Master in Audiovisual Creation

Discover the new opportunities audiovisual language has to offer in the world of communication and culture. On the MA in Audiovisual Creation, you’ll learn to create and direct audiovisual projects in all formats.

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Presentation

We live in a socioeconomic context in which over 70% of content produced uses audiovisual language. This situation has led to multiple transformations that have affected how this content is consumed and devised. On the Master in Audiovisual Creation you’ll discover the new opportunities audiovisual language has to offer in the world of communication and culture.

Today’s new challenges require a new profile in the audiovisual production industry; one that has good command of areas like creativity, strategy, aesthetics and technique. To prepare you for all kinds of creative projects, the Master in Audiovisual Creation and Direction presents the audiovisual universe from an array of different expressive and formal viewpoints, from music videos to short films, fashion films, audiovisual advertising and video advertising.

You’ll gain a sound understanding of the three semantic and expressive cornerstones of the audiovisual language: image, sound and motion. You’ll learn about the tools and resources needed to develop creative projects, experimenting as a filmmaker with the animation, the spot and the scenography. You will thereby learn to devise specific audiovisual solutions in a growing market and to experiment with new techniques and trends to generate artistic proposals.

The student profile for the master are professionals in the audiovisual world with an interest in the creative side of the industry, and who want to start out in or learn more about the field of the moving image.

Access and Admission Requirements: Degree in Audiovisual Communication, Advertising and Public Relations, Sound and Image, Fine Arts and Performing Arts, Photography or Design. Industry professionals who wish to expand or complement their knowledge in audiovisual creation and direction. You must have a basic knowledge of Adobe Premiere Pro and Adobe After Effects.

At Elisava you can take master and postgraduate courses of different degrees of specialisation that combine theoretical knowledge, reflection, experimentation, and practical projects. Find the design master you are looking for.

Objectives

  • Learning the methodological and technical processes involved in audiovisual projects.
  • Learning about the latest techniques and trends to foster experimentation, language fusion and innovation.
  • Gaining an understanding of the different audiovisual departments and roles in the creation of an audiovisual piece.
  • Mastering the narrative mechanisms applied to the construction of audiovisual stories.
  • Developing audiovisual projects in a wide range of technical registers.
  • Combining audiovisual languages to innovate within the discipline.
  • Learning to manage projects in today’s market.
  • Generating high-impact creative pieces, while working to a budget.
Highlights

Programme of the Master in Audiovisual Creation

1 Audiovisual context and audiovisual culture

Latest audiovisual trends. Approach to audiovisual language (image, sound and movement).

1.1 Inspirational assets
1.2 Image – Sight
1.3 Sound – Sound
1.4 Movement – ​​Motion
1.5 Audiovisual culture: Audiovisual decades
1.6 Effective presentations
1.7 Project I: Mix Media (Analog animation)

 2 Audiovisual storytelling

Mechanisms and project figures to build the narrative of an audiovisual product. Creative methodology, generation of a message and concept as starting points of any audiovisual project.

2.1 From the canonical story to the film narrative
2.2 Audiovisual semiotics I (Image and movement)
2.3 Audiovisual semiotics II (Sound)
2.4 Creative Process
2.5 Script: Resources and techniques
2.6 Technical script and storyboard
2.7 Audiovisual treatment
2.8 Project II: Audiovisual photo novel

 3 Toolkit and audiovisual advertising

Roles and tasks involved in audiovisual creation.

3.1 Introduction to audiovisual departments
3.2 Micronarrative and advertising genres
3.3 Inspirational assets II
3.4 Production department
3.5 Directing actors
3.6 Art department
3.7 Photography department
3.8 Sound department
3.9 Project III: Indie spot

 4 Videoclip

Conception and execution of a music video.

4.1 Introduction and trends in music videos
4.2 Inspirational assets III
4.3 Musical genres
4.4 Project IV: Music video

 5 Master’s Final Project: First feature film – audiovisual short film

Comprehensive and free audiovisual project, using the short fiction film format. Ideation, aesthetic definition and formal execution.

 6 Projects

6.1 Mix Media
6.2 Indie Spot
6.3 Fashion Film
6.4 Music Video
6.5 First Work: Short Film
The programme has its own material and material provided by Aclam Rental, thus providing a wide variety of technological equipment for the filming of audiovisual pieces.

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Each academic year, students with very diverse professional and cultural profiles of more than 80 nationalities from all over the world attend their master’s or postgraduate training at Elisava. We want to promote connections and networks among students beyond the context of each master’s degree to promote the exchange of knowledge through very diverse projects: we organize interdisciplinary workshops and conferences; transdisciplinary projects with students from several master’s degrees; collaborations with companies, institutions and NGOs…

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Masters’ Scholarships

Do you want to study the MA in Audiovisual Creation at Elisava? In this section you will be able to check all the information on the annual call for scholarships, which recognize, reward and disseminate the talent and excellence of future master’s students.

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