Department of Sound for Electronic and Digital Media
The course in Sound for Electronic and Digital Media is designed to produce students who can excel in the new and challenging media environment, where both technology and workflow changes every day. With stress on equipment and skills suited for shooting and recording on the go (including on mobile based platforms), and challenging recording environments like live sports shows or musical events, this course will produce students ideally placed to thrive in the new media landscape having both the technical acumen and the artistic knowledge to be trend-setters in their field. Students will work on a variety of productions, shot on both multi camera and single camera setups, live situations and studio based situations, to expose them to the entire gamut of present day and emerging media productions.
Course Duration
2 Years divided into 4 semesters.
Total no of Seats
7 (Seven)
Eligibility Criteria
Bachelor’s Degree in any discipline.
Candidates successful in the Joint Entrance Test (JET) will be called for Orientation and Interview.
Final merit list will be prepared on the basis of written examination(JET), orientation and interview.
Faculty & Academic Support Staff
SK. Abdul Rajjak
—Associate Professor, Sound Recording & Design & HOD-in-charge
A Diploma holder in Cinema specializing in Sound Recording and Sound Engineering from Film & Television Institute of India, Pune. He has successfully done Location Sound Recording and Sound Designing for several feature films, tele-films, tele-serials and award winning documentary films. He has also directed and scripted two documentary films, one of which was selected in Indian Panorama, IFFl-2008.
Moumita Roy
—Assistant Professor, Media & Audio
Moumita Roy is a sound designer and media artist with a focus on sound-related art practices. An alumna of Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute and Aalto University, she has worked on various projects in the past decade spanning films, documentaries, digital media, installations and research. Some of her works have been presented at conferences, shows and galleries in countries such as France, Canada, Norway and Finland.
Moumita is humbled to have received recognition for her work, including the National Film Award for Best Audiography at the 63rd National Film Awards for Edpa Kana. She is also a shared recipient of the Grand Prix at the International Sound Awards (2019).
Arijit Mitra
—Sound Recordist, Sound for Electronic and Digital Media
Postgraduate Diploma in Cinema specializing in Audiography from SRFTI, Kolkata. Arijit has worked as a freelance sound recordist in documentaries, fiction, wild-life films and corporate videos.His diploma film ‘TWO NOTEs’ has been awarded in KIFF and SIGN and selected for IFFI and Cannes Short Film Corner. He has worked as a Sync Sound Recordist for the Television Movie ‘TAK JHAL MISTHI’ being part of ZEE originals series. His co-directed and audiographed documentaries have been selected for festivals like IDSFFK. He has conducted Workshops and Lectures sessions for a few media institutes of Kolkata. He is also involved in Acoustic designing and installations.
Facilities
The Department is equipped with :
1) 1 No. of Sound Studio having facility of dubbing, music recording and 5.1 Surround mixing with state of the art equipment.
2) 3 Nos. of DAW set up having track laying and mixing facility with the latest equipment.
3) State of the art location recording equipment: multitrack digital recorders, portable audio mixers, gun microphones and lavalier microphones etc.
