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Audio For Visual Media School

Opportunities In Audio For Visual Media

Perhaps you're an avid gamer fascinated by game design. A film buff who knows suspense is something you hear. Maybe you're into sound design, making videos of your band's shows, or have a YouTube channel you create content for. Audio for visual media is one of the many creative opportunities many of our alumni take after graduating from the OIART program.


If this sounds like you, then start your application today!

Top OIART Employers

Here is a list of some of the top broadcasting, media and gaming studio companies in Canada that look to OIART year after year to hire the best in audio for visual media. Follow your passion and you could be next!

  • CBC

    Canada’s national broadcaster; Shows include Ontario Morning, The Fifth Estate, The National, Dragon’s Den, Battle of the Blades and music and news related programming, Republic of Doyle, George Strombolopolous, The Royal Canadian Air Farce plus election, Olympic and FIFA World Cup coverage.

  • Bell Media

    Canada’s largest network, Bell owns CTV, TSN, RDS, ESPN (part-owner), MuchMusic, MTV, The Comedy Network, Discovery Channel, Business News Network, CP24, Bravo, E!, HBO Canada, The Movie Network, Fashion Television, and Canal D.

  • Rogers Television

    Hockey Night In Canada, Stanley Cup playoffs and Outdoor Classic events, local programming throughout Canada.

  • Ubisoft

    Assassin’s Creed, Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell, Prince of Persia, SouthPark and Just Dance.

  • EA Games

    Madden NFL, FIFA Football/Soccer, NHL, NCAA Football, SSX and NBA Jam, Battlefield, Need for Speed, The Sims, Medal of Honor, Command & Conquer, Dead Space, Mass Effect, Dragon Age, Army of Two and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, LucasArts.

  • Formosa Group

    Formosa Group engages with filmmakers and content creators to tell stories through sound on titles such as HALO, Dune, Joker, Ford vs Ferrari, 191, Blade Runner, Handmaids Tale, The Revenant, Dunkirk and many more!

  • Technicolor

    Television shows include American Dad, American Horror Story, Beyond The Dome, Cleveland Show, The Closer, Criminal Minds, Desperate Housewives, Dexter, Family Guy, The Following, Glee, Hawaii Five O, Major Crimes, Nip/Tuck, True Blood, Remedy, Haven, Spun Out, Degrassi: The Next Generation.

  • RMW Music

    Canadian Paralympic Committee, MOLSON, McDonald’s, The Jane Goodall Institute, Sleep Country Canada, Subaru, Coors, Kia, Expedia, Hyundai, Canadian Tire, Mountain Dew, Toyota, Harvey’s and Nike.

  • Studio 18 Sound and Picture

    Specializes in reality television for shows such as Survivor, The Amazing Race Canada, Top Chef Canada, Battle of the Blades, and Canada’s Next Top Model.

  • Supersonics Post Production

    Post production Sound experts: Supersonics Post Production employs numerous grads as re-recording mixers, recordists, editors and sound designers. Shows include Storage Wars Canada, Johnny Test, Scaredy Squirrel, Peep in the Big Wide World, Apollo 18, How to be Indie, Busy Town Mysteries, Super Why, Max and Ruby.

  • SIM International

    Canada’s premier post-production boutique: SIM works with major production companies such as Take 5 Productions, Rhombus Media, Showtime, Starz, New Line Cinema, Serendipity Point, NBC Universal, Whizbang, Marblemedia, Sienna Films, USA Networks and Paramount Pictures. They have won over 75 awards in the past 20 years of operation. Notable shows include Vikings, Book Of Negroes, The Tudors, Rookie Blue, Saving Hope, Top Chef Canada, Our Man In Tehran, Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage (documentary) and The Borgias.

  • Dome Productions

    Owned by Bell Media and Rogers Media Inc. but is unique as one of North America’s leading production facilities providers. Dome Productions offers mobile production facilities (studio trucks), transmission services, studio facilities and full turnkey host broadcast services. They own 13 mobiles around North America and provide production for every major arena in Canada.

  • Relic Games

    Homeworld series, Dawn of War series, Warhammer 40,000 and the Company of Heroes series.

  • Digital Extremes

    Epic Pinball, Silverball and Extreme Pinball,Unreal and Unreal Tournament,Dark Sector, Bioshock 2, PC version of THQ hit, Homefront, Darkness II, Halo4 multiplayer, Star Trek, Warframe.


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Possible Careers in Audio For Visual Media

  • Film & Television

    • Utility Cable
    • Location Trainee
    • Playback Operator
    • Boom Operator
    • Location Recordist
    • Transfer Engineer
    • Duplication Engineer
    • ADR Recordist
    • Music Composer
    • Dialogue/Music Editor
    • ADR Mixer
    • Music Producer
    • Music Recordist
    • Music Editor
    • Music Mixer
    • Music Supervisor
    • Music Contractor
    • SFX Recordist
    • SFX Editor
    • Foley Recordist
    • Foley Editor
    • Foley Mixer
    • Sound Designer
    • Supervising Sound Editor
    • Re-Recording Mixer
  • Gaming

    • Video Game QA/Tester
    • SFX Editor
    • Dialogue Editor
    • Junior Sound Designer
    • Video Game Sound Designer
    • Video Game Producer
    • Audio Lead
  • Internet

    • Interactive Audio Designer
    • Webcaster

FILM & TELEVISION

  • Utility Cable
  • Location Trainee
  • Playback Operator
  • Boom Operator
  • Location Recordist
  • Transfer Engineer
  • Duplication Engineer
  • ADR Recordist
  • Music Composer
  • Dialogue/Music Editor
  • ADR Mixer
  • Music Producer
  • Music Recordist
  • Music Editor
  • Music Mixer
  • Music Supervisor
  • Music Contractor
  • SFX Recordist
  • SFX Editor
  • Foley Recordist
  • Foley Editor
  • Foley Mixer
  • Sound Designer
  • Supervising Sound Editor
  • Re-Recording Mixer

GAMING


INTERNET

  • Interactive Audio Designer
  • Webcaster

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OIART's Audio Program Includes:

✓ Small Class Sizes

✓  On Site Facilities

✓  Industry Leading Instructors

✓  Post Grad Support & Guidance

✓  Exclusive 11 Month Program

Top Reasons Why You Should Choose OIART.

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Grad Career Spotlights

From Much Music video awards to the Stanley cup or the Olympics, OIART grads are there. What do Hollywood movies, hit TV series, award-winning documentaries and the hottest video games have in common? All feature the audio workof talented OIART grads.

Michelle Hwu ('15)

Since graduating from OIART in 2015, Michelle Hwu has been actively working in audio post-production. She began interning at Tattersall Sound & Picture, where she had the opportunity to work and train as a Sound Assistant.


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Carlo Scrignaro ('16)

Carlo is a Sound Designer/Editor/Mixer and an all-around Audio Engineer based in Toronto, Ontario, who started his career as a musician recording his own drum cover videos that he posted on YouTube.


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Wayne Lemmer ('03)

Graduated from OIART’s audio production school in 2003 and soon afterwards the Ilderton native moved to Hollywood. There, he landed a job with 20th Century Fox, one of the top film studios in the world.


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