otherOne Year Intensive Program - Sound

The aim of the training program is to equip students with the basic knowledge needed in the creation of a soundtrack for a film. Students will be navigated through the areas of acoustics, sound recording, and sound post-production as well as through theories related to film language and aesthetics, historical context from the perspective of sound.
The process is supported and completed with a set of mandatory theoretical courses and a range of electives courses.

One Year Intensive Program-Sound (OYIP-S) alumni are fully capable of leading and taking care of the creation of the soundtrack of a short film, fiction and nonfiction.
OYIP-So alumni are skilled to perform sound recording on a film set, whether as sound masters or microphone operators.
OYIP-So are well versed in theory related to both, sound and film language and storytelling.
OYIP-So graduates possess technical, dramaturgical and aesthetic tools to become a proficient creative partner for the film director, from early stages by doing screenplay analysis to the crafting of a final soundtrack.
OYIP-So alumni have knowledge about industry standard post-production workflows and are capable of mixing for theatre in surround formats.
OYIP-So alumni are equipped with sufficient skills and experience to collaborate with sound professionals, whether as microphone operators or assistants on set recording, or as assistants on various stages of the sound post production process.
OYIP-So alumni possess the skills and criteria to analyse and deconstruct already existing soundtracks from films and detect virtues, flaws and artistic achievements in them.

A maximum of 6 students per mentor workshop is accepted.
The OYIP-So is aimed at students who have at least finished high school education and have gained a minimum of practical experience with sound recording, sound postproduction or music. It is a very well-suited program for those who want to get an intensive and hands-on experience with the vast scope of sound work in film, which would allow them to be accepted for higher education degrees (Bachelor's, Master's) on sound for film.
Sound mentors carefully evaluate the applications from all prospect students and make admission decisions based on the quality of those materials, with an approximate minimum of 3 students and a maximum of 6 students per each mentor workshop.

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