I recommend you contact Jay Beck at Carleton College. He's been developing an exciting sounds studies program there (within film) and I believe foley is a part of it.
https://apps.carleton.edu/curricular/cams/courses/ On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 11:34 PM, Dave Tetzlaff <djte...@gmail.com> wrote: > Matt: > > I doubt you'll find good models at other schools. In my travels, college > sound facilities have either been created from the ground up as part of an > expensive building project, or jury rigged into some existing space so > cheaply and poorly they're barely worth having. If you can find any schools > that have gone a DIY route, they'll probably be useful mostly in telling > you what NOT to do. > > I've have experience with some small pre-fab booths, and they all stunk. > Also, they are designed as essentially the opposite of what you want: the > idea being the talent goes into the booth to do a VO. > > To get anything functional, you're going to need a custom constructed > studio booth designed to fit the room. The materials with need to be custom > cut, and the booth will likely need to be constructed mostly in the room, > rather than making larger sections in another location and assembling them > in the space. > > I would guess you could hire a contractor who specializes in sound booth > construction to create something for you, but i'd also guess the cost would > be prohibitive. There are any number of books that lay out principles and > methods for DIY booth construction. Perhaps you could work with the > college's physical plant to design and build something 'yourself' (that is, > within the college). > > I would guess what you can accomplish will depend on how much time you > (Matt) can put into it. That would be an advantage your program has over > most small college film programs: your labor, knowledge and commitment to > getting it right.. > > Since it's an educational facility it doesn't have to look nice to impress > clients, it just has to be functional. Whatever you save on aesthetics, do > not scrimp on basic functionality. You'll need a serious double pane glass > sound isolating window, serious sound seals on the door(s). The trick is > the sound isolation of the booth. It's ideally a six-sided double-walled > room within the classroom, with the bottom decoupled from the classroom > floor, and the inner and outer wall of the booth decoupled... > > There are a number of books, and maybe even some plans on the web. I have > no familiarity with any of them. This one was recommended: > > http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/home-recording-studio-rod-gervais/1100355128?ean=9781435457171 > > I'd probably do plenty of research, check several books, before making any > plans. > > Other things that are not going to be cheap: A classroom probably has > old-school tube fluorescent overhead lighting which will have to be > replaced. LED lamps probably, but I don't know if they have counter-EMF > issues. You'll probably have to isolate the stage part of the room from the > buildings ventilation and heating system, as that's likely to go on and off > at will and generate too much noise. Then you'll need a way to ventilate > the booth, as it will be a sealed space and the equipment in it will > generate heat. Finally, classrooms have a shit-ton of echo and you'll need > serious sound deadening treatments for the walls and ceiling. > > In short, it's a major project, and if you can't do it right, it's > probably not worth doing at all. > > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks >
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