ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book gives idea to low and no budget filmmakers a guide to creating effective sound designs for their films. Sound design and mixing are creative endeavors that utilize technology, so there are many opinions on what is the best way to approach each. The book lays out a way that allows to work from the first page to the end and we have the consecutive steps for creating our soundtrack. It is not about the scientific study of sound, but the creative use of it. However, many of these terms are used within the book and the meanings are included in the glossary. There are many laws, rules, theorems, principles and properties of physics and psychoacoustic phenomena that affect the recording, editing and mixing of sounds.
