Attendees

High school students, students in the Bachelor’s Degree Programme in Audiovisual Communication at the UPF and ARSENAL Projects and En Residència 

Description of the activity

Sounds and music in soundtrack creation. The union of music, sound effects, ambient sounds and dialogues in relation to any visual element, images, videos or scenario constitutes a soundtrack. A soundtrack is a vital element for constructing the atmosphere and narrative in any audiovisual production.

In this workshop we explored how sounds and music can build a soundtrack not as isolated elements, but as interrelated components that fulfill different functions within an audiovisual story. We saw how a soundtrack can reinforce emotional meaning, explain a narrative and affect the intensity and credibility of actions. During the workshop:

1. We explored and analysed examples of soundtracks.

2. We experimented with the selection and combination of sounds through Freesound and music.

3. We created preliminary versions of soundtracks that accompany the narration of visual elements.

Raquel Lucena

Lucena is a predoctoral researcher with the Music Technology Group (UPF) specializing in interactive machine learning applied to music and motor rehabilitation. Her work combines motion capture, real-time digital instrument design and Music Information Retrieval (MIR), and includes experimental studies with clinical trials in hospital environments. She has worked as a teacher in the master’s degree in Artificial Intelligence and Big Data (Stucom), a data engineer in biomedical projects at BCNatal and as a data analyst in the railway sector (Smart Motors).

She holds a bachelor’s degree in Data Engineering and has two master's degrees: one in Sound and Music Computing (UPF) and another in Teacher Training (UPC).