jakob's work includes projects across multiple platforms, including running the production teams for Egg London, Fire & Lightbox nightclubs, and working on stages at festivals: Glastonbury, Boomtown and The Palace Arts Festival in Poland. His regular clients include Ronnie Scott's jazz club in Soho. 

Principles of Sound Design

To learn more about the principles of sound design, follow these links:

• Sound Design Tips from Jakob Parsons
• BBC sound design archive
• Free music archive from Moby (MobyGratis)
• How to Record Voice-Overs
• Why Animators Need Sound Design

Jakob Parsons teaching at Escape Studios

The Escape Studios Animation Blog offers a personal view on the art of animation and visual effects. To apply for our BA/MArt in 3D Animation, follow this link.  To apply for our storyboarding evening class, visit this page here.  For the next 12 week animation course, click here. And to apply for the next evening class in Producing Animation, see this page.