A sound designer must have strong communication with the director to understand their vision, be creative in editing and manipulating sounds, and source or create music appropriate for the production. They also analyze scripts to determine appropriate sound cues, install equipment correctly, operate all sound technology, and understand how to use different microphones to capture performances. A sound designer aims to underscore action, foreshadow events, and evoke emotion through sound to enhance the audience experience.

1. Roles of a sound designer
•A sound designer needs to have a
good and close relationship with the
director/choreographer to get a full
and clear understanding on what
they want.
•They need to be creative as they
need to be able to edit and
manipulate sound to create and
deliver a great audio performance.
•A sound designer
needs to be able to
source and create
music/sound that is
relevant to what
they are working
on.
•Analysing the script and creating cues is crucial for a sound designer to
be able to know context of the script (when, what, where, when) and
to know when to add sound where its needed.
•Installing is
a key part to
being a
sound
designer as
they need to
know how
to install all
different
aspects of
sound so
that it all
runs
smoothly
and
correctly.

2. •Knowing how to
operate all the
sound equipment is
a major role in
being a sound
designer as they
need to know how
to function all of
the desired
equipment.
•They need to be very familiar
with all the different sound
equipment e.g. ambient
microphones, radio microphone
and orchestra microphones and
where they are needed as well
as how many are needed to help
fill the required performance
space.
•A sound designer needs to be able to underscore
the action that is taking place of stage also
foreshadowing future events.
•Evoke emotion
and create and
reflect the
mood to
complete the
picture for the
audience.