Professional Sound and Video Technology

This module is split into two parts. In the production part you have lectures to learn the underlying principles of television production and have practical sessions where you make a short film using single camera techniques and have an introduction to the TV studios. In the other part you have lectures to learn about the underlying technologies.

This module will introduce you to a broad range of audio systems including microphones, transmission, digital audio and loudspeakers. You will learn how to make sound effects for a computer game.

You will study the methods of connecting audio and video equipment for analogue and digital data transmission and power delivery in the context of PA and sound re-enforcement systems. This module also looks at the fundamental electrical principles and practices necessary for the design and assembly of public address and sound re-enforcement systems for delivery of music and sound to a live audience. On completion you should have the organisational skills necessary to specify systems and plan in advance according to the requirements of the venue and performers.

This module is designed to give you an understanding of the underlying concepts and principles of multi-track production, develop your production skills to translate multi-source live music and sound into a recorded stereo image, and develop the organisational skills needed to successfully record an artist/group. Typically, you will use our Pro-Tools sound recording studios to record a band.

You will learn how to use typical computer based tools for the generation, control, processing and audio reproduction in music technology. You will be able to  evaluate the importance of the different parameters that influence musical sound. This module also introduces MIDI programming and musical synthesis using both software and hardware

You will learn  the fundamental techniques of web design. You will learn client side techniques including HTML, CSS and Javascript and have your site will be hosted on the University web server. You will develop techniques to improve the rating of your site in search engine rankings. You will also learn how to produce animated content.

This module builds on Introduction to Television Production. In the production part, you move on to multi-camera shoots and begin using animation in your films. Technology lectures cover the techniques involved in digital video processing, coding and broadcasting.

This module will help you develop the production techniques associated with computer based hard disk digital audio recording, understand the principles and techniques of production planning and location recording and on completion you will be able to apply a range of techniques to a digital audio editing and production project.

This module builds on the Studio Production module from year one. You complete a sound design for a piece of visual content. You use our studio complex to record and master your design.

Part one of this module  is devoted to learning server side techniques needed to make a professional level, interactive web site. The module features programming using PHP and databases with MySQL. Part two explores  computer networking. This gives you a detailed understanding of how the internet is used to deliver audio and video content to the audience.

On completion of this module you should be able to generate multimedia content across multiple online platforms as well as manage your digital identity. Other skills taught include a high level of critical and professional awareness, taking into account online ethics, privacy, copyright and licensing issues. Recent assessments have included making a mobile phone film with students from New Zealand and France, taking part in an augmented reality game, using phones/tablets to shoot the backdrop to a new opera (State of Being) for its debut at the Tête à Tête Opera Festival in London.

This module is all about developing the qualities and transferable skills necessary for employment in the media industry. During the module you will explore the range of career opportunities within the film, broadcast audio/video and media industries, understand employment practices, recognise how to develop a career pathway, appreciate the importance of transferable skills for employment and of continuing professional development.

This module is based in our TV studios and is designed to help you develop a systematic understanding of television engineering; in particular, following the programme chain from shot to broadcast. The assessment is to produce an ‘as live’ piece of television in the studios.

In this module, you will be taught the key methods and techniques used in the creation of digital animated graphics within 3D space and how to accurately use a range of techniques to create digital animations. Recent assessments have included producing idents for real clients.

This module will give you a systematic and detailed understanding of the tools and techniques associated with both audio and video mastering. Assessment for the video element typically includes making short clips in a variety of genres (music video, sitcom, horror, sci-fi, film noir), applying and evaluating appropriate colour correction and compression techniques.

The final year project is your opportunity to carry out, under supervision, an extended study into an agreed topic relating to your degree. You will complete independent investigation to demonstrate initiative and the skills and knowledge acquired elsewhere in the course. The project provides invaluable experience in the planning and delivery of a major study that solves a problem with a unique solution.

In this module, the spatial hearing capabilities of the auditory system are further investigated and spatial audio systems including stereo, binaural, transaural, 5.1, ambisonics and wave field synthesis will be investigated both in terms of theory and practical use. There will be opportunities to audition and experiment with a number of different surround systems during practical sessions in the recording studios, listening room and anechoic chamber.