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I am currently applying to AFI Producing MFA. As a French applicant, I am not familiar with American application statements, so I just had a very basic question about AFI's Narrative Statement formatting.
Do you think it is expected to use a "Dear madam, dear Sir /.../ Yours...
As I'm working on my applications for next fall, I wanted to gather opinions about whether or not my age will be a huge deciding factor in my acceptance to an MFA program. I'm going to be 23 in January. I believe I have a pretty solid application otherwise, and I graduated in January 2020.
I'd...
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One of the admins asked me to create this thread in order to help out. I’m currently a second year student in the graduate Film Production program at USC, emphasizing writing and directing. If you have any questions about the application process or school curriculum please feel free to...
First time Applying to first ever Film MFA at UGA!
Waitlisted, no interview required.
Submitted writing sample, directing reel, personal statement, resume, three letters of rec, grad application.
Based at Pinewood Atlanta Studios and UGA campus.
First Time Applying, no interview required.
Notified via physical letter and email.
Required a writing sample, three rec letters, a brief personal statement, resume.
2 year program.
First time Applying, had interview via Skype. Very nice man, lasted only about 15 min.
Denied after interview via email/portal.
Smooth application process. Didn't have opportunity to make film for reel, put together some clips from various projects done in undergrad, along with rec letters...
To Whom it may Concern,
My name is Jake and I will be applying to MFA programs this upcoming fall and have a questions regarding the visual example requirement. The questions is as follows
Due to the majority of the schools having a 5 minute max requirement, would it be wiser to up load a a...
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I'm a Canadian undergrad student looking to apply to USC Film/TV Production MFA Fall '22. I was wondering what makes a solid reference letter (content? author?) and what I can do at this moment that can help me get some solid letters in 2022.
Right now I'm relatively close with a film...
Hi! I have applied to USC's Film and Television Program and will be applying to Chapman, LMU, NYU, Columbia and AFI.
My personal statement for USC was in the format of a comic strip/graphic novel. Is it advisable to do something of a similar sort for the rest? Chapman, AFI and Columbia have...
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I am planning to apply for the mfa documentary programme offered by Stanford. Can somebody please tell me something more about the program. Any recent graduate or current student out there???
Thank you
And so it begins... The first applications of this season have begun to roll in:
https://www.filmschool.org/applications/categories/fall-2020-ma-mfa.12/
Add yours to the database as soon as you apply and fill it out with as much info as you can to help the other applicants.
Good luck...
I am applying to all the top MFA screenwriting schools. I was a neuroscience major in college and I minored in screenwriting. I have been working in consulting since graduating (2 years).
My plan was to ask one screenwriting professor who I have a close relationship with and then two of my...
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I am an international student applying for the MFA in Film and Directing at USC and want to know if anyone on the forum has advice on how it should be written. Thank you.
According to data from our Application Tracker the reported acceptance rate and minimum GPAs for Chapman film school are the following:
Chapman - Cinematography
FilmSchool.org Chapman Acceptance Rate: [0]=ChapmanCinematography']84% (11 out of 13 applications)
Lowest Reported Minimum GPA...
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I’m a recently accepted graduate student who will be attending AFI in the fall within the Screenwriting discipline. This past year, I applied to MFA programs for the first time and I unfortunately only discovered this website shortly after I submitted my last application. Being that...
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So I want to apply to the Fall 2020 admissions for the USC MFA in Writing for Screen and TV and the UCLA Screenwriting MFA. I'm from the UK and our system works really differently here so I don't really understand what I'm doing. Can anyone else who's applied to these, or just US...
I'm in the summer before applying for an MFA in film & tv production, and I'm looking to help around Boston for some small productions (fyi I've never been on an actual set before which is what this summer is for). I'm responding to an advertisement online for a BU MFA student's production. For...
Stony Brook’s MFA in Film and Television Writing takes a hands-on approach. While Stony Brook’s main campus is located in Long Island, this program takes place at the Stony Brook Manhattan Center for Creative Writing and Film in Manhattan, exposing students to New York’s bustling entertainment...
Turns out those who got rejected never received emails??? They just got their letters in the mail around mid-March (which, if you ask me, is cruel).
Apparently, someone had done this thing where they logged into:
camel2.usc.edu/AdmGradCertification/
(just put in your USC ID and birthday) and...
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