NYU applications (7 Viewers)

[wannabe2]

Hi all-I submitted my application and was just reviewing some things. It's too late to fret about, but the silent film piece;it stipulates all exterior settings. I must have overlooked that. Most of it is outdoor but....

 

[EMDelMar]

I emailed Susan Carnival about this during the application period, and she said exterior day setting is important.

This exercise is actually a first-semester assignment you will have to complete on 16mm silent film if you are accepted and enroll. I imagine they don't want interior set-ups because they want to keep the lighting set-ups simple for a first semester project.

Good luck to everybody!!

 

[Dr.RubyDoomsday]

Damn, that is not good that it is an actual assignment.

Everything I wrote is an exterior, and it's day, but”¦part of it happens under water”¦it doesn't break the rules, it doesn't even push them, it just re-imagines them”¦ let's hope I'm not dinged over that. Ultimately I think I told a good story (although a little saccharine for my personal tastes since everyone lived) but with sooooo many applicants there must be an extreme pressure to find reasons to ding people.

 

[SimAlex]

FWIW, i went back and checked the NYU application web site again. It says:

"A story synopsis for a four-minute silent ?lm. Only exterior settings should be used, without description of camera angles. There should be a visual story line and characters, but no voice-over, dialogue, or music (typed, double-spaced, in paragraph form up to four pages)."

Mentions nothing about day or night.

 

[EMDelMar]

Yeah, you're right. The point is they are looking for your ability to be creative within certain parameters. They want stories that the professors won't have to suffer through when it comes to grading.

 

[color soup]

Hey all-
I want to join the anxiety train. I went up to nyc during christmas break and dropped in on susan carnival. She was a really pleasant person, but its funny to finally meet someone youve only emailed and phoned.

That's terrible to hear about the silent film being a "first assignment" project. Mine was entirely slapstick about bad luck. It would likely be a difficult thing to film, considering that it involves a trained, winking black cat.

I wish you all the best of luck in this exhausting process. Let's keep track on calls for interviews...
____________________
charles rogers

 

[EMDelMar]

Hey I checked on the NYU website and they have a good example posted. All exteriors, no dialogue.

http://gradfilm.tisch.nyu.edu/.../gfilm_showcase.html

Its the third one down.

 

[petram]

Has anyone heard anything yet? This waiting is honestly going to finish me!

 

[copenhagengirl]

Wannabe2 and Luke Joseph - yes I am reapplying... to the NYU grad program.
I also applied to the National Film School of Denmark, got trough to the second round (there are 3!), just took the second round test today, and it was really a surprise to me how difficult it was!
I am seriously also thinking of applying to an MA in arts - to do videoart and installations. I am checking out Pratt Institute and Columbia -I know this is a change in the subject for this thread, but does anyone here have any idea of these two schools - or others in regards to an MA in arts???

 

[copenhagengirl]

Arash Sahba - Yes I´ve checked it out, only on the website, but you´re right, from that I also get the idea that it is quite experimental. So I will definitely look more into that.
I do have a thing for New York though...

 

[petram]

Do you think we should hear next week about interviews?

It looks like that from last years threads.

 

[petram]

I think it depends on where you live. it seems as though those based in the US get calls and people based overseas get emails. Does anyone know anything to the contrary???

 

[Melanie]

next week?! i thought we didn't hear until at least mid-march. are we talking about nyu directing mfa? also, petram, i see you're from portugal, i was just there, where in portugal are you from?

 

[petram]

Yeah that's right, the MFA. If you look through the various threads from the past couple of years, next week looks about right. Where did you get mid March from Melanie? I hope we don't have to wait another month!!! I am from Lisbon but live in the US.

 

[Dr.RubyDoomsday]

I am just so ridiculously nervous. However, I have actually become more confident in what I submitted. (This is of course AFTER my two months of FREAKING out that is was not good enough)

Fingers crossed!

 

[color soup]

So who else spends one day feeling totally confident about the outcome and the next feeling like there's no chance in hell? I seem to alternate perfectly between the two.

 

[petram]

I feel exactly the same way...very yo-yo!

I decided to ring Susan Carnival to ask about the interviews and when we could expect to hear. All she said was "2 to 3 weeks before". No dates. She did mention people would be notified by April 1st re acceptance though.

 

[Brendan Beachman]

Yeah, it's definitely hard to find a happy medium. I'm pretty confident about my film and short dialogue piece...But when it comes to the 4 minute short script and personal statement I swing from feeling confident to self depricating constantly. I'm trying to prepare myself for rejection, but I can't help but feel super anxious to maybe get a call for an interview sometime in the next couple weeks. If anyone get's a call or email for an interview, let us know!

 

[Race_Bannon]

Hey guys --
I'm so glad I found this thread! I've also applied to the Film production program at Tisch for this fall. I also haven't heard anything from NYU, nor any of the other schools I've applied to. (Columbia, AFI, UCLA and Chapman)

I've been trying to think of what I should say during my interview, if that should occur. Are you guys preparing at all? If anything, I want to come up with a list of really good questions I could ask them, plus work on coming up with a story synopsis at the drop of a hat.

But the wait is just killing me!

 

[duders]

Originally posted by petram:
All she said was "2 to 3 weeks before". No dates. She did mention people would be notified by April 1st re acceptance though.

Interview requests should start soon, I think. Interviews begin around Feb 23rd and last for usually 2 weeks. The class is usually chosen in mid-march. That was when I heard back. Probably rejection or waitlist goes out for the latest April 1st, but you really should hear before that.

 

[fiorile]

Hi guys I applied to Tisch Asia and just received an email last week notifying that all my documents were collected and then have been transferred to the department for the decision. Have you heard any other news from them?

Anybody here also applies to Tisch Asia?