<p>Okay so i live in Houston, Texas and im a highschool student. I want to go to college and study Film, Producing, directing. etc. On applications to colleges such as NYU Tisch, USC, UCLa etc. they ask for your videos or film projects. Any tips on preparing for them with little resources? Im a freshman so i have time, I just want to know what they are expecting from a film majors application!</p>
<p>Slashari: If your school offers TV or film courses, take those. If there is a film club, join that. If you or someone you know has a video camera, even the most inexpensive entry model, you can start shooting with that. The digital tapes are fairly inexpensive. Editing will require the use of a computer and some software. See if your school has it. Or if there is a local university that might let you use it, or if your library has some editing software. How about filming your next assignment? If your school has a history or science fair, you can do a video as your entry. Find a local film festival or club to become involved with: or start your own! Let us know how it goes!</p>
<p>I read your post and recalled how, at a different film school, they’d accept EITHER a short video OR something in written or graphic form on paper. </p>
<p>So I looked up NYU Tisch’s Admission requirements for Film. Of the 3 parts, here’s how they write up “Part 2.” Note that you have a CHOICE of 4 ways to accomplish it:</p>
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<p>If you do not think you have the equipment at hand, you might consider whether you can “tell a story visually” (choices b.,c., and d. above for tisch) </p>
<p>Your entry piece might be stronger in one of those formats than if you do all the film production where you have to borrow equipment and so on, while in high school. I am sure if they offered out 4 choices, you wouldn’t be handicapped by choosing any one of those 4. </p>
<p>Think about it, and look up the other schools to see if they, too, offer a similar CHOICE for the creative submission.</p>
<p>Reread carefully how Tisch structured their admission requirement. They are telling you clearly that what they’re looking for in a.,b.,c., or d. formats is this:
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<p>You can demonstrate that you posdess those abilities equally well to them, no matter whether you use format a.,b.,c. or d.</p>
<p>maddenmd- I wish it could be as easy as that! My school doesn’t really offer anything on film or video. I’m actually really ambitious about this all and i will work the hardest i can to prepare. I’m going to purchase my own video camera and produce a documentary and other projects. I travel every summer to amazing places and I was thinking i could incorporate that in there.I will definitely keep you updated on my projects and get your opinions on my work! thanks!!</p>
<p>paying3tuitions- ah. that was A LOT of help. I really like NYU Tisch, but I want to be closer to the west coast…waves, im a surfer. I thought that Tisch’s admissions was really great and quite helpful to everyone. Next year, my sophomore year, I will be taking a photo journalism class. My mom used to be a journalist and photography is a hobby of hers that she’s quite amazing at. I’m basically into the whole film/photography/cinema. Do you know of any camps or summer programs for anyone my age/grade? (in film or photography) Like I said before, I’m interested in surfing, and so does anyone know of any surf cinematographers that i could talk to? </p>
<p>ALSO. any USC film students? or anyone that knows about the program at USC?</p>
<p>look at Advice to Future Film Production Majors by digmedia if you haven’t yet. Daughter was in similar position, school had no film class, so self taught with inexpensive camera, final cut express (a birthday present) as an upgrade from iMovie, etc. There might be a tech center or community college class available. Local small companies gave her an internship, try an art or journalism teacher for an independent study class at high school. It is absolutely true that you don’t have to submit film to most programs, but some do (Chapman for film production). What really matters is that you find an outlet to pursue/explore your passion for film, because that is what they are looking for, just as paying3tuitions advised.</p>
<p>There are many good summer film programs. There are some commercial ones unconnected to high schools or colleges where you could attend for as short as a week, New York Film Academy and SOCAPA, which are, in my book, pretty expensive. They are held all over the country. At SOCAPA (not sure about NYFA) you will produce a short each week and our S had a good experience there at a beginner’s level. Interlochen had a summer program on their high school campus. There is a program at the University of North Carolina School for the Arts for high school students located at the campus of their beautifully equipped college film school. There, you will come out with a short that you wrote and directed, but you will also work doing sound, lighting, cinematography, editing etc. on other students’ films, and take hands on classes. This one is five weeks long and relatively less expensive – just excellent! If you’re interested in this one, apply early as it tends to fill up fast. USC has regular college level film classes in the summer which are very high quality but are priced at the cost of college units (and count as college units.) I believe that you have to be at least 16 years old to participate – check on this, though. UT Austin has film and you could see if they have summer courses high school students can take. You could also look to see if your local community college or Dept. of Parks and Recreation offer filmmaking courses.</p>
<p>With questions specifically about USC, you might want to go to the USC board. There are a number of USC film school students and parents who are active there.</p>
<p>slashari -</p>
<p>Make sure to read the post marked “Important” that’s at the top of this forum, <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/visual-arts-film-majors/858143-advice-future-film-production-majors.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/visual-arts-film-majors/858143-advice-future-film-production-majors.html</a> to give you ideas, That post was written to directly answer this question.</p>
<p>–dig</p>
<p>Has anyone actually done one of the short (4-8 week) summer NY Film Academy courses, either in NY or LA? My daughter (currently a sophomore at a college with NO film courses) is looking for a summer program in film-making. I’m somewhat leary of the for profit programs, but the verbiage sounds wonderful. I’d love to hear comments from someone who has attended.</p>
<p>slashari,
If you are considering California, Chapman has a summer program for high school students. You may want to check it out.
[Summer</a> Film Institute - Dodge College of Film and Media Arts](<a href=“http://ftv.chapman.edu/programs/hs_summer_program/]Summer”>http://ftv.chapman.edu/programs/hs_summer_program/)</p>
<p>Best of luck.</p>
<p>Check out the summer program for high school students at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, [Summer</a> Session| Filmmaking](<a href=“http://www.uncsa.edu/summersession/filmmaking.htm]Summer”>http://www.uncsa.edu/summersession/filmmaking.htm).</p>