Audio Production MA

This innovative course develops your creative abilities in audio across music production, sound design, radio, TV, film and multimedia, all supported by a robust understanding of the technologies involved. You will be able to explore and expand as a creative artist while achieving control and experience of a professional audio environment.
Modules
The following modules are indicative of what you will study on this course. For more details on course structure and modules, and how you will be taught and assessed, see the full course document.
Applied Innovation and Interactive Design
This module will introduce you to associated programming packages for multimedia applications. You will explore the innovative interface design techniques, and work on developing sound design for interactive media, including small apps and computer games.
Audio Visual Production and Cultural Theory
Focusing on the creative applications of technology, theories and professional production practices, this module will develop into a study brief incorporating the construction of a radio drama, radio programme, film trailer assembly and surround mix. It will also include a substantial piece of sound-to-picture work, including location recording, music and audio post for film and broadcast media.
Entrepreneurship and Project Management for Creative Industries
This module facilitates learning of the key skills in creative industries business, entrepreneurship and project management. You are given the opportunity to develop their business ideas from concept to completion through the production of digital media outlets whilst using PRINCE2 (Projects IN Controlled Environment) methodology.
Major Project
The Audio Production Project is your opportunity to negotiate a large-scale, self-determined, original and inventive project, based upon several areas explored in the taught stage of the course.
Music Production and Musicology
This module will develop your professional practice of the creative industries through in-depth understanding of both practical and theoretical aspects of music recording and production processes, including mixing, remixing and mastering in stereo and surround.
Synthesis and Sound Design for Animation
You will examine in detail the digital manipulation of audio data, location recording and Foley, the creation of sound libraries, and sound design for animation, enabling you to produce work to industry standards.
Associated careers
Possible careers include music producer, audio and audio visual post-production specialist, ADR, audio and audio visual producer, composer, education, Foley artist, interactive audio design teams, location sound specialist, programmer, radio and sound engineer.
Course teams
Matej Dimlic
COURSE LEADER
Matej has extensive academic and professional experience in several media disciplines, and his credits include Absolute Beginners Series (director, producer), Eastern Biological's mixed media performance The Sound (composer, director, performer), The Captive (music and sound design). In addition to leading Audio Visual Production, Sound Design for Animation and Audio Production Project on the Audio Production MA, Matej also leads Documentary Film and Contemporary World Cinema modules on the Film & TV MA, and lectures Narrative Forms on the Screenwriting and Producing MA course. He participates at national and international conferences, and in his research investigates the impact of sound and music on structure and the perception of the visual narrative. He is currently working on development of a large-scale interactive audio installation project for various sites around London.
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Mike Exarchos
SENIOR LECTURER IN MUSIC
Mike is teaching Music Production, Audio Synthesis, and Music Technology for Live Performance, across the MA Audio Production, BA Commercial Music and BMus Commercial Music Performance courses, whilst holding an External Examiner position for the University of Wales. He also represented his country of origin in 2011's Eurovision Song Contest, securing 7th place. His recording work as Stereo Mike currently spans three critically acclaimed personal albums, while he independently produces new and established acts for labels such as Sony Music, Universal and Warner. As an artist, Mike has had five VMA nominations for Best Hip-Hop Video (2006/2008/2009), Best Video of the Year (2008) and Best Male Artist (2009), and in 2008 he was nominated for MTV Europe's Favourite Act. When he is not producing records or performing live, he composes avant-garde electronica and electro-acoustic pieces. In his PhD research entitled: "Sound Art and the Image", (Sonic Arts Centre, Middlesex University), Mike explores the relationship between sonic and visual content towards a compositional methodology for the sonic artist working with visual media. He has also worked as an Apple Distinguished Professional and is currently a Logic Pro Certified Trainer. His publications have included articles for Sound On Sound and, this year, he has been invited to perform at the South by Southwest (SXSW) Music, Film and Interactive festival.
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Savraj Matharu
SENIOR LECTURER
Savraj teaches across the range of courses in Faculties of Media, Arts & Design and Science and Technology. He has extensive academic and professional expertise in interactive multimedia and is working internationally on developing of branding and USPs for enterprises through the use of technology, sound and interactive media. Savraj is an active contributor to a series of monthly publications, a beta tester for Adobe, and an Apple certified Developer. Savraj works alongside the audio industry in developing new media and engaging interactive media rich applications, from mobile apps, e-driven games to Multimedia Web Apps. Clients include Channel 4, BBC, RWP Ron Winter Productions, Deathrow Records, DJ Luck & MC Neat, So Solid Crew, EMI France and Jonathan Ross. He is currently working on development of a series of sound driven applications within the entertainment and educational sector in close consultation with Apple.
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Additional costs information
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