<p>I know that if i submit a "bad" arts supplement it could actually hurt my chances so i am a little apprehensive about submitting a video i made. I am not an expert filmmaker, its jus something I do with my friends from time to time. For a final exam in an AP Class, an assignment was to create a video to help students remember core material from the class.</p>
<p>I basically directed and produced the video with friends and classmates, and the end product was quite impressive. We received a high A on the final and it was easily of much more quality than any other videos in the class. Its basically a documentary that includes a mockumentary section which parodies some of the major material taught in the class. The majority of the film is serious with the exception of that skit parody.</p>
<p>As i said, the video looks good and has basic editing effects (music in background, smooth flowing plot, etc.), and is burned to DVD in a professional manner. It is about 8 min long and the schools I am considering accept video as arts supplement.</p>
<p>However, as i mentioned earlier I just do it for fun with friends most of the time and am not involved in any film competitions, clubs, awards, etc. so I am not sure whether to submit the video. I know it may be difficult to offer an opinion since you havent seen the video but any advice would be greatly appreciated! Thanks</p>
<p>good job on the vid, but i dont think its too great an idea to send a video made for class as a supplement.
editing, music in background ... are pretty common. but i havn't seen the video, so i can't make judgements too sure.
if you're positive that your video is better than 90% of youtube videos, then yeah, i guess it's worth a shot. you might want to somehow make it shorter, admicers aren't going to want to watch 8 minutes of a non competition winning video.</p>
<p>I doubt it will help you if it's just a side hobby.</p>
<p>I don't think submitting a supplement will help unless it's excellent. I can't think of any reason why overworked admissions officers would appreciate spending 8 minutes viewing a an ordinary video that was done for a class assignment.</p>
<p>If your video had led, for instance, to your selling videos to help students study or if you'd created it for some kind of community service tutoring project or won some kind of prize for it, I think it might have been worth submitting.</p>
<p>Well i wouldnt call it an ordinary video, it received rave reviews from my school's history department lol. And i think that it is better than 90% of videos on youtube, maybe i will upload it to youtube and give the address under additional multimedia info on the universal app. I don't think it could HURT me, even thought it may not be a huge boost, right?</p>
<p>erghh i would not do that....it seems risky as you acknowledge</p>
<p>I don't think it will hurt, but it might not help.</p>
<p>Yeh, i think that's what i will do, provide a link to the online version. In addition to being a quality documentary, i think the skit also shows a lot about my personality and is a completely revolutionary take on an age-old topic.</p>
<p>As another person interested in film, do you think you could show me the video? I've won a few awards for some of my films and if I saw the video, I'd be able to make a better judgment.</p>
<p>"Well i wouldnt call it an ordinary video, it received rave reviews from my school's history department lol."</p>
<p>In that case, submit it. You have nothing to lose. At the very least, it could serve as documentation of your passion for learning history.</p>
<p>Also if your history teacher will be writing a recommendation, ask the history teacher to include in it info about your video. Even give the teacher a copy so the teacher remembers it well.</p>
<p>That's a great idea Northstarmom because my AP Gov teacher will be writing a recomendation for me and she requested a copy of the video on DVD anyway after she saw it, which i will give to her as soon as school starts. And i assume that an AP Government teacher does count as a "core" teacher and is therefore adequate to write a rec (even though it is technically an elective).</p>
<p>And should i submit a DVD as a film/arts supplement or upload the video online and provide the link in additional info section of the common/universal app?</p>
<p>Yes, AP gov't is considerd a core class.</p>
<p>You could submit the DVD as a film/arts supplement and provide a link.</p>