Curriculum
The NPPP curriculum follows the real flow of an audio post-production job. It is not just a list of Nuendo features. It is a practical path through the decisions, habits, workflows, and technical skills needed to work on film, television, documentary, online content, and other post-production projects.
You start by understanding how post-production projects are organized. Then you learn how to prepare sessions, edit dialogue, manage production sound, build clean workflows, handle revisions, mix with intention, prepare deliverables, and communicate professionally with clients and collaborators.
The goal is simple: to help you become more confident, more organized, and more reliable in real post-production work.
How it is organized
Before touching the tools, you need to understand what the work actually is.
This part introduces the role of the audio post-production engineer, the relationship between picture editorial and sound, the different stages of a project, and the expectations that come with professional delivery.
You learn how to think about the job before building the session.
A good mix starts before the mix.
This part focuses on session organization, track structure, naming, routing, templates, imports, references, sync, project settings, and the practical decisions that make the rest of the work faster and safer.
You learn how to build a session that can survive real work.
Dialogue is usually the center of the project.
This part covers production sound organization, dialogue editing, clip gain, noise issues, room tone, alternate takes, sync problems, overlaps, perspective, continuity, and the judgment needed to make dialogue feel natural.
You learn how to make the spoken story clear, controlled, and believable.
Post-production is connected to picture, and picture changes are part of the job.
This part covers conforming, reconforming, EDL/AAF workflows, version changes, spotting, scene structure, timing, and how to stay organized when the picture keeps moving.
You learn how to keep the sound work aligned with the edit.
Sound editorial is where the world of the project is built.
This part covers backgrounds, effects, Foley, sound design, transitions, movement, perspective, and editorial choices that support the story without cluttering the mix.
You learn how to build sound that supports the picture instead of fighting it.
Mixing is not only about making things louder or cleaner.
This part covers balance, dynamics, EQ, automation, perspective, scene flow, loudness, routing, stems, printmasters, and the choices that make a mix feel professional and controlled.
You learn how to mix with intention, not just react to problems.
A project is not finished until it is delivered correctly.
This part covers deliverables, stems, versions, loudness requirements, exports, QC, naming, documentation, backups, and the discipline needed to avoid mistakes at the end of a job.
You learn how to deliver work that clients and production teams can actually use.
Technical skill is only part of the job.
This part covers client communication, revisions, expectations, feedback, file exchanges, schedules, decision-making, and how to work professionally under pressure.
You learn how to be reliable, clear, and useful in a real production environment.
By the end
You should be able to organize a Nuendo session, edit dialogue, manage picture changes, build sound editorial, mix with control, prepare deliverables, and communicate more clearly with the people around the project.
The goal is not to memorize every feature.
The goal is to build a professional way of working.
