MA Sound Design for Film and Television

Postgraduate

In Bournemouth

£ 7,250 + VAT

Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Location

    Bournemouth

We were the first UK university to offer a Master’s degree in sound, and we continue to offer the opportunity to harness your skills within The Faculty of Media & Communication’s vibrant production environment.
This degree will advance your sound knowledge in a variety of different genres, ranging from documentary to drama and animation. Relevant industry practice underpins teaching and learning methods on this course, which aims to enable you to develop creative opportunities in sound.
In collaboration with other disciplines from the postgraduate media production framework, you will learn how to work with sound more effectively in location and post-production environments. You will also have the opportunity to develop collaborative projects with computergenerated material through Bournemouth University’s National Centre for Computer Animation (NCCA) or via other creative ventures.
You will have the advantage of working in a range of tailor-made facilities, including specially built post-production sound studios, foley/ commentary recording suites, as well as other facilities. Course-specific sound resources are available to book 24 hours a day, seven days a week for most of the year.
As part of the AVID Learning Partnership, this course has greater relevance and credibility within the industry.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Bournemouth (Dorset)
Fern Barrow, Talbot Campus, BH12 5BB

Start date

On request

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Subjects

  • Animation
  • Teaching
  • Drama
  • Design
  • Film and Television
  • Sound
  • Post Production
  • Sound Design
  • University
  • Project
  • Industry
  • Media
  • Production

Course programme

Course details On this course you will usually be taught by a range of staff with relevant expertise and knowledge appropriate to the content of the unit. This will include senior academic staff, qualified professional practitioners, demonstrators, technicians and research students. You will also benefit from regular guest lectures from industry. Core units Sound Design & Theory: An introduction to specific sound design techniques. You'll develop a critical understanding of theoretical causes alongside you production work, gain an understanding of industry-standard technology for sound production and post-production environments. Narrative Constructions: Establishing a social, cultural and intellectual context for production work on the course, in combination with the other practical and professional skills taught, this unit offers a critical foundation for the effective realisation of production work. You'll collectively engage with narrative theory in a critical and analytical forum. Extended Sound Design Project: Develop your understanding of a range of film and television genres. You'll engage in the development, planning and execution of a complex production project, while expanding the skills and knowledge you gained in the Sound Design & Theory unit. Professional Practice: An introduction to key concepts, skills and knowledge you'll need for employment in the media industries. Option units (choose one)* Master's Production Project: You'll develop a significant production-based project. The specific nature and duration of this will be decided through a discussion with your appointed tutor. You'll encounter a range of learning and teaching methods, including individual tutorials with an academic tutor and seminars to share approaches and project development. Master's Research Project: You can produce a practice-based research artefact supported by a written analysis, or an individually or collaboratively written paper. The latter consists of a written investigation into an aspect of practice, supported by media artefacts. Both of these will be the basis of a presentation of research findings at a final exhibition. *Please note that option units require minimum numbers in order to run and may only be available on a semester by semester basis. They may also change from year to year. You'll gain basic skills in post-production sound work. This includes: Dialogue editing Sound effects editing Music editing Foley Voice and sound effects recording Location sound recording Track laying Mixing. You'll also learn about the aesthetics of sound and film. This includes: How the two affect each other and work together How to use sound effectively in a film How to communicate with directors How to make judgements about film sound. You'll create integrated sound tracks for different types of film including animation, drama and documentary. These are all included in your coursework and encouraged in extra-curricular collaborations. Programme specification Programme specifications provide definitive records of the University's taught degrees in line with Quality Assurance Agency requirements. Every taught course leading to a BU Award has a programme specification which describes its aims, structure, content and learning outcomes, plus the teaching, learning and assessment methods used. Download the programme specification for Sound Design for Film and Television. Whilst every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the programme specification, the information is liable to change to take advantage of exciting new approaches to teaching and learning as well as developments in industry. If you have been unable to locate the programme specification for the course you are interested in, it will be available as soon as the latest version is ready. Alternatively please contact us for assistance.

MA Sound Design for Film and Television

£ 7,250 + VAT