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MA - Master of Arts
Goldsmiths Campus
Full Time
SEP-26
1 Year
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MA - Master of Arts
Goldsmiths Campus
Full Time
SEP-26
1 Year
Select a an exam type
On this Masters you'll learn the fundamental technical skills necessary to begin a career in screen sound, both as a location sound recordist and post-production sound designer. But equally importantly, you will gain an understanding of how a film’s narrative relies on the precise partnership between image and sound.Within this MA programme you'll expand your existing knowledge of sound. Through recording and design you'll investigate what it means to listen with awareness and to translate that experience to your audience. And you'll study how sound is created, how you can manipulate its form, whether it’s natural, synthesised, digitised or analogue, and how to work with sound as a storytelling medium.MA Filmmaking is housed in a new purpose-built media facility equipped with state-of-the-art teaching spaces including a film studio for sound shooting, Pro Tools suites, Audio Postproduction facilities with Foley recording studios, Avid Media Composer, screening rooms and an Avid NEXIS network linking all teaching spaces.Goldsmiths is an Avid Learning Partner offering Sound students accredited training in Pro Tools and the opportunity to certify as an Avid Pro Tools Specialist, enhancing student's skills and CV.The Sound curriculum focuses on the structure of the soundtrack, deconstructing it from its beginnings in pre-production to the final mix, experimenting with the ways in which different components (dialogue, atmospheres, sound effects, music) allow an audience to engage with a film’s story. Through iterative exercises, group reviews and regular feedback, you gain the awareness and ability to construct soundtracks that interpret stories through sound.As a sound specialist you work on one film each term, ending with a major production.You learn about related fields such as directing, editing, producing and documentary, and work with students across specialisms within Goldsmiths Screen School.
You should have (or expect to be awarded) an undergraduate degree of at least second class standard in a relevant/related subject as well as a level of practical experience from work in the arts or the media.
Experience working with sound and image and proficiency with Pro Tools (equivalent to Pro Tools 101) is recommended.
You might also be considered for some programmes if you arent a graduate or your degree is in an unrelated field, but have relevant experience and can show that you have the ability to work at postgraduate level.
Because funding deadlines and requirements vary around the world, applications are considered on a rolling basis and places on the programme fill up across the recruitment cycle. For this reason, we strongly advise you to submit your completed application as early as you can.
Students living in
Domestic
£16,200 per year
Students from Domestic
Accommodation - Budget - GBP 158 - GBP 337 per week.
£30,750 per year
Students from EU
Accommodation - Budget - GBP 158 - GBP 337 per week.
£30,750 per year
Students from International
Accommodation - Budget - GBP 158 - GBP 337 per week.
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