<p>DS is submitting an arts supplement for his film work. The instructions on the arts supplement state to include all awards, showings, workshops, etc. DS has made a number of films and they each have been shown in a number of festivals. Additionally, he has attended 5.5 weeks of film festivals which were packed with workshops. We have prepared an arts supplement resume with all of the showings, awards, and workshops. I think it is too long-- 8 pages.</p>
<p>I am curious as to what have others done in this situation. How long are arts supplement resumes, generally? Instead of listing all of the festivals, would it be ok just to put something like "this film was a selection of 22 festivals, in 4 countries?" My only worry is that if we do this, we might leave out some festival that might be considered important by the application reviewer. However, we will list the festivals where he received awards, and maybe this will be enough.</p>
<p>Some of the workshops were taught by well-known people in this genre. Would it be ok to say something like "applicant attended a week long festival, during which time he attended numerous workshops, including, but not limited to, workshops on X subject, taught by well-known filmmaker Mr. X," instead of listing all of the workshops?</p>
<p>btw-- DS is homeschooled, so we don't have a college counselor or a film teacher to ask about this issue.
tia.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, the film school appears to have a pretty firm policy against viewing students' films. Other film schools ask for the students to send a reel, and make decisions based on the quality of the work. This is not the case at USC, at least with Production and Critical Studies. (If anyone here has successfully made an end run around this policy, do tell. My impression is that DVD's are not accepted, period.)</p>
<p>It is not unusual for the creative biography to be pages long. That said, you might want to consolidate a bit--listing a particular student film by title, date made, and shown at 22 festivals, and then give the list, noting where awards or special honors were won.</p>
<p>If my memory serves (my son applied to SCA last year), the creative biography is not the place to list classes or seminars taken, unless a film or other work of art was produced there. Those seminars may be listed in the main application under Summer activities or College classes taken. But the format of the bio is really up to your S, and he may even be "creative" in the way he lays it out so long as the great accomplishments don't get lost in the production of the piece.</p>
<p>Oh interesting. Animation department in the Cinema school asks for your portfolio (which includes your films). I remember turning that in not long ago... Maybe its different for production majors though.</p>
<p>no reels or short films are watched by SCA, so as not to discriminate against those who have not had the means to make award-winning films in high school. I've heard of portfolio lists as long as 7 pages, but madbean is right, classes/seminars don't belong there. i'd suggest rounding it out and putting any other creative works in addition to film that your child might have.</p>