Sound and Image Laboratories

Code:

CC031

Acronym:

LABSI

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Communication Technology

Instance: 2025/2026 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Communication and Information Sciences
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Communication Sciences

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
CC	55	Study plan	3	-	6	41	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

At the curricular unit of Sound and Image Laboratories, we will develop the knowledge acquired in previous years, deepen concepts and practices, and explore the operational, narrative and aesthetic potential of sound and visual media.

Learning outcomes and competences

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

Have an average knowledge of recording and editing audio and video.

Program

The course unit of Sound and Image Labs begins in an open class format with specialists from different professional and academic areas.

The subject to be taught will focus on the question of the "real", common to all cinematographic genres, and on the follow-up of projects proposed by students during their different stages of production.

Mandatory literature

Altman, Rick, 1945-; Sound theory, sound practice. ISBN: 0-415-90457-9
Chion, Michel; A^audiovisão. ISBN: 978-989-8285-24-9
Rabiger, Michael; Directing the documentary. ISBN: 0-24-080608-5

Complementary Bibliography

Beattie, Keith; Documentary Screens: Non-Fiction Film and Television, Palgrave Macmillan, 2004. ISBN: 9780333741160
Macdonald, Kevin & Cousins, Mark; Imagining Reality – The Faber Book of Documentary. , Faber and Faber, 1998. ISBN: 0-571-19202-5
Rabiger, Michael; Direção de cinema. ISBN: 85-352-1587-5
Nichols, Bill; Introduction to documentary. ISBN: 978-0-253-21469-0

Teaching methods and learning activities

Attendance (theoretical classes): expository methodology, with discussion and view of case studies; presentation of authors and concepts.

Laboratory Practices: Exercises and development of individual and group projects.

Guidance Tutorial: Support the production and realization of the final project.

Autonomous activities: Preparation and autonomous laboratory practice in the proposed exercises and in the production of the final project. Study and consultation of bibliographic references.

Software

Adobe Audition
Adobe Media Encoder
Adobe Premiere Pro
DaVinci Resolve 16

keywords

Social sciences > Communication sciences > Audiovisual communication

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	10,00
Trabalho laboratorial	90,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Frequência das aulas	46,00
Trabalho laboratorial	116,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Attending 75% of classes, unless established otherwise by law.

Calculation formula of final grade

• Classroom intervention: 10%


• Final assignment: 90%

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

All students who are able to give evidence in the special time of completion of the study cycle (September) should carry out the exercise to be combined.

All situations in which the students have special status (worker-student, high competition, etc.) will have specific treatment, being essential the contact in time with the teacher.

Classification improvement

Only possible through re-enrollment in the unit.

Observations

The request for examination of the discipline is only possible by the effective attendance of the same in 75% of classes, except in cases provided for by law.