I submitted a complete five-minute short film but did not include a reel. Although I did not meet Chapman's IELTS requirement of 7.5, I still made it onto the waitlist, which was a pleasant surprise! However, I ultimately decided to withdraw from Chapman's waitlist as I received an offer from AFI.
Smooth application, submitted a five-minute short film, a three-page dialogue sample (same as submitted to SCA), and my nine-page portfolio of still photography. While Emerson is a school I admire, I will not be attending due to better school choices.
It's interesting that LMU only required a cellphone-made video of about 2-3 minutes for visual sample this year. LMU has moved the deadline a month forward, it used to be Dec 15 last year, so it's hard to refer to the interview or decision notification dates in the database. Finger crossed.
I've selected two different short films as the sole editor, one was 5 minutes and the other was 30 minutes. But the time limit of each sample is 20 minutes, It took me a lot of time to restructure. Good luck everyone!
Preparing application materials has been quite challenging, especially the five-minute video sample part. I faced significant challenges in pre-production and on set, but I finally overcame those difficulties and completed the short film. In my personal statement, I wrote about my journey of...
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