<p>I'm currently a sophomore in high school planning on applying to NYU Early Decision (I know, I've been thinking about it for years). For months I've been planning on what my portfolio film for my application will be. Even though it's going to be a little bit away (like summer of my junior year), I'm still nervous.</p>
<p>I have heard that the main area that the admissions personel focus on in a portfolio film is the story. While I basically know what my film will be about, I'm not exactly sure how well I will be able to condense it into a 10 minute period (its a story of a runaway). I'm sure the movie will be great looking and shot well, but I'm just worried at the strength of the story. I've seen many portfolio films on YouTube that have been accepted and many really aren't as great as I thought they had to be in order to get accepted to NYU. </p>
<p>Could I just be worrying too much?</p>
<p>So anyone who has experience with the NYU (or any film school) process in accepting portfolio films, can you tell me some of the things that the admissions officers look at when deciding on whether to accept an applicant or not?</p>