Study Details: MA 1 year full-time
Study, explore and practise contemporary film and television postproduction with a focus on technical aspects of sound production and design. Enhance your understanding of digital sound design creation and audio for film, television and interactive media.
Our course emphasises a high level of craft skill and creativity, combined with critical thought and collaboration. You’ll gain scientific and technical training with hands-on experience of sound design, programme creation and artistic decision-making.
We’ll teach you through a mix of workshops, lectures, screenings and masterclasses led by leading academics and industry professionals. You’ll use industry-standard facilities in a vibrant and supportive environment. You’ll realise your own creative and technical projects and develop essential professional skills to pursue a career in industry.
On this MA you will have the opportunity to focus your individual research project on creative production-orientated work. Alternatively, if you’d prefer to focus your individual research project on the technologies behind production and postproduction systems you can apply for the MSc Film and Television Production with Sound.
Our graduates have pursued careers in film and television, as well as furthered their academic studies.
2:2 or equivalent. You should have some experience of audio media production either gained through an undergraduate degree or through professional practice.
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The film and television industry is highly competitive and there is a constant demand for sound designers with a solid knowledge of current software and postproduction techniques. There’s also demand for sound designers who possess a firm grasp of story and understand how technology can enhance the audio-visual experience.
There’s also an increasing demand for researchers, in both industry and academia, who have a firm understanding of postproduction tools and how they can be applied to create the next generation of postproduction technologies.
You'll study taught modules in the first part of the year. You'll then go on to take an individual project.
You'll look at digital production and postproduction processes for the creation of commercial film and television programmes, and examine the latest technical and aesthetic workflows for picture and sound. You'll put theory into practice by applying the concepts and techniques covered in lectures with labs on picture and sound techniques.
You'll study the fundamental theory and practical skills involved in the creation of sound design. You'll explore the technical design and implementation of sound synthesis and sound processing systems, and look at their creative application. You'll have hands-on experience with software packages such as ProTools, Media Composer, Adobe creative suite and Davinci.
We'll introduce you to production and postproduction methods in the field of spatial audio, including multi-channel recording techniques and mixing using different surround sound and immersive sound systems. You'll explore common methods and formats employed in the industry (entertainment, broadcast, games industry) as well as be encouraged to push the boundaries of present conventions. You'll be able to work with our AVID S6 consoles, which are found in top audio postproduction facilities worldwide.
Core modules:
Audio Production and Postproduction Workflows
Editing I
Group Projects
Spatial Audio and Surround Sound
Individual Project
Option modules:
You will also study one option module each semester.
Some option module combinations may not be possible. The options available to you will be confirmed after you begin your course.
Our modules may change to reflect the latest academic thinking and expertise of our staff, and in line with Department/School academic planning.
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