Sound Design with Professional Placement - BA (Hons)
Falmouth University
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Gain the creative, technical and business skills to become a sound designer for film, games, broadcast media and more.Learning from lecturers with a broad range of specialist knowledge and experience, you’ll study Foley and effects, location and studio recording, audio post-production, games engine implementation, mixing and mastering. As professional sound designers rarely work solo, you’ll collaborate with film, games and music students as part of your studies – developing a distinctive ...Read more

Gain the creative, technical and business skills to become a sound designer for film, games, broadcast media and more.Learning from lecturers with a broad range of specialist knowledge and experience, you’ll study Foley and effects, location and studio recording, audio post-production, games engine implementation, mixing and mastering. As professional sound designers rarely work solo, you’ll collaborate with film, games and music students as part of your studies – developing a distinctive portfolio of work ready to take to industry.You’ll develop a contextual understanding of contemporary sound design and gain practical skills in areas like recording and mixing, immersive technologies, game audio and media composition. With a focus on preparing for industry, you’ll analyse current and future trends in sound design that relate to your career ambitions, while also learning core business, marketing and entrepreneurial skills.

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57/279
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62nd
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12 Jan 25

Falmouth is bleddy awesome. such an underrated uni. Living the most awesome, dream university lifestyle i could ever dream of living. If you love the outdoors and creativity and..Read more

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27 Nov 23

The place and location is brilliant and the course leader is helpful and inspiring the hardest part is commuting to uni every day..Read more

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UCAS Tariff:

64 Grades / Points required

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Extended Project:

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International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme:

24 Grades / Points required

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£2,861 per year

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Placement year £1,907

£5,464 per year

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Placement year £1,907

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