University degrees: Postgraduate
Course city: Stockholm
The Master’s program in film and media with a focus on film sound design is aimed at those who want to specialize and deepen your knowledge in film sound design. The program is research preparatory and consists of two years of full-time studies at the advanced level.
A movie sound designer works with sound recording, sound recording and mixing. Film sound design is about shaping sound landscapes that become a standalone or joined part of the mediated story. The sounds are constructed in a studio using props, field recordings are also an important part of the sound acquisition. Sound’s increasingly important role in film and media places demands on the ability of sound designers to understand the unique properties and narrative potential of sound – both as an independent, artistic medium and in relation to image and space. The film sound designer therefore needs to be able to communicate his visions in understandable terms. Artistic integrity, imagination and creativity combined with good collaboration and technical know-how are also important key features.
Masters program in film and media with a focus on film sound design
The Master’s program in film and media is an in-depth and research-preparatory education with a common program structure for all fields. In the education theory courses, students are introduced to different perspectives on knowledge, theory, reflection and artistic research methods.
The focus of sound design is one of the team orientations within the master program that shapes film teams and collaborates. The students work together in common lab courses where they explore different forms of film, television and new media. Here you can choose to work with sound recording, sound recording and mixing for different types of films, such as feature films, documentaries and art films – for different platforms and in short and long formats. You gain in-depth knowledge of filmmaking as a process from script to finished film.
The education also has specialization-specific method courses. As a master student in film sound design, you get to practice handling professional workflows and deepen your knowledge in various sound techniques, dramaturgy and design. The insights and knowledge that you gain in orientation-specific courses are applied in the lab courses and film exercises that are done in teams.
During the course, you get many opportunities for meetings over traditional occupational boundaries, for example through elective courses common to the university’s institutions. Each student here identifies their need for additional knowledge.
The training will give you specialized knowledge that prepares for research and to work as a film sound designer.
