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Leeds Beckett University - City Campus,
Woodhouse Lane,
LS1 3HE
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Postgraduate MA
If you’re new to the field or already working in industry, this course will foster your talent and develop your skills in planning, creation and manipulation of audio soundtracks.
With a focus on sound design for film and television, this course will allow you to explore the capture of on-location production sound and studio-based post-production activity.
As part of this course, you’ll:
Hands-on experience
You’ll be guided by a highly skilled teaching team as well as visiting professionals with extensive industry experience. Through close ties with the university’s Northern Film School, you’ll have opportunities to collaborate with fellow students at all stages of the filmmaking process – including shooting, editing and post-production.
This hands-on experience will be complemented by academic and practical studies in sound design.
Creative exploration
The brand-new Leeds School of Arts building features a wealth of outstanding specialist facilities. You’ll have use of professional-grade studios dedicated to foley and surround mixing including Dolby Atmos. You’ll also have access to:
Access to these spaces plus links with local and national music, arts and festival organisations, will provide you with plenty of opportunities to share your work with audiences.
Leeds School of Arts ‘When I feel like I’m sinking’ is a poem to mark the opening of the Leeds School of Arts building at Leeds Beckett University. Recited by the poet and Leeds Beckett graduate, Zodwa Nyoni, this short film showcases the creative work produced by our Performing Arts, Music and Sound, Filmmaking, and Creative Technologies students and graduates.