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  • The Theatre Sound Colloquium

    • 28 Jun 2013
    • 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
    • The National Theatre (The Lyttelton)
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    The Theatre Sound Colloquium




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    The Theatre Sound Colloquium

    A day of informal discussion and exchange about the art of theatre sound design jointly hosted by the Association of Sound Designers and the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.

    Featured topics:

    • The Sound of Musicals - changing trends in musical theatre sound design
    • The Auditory Scene - psychoacoustics, audience coverage and localised sound
    • New Tools, New Possibilities - emergent technologies such as Procedural Audio and the creative design process

    Each topic will take the form of a presentation followed by panel and open discussion    .

    The event will be held at The National Theatre (The Lyttelton), and will include invited audio industry professionals, producers, directors, composers, artists, researchers and critics. The day will be structured and introduced by Ross Brown (RCSSD), Gregg Fisher (RCSSD) and Gareth Fry (ASD), and will conclude with a drinks reception, which all present are warmly invited to join.

    We would like to thank the National Theatre's Sound and Video Department for their very kind and generous support in making the Lyttelton Theatre available to us as the venue for this event.



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  • AutoCAD for beginners - RESERVE LIST

    • 23 Jul 2013
    • 10:00 AM
    • 24 Jul 2013
    • 6:00 PM
    • The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, Swiss Cottage, London
    • 0
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    AutoCAD for beginners - RESERVE LIST


    Register here for the reserve list.
    If you wish to register for a place on the course, go here
    If someone drops out, then places will be reallocated to those on this list, in order of registration.
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  • AutoCAD for beginners

    • 23 Jul 2013
    • 10:00 AM
    • 24 Jul 2013
    • 6:00 PM
    • The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, Swiss Cottage, London
    • 0
    Registration is closed

    AutoCAD for beginners






    Register for your place now, for free. This event is for ASD members only.

    PLEASE NOTE: This is a two-day training session (10am–6pm) where Day 2 is a continuation of Day 1. REGISTRATION IS ONLY POSSIBLE IF YOU ARE ABLE TO COMMIT TO BOTH DAYS!

    We are operating a reserve list for this course in case anyone drops out. Register for it here

    No previous knowledge of AutoCAD is required! There will be no need to bring your laptop, as training machines will be provided.

    The training session will be run by David Ripley.

    What is AutoCAD?
    AutoCAD allows for accurate to-scale 3D models of spaces, objects and buildings to be drawn on the computer. It is used extensively in the fields of architecture, but also in theatre set and lighting design. The uses of this software in theatre sound applications might include designing a rig, checking its feasibility in the virtual model, and working out speaker coverage.

    Example Course Content–
    • The AutoCAD Interface
    • Drawing Tools
    • Lines, Circle and Arcs
    • Polylines, Rectangles and Splines
    • Construction Lines and Rays 
Modifying Objects
    • Erase, Move, Copy and Mirror
    • Offset, Chamfer and Fillet Array
    • Stretch and Scale
Single Line Text
    • Text Styles 
Dimensioning
    • Dimension Styles 
Blocks
    • Attributes
    • Design Center and creating libraries 
Plotting from Model Space
    • Plotting from Layouts
    • Creating Title Blocks 
Layers and Properties
    • Depending on class progress 
Overview of basic 3D work

    More about AutoCAD can be found here.

    We would like to thank The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama for generously making their AutoCAD suite available to the ASD for this training session.



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