NYU (NY) 2010

[Kretze]

Hey assal!
I have never had an interview for NYU, but I have had it for Columbia and AFi before. I just try to concentrate on the main topics they can ask you about:influences, current projects, background, why filmmaking, why nyu/columbia...I try to talk better English (that won't be a problem for you guys!), and most importantly, try to relax. they have to see that you're honest and show confidence.
But hey, there is a huge part of luck and the mood you are in that particular day, so...
My concentration is Directing.
I just finished a music video here in Spain, check it out:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyeV...4469D748&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=17

Good luck to you all guys!

 

[Julian Walker]

Originally posted by why cinema:
Hi guys no call yet. I think they left the best to the end

yeah same here. nobody's posted about getting a call since monday so maybe they just do them at the beginning of the weeks? we'll see monday i suppose

 

[merc3po]

I read on last year's forum that a lot of people were shown a photograph during the interview and asked to make up a story about it on the spot. What's great is that you can actually practice this. I will.

 

[film212film]

duders
regarding the number of people, I read back through all your posts a few days ago and saw that you had actually given the number as 60 at one point.

http://forums.studentfilms.com...341019004#5341019004

Do you know why the reason for the change?

Also merc3po
although they ask you to make up a story with a postcard, there are a lot of ways they could ask you to make up the story you might not expect. All the posts i've read (where people expected a post card) said that it was challenging because of the way they ask you to make up the story. So its probably hard to practice for...
Anyways, if you got invited to interview its safe to assume you are creative and have an active imagination, so I would just rely on that

 

[gh0sted]

Good point on creativity film212, the post card exercise should almost come naturally for storytellers in our position perusing an MFA. Also, just out of curiosity, are there any applicants here who used the entire 30 minute slot for their visual sample? I chose a combination of sequences from six films that I directed during my undergraduate years, and milked the time to the dot. And if so, do you think it is practical to assume that the TSOA committee would actually watch it in entirety?

Probably not I would think.

Any thoughts?

The freedom of having a 30 minute visual sample is also one of the factors that appeals most to me about NYU's admission process, say in comparison to UCLA which does not require any type of cinematic sample. I appreciate the fact that NYU allows me to show my multiple styles and growth as a filmmaker. That is if they do watch the entire reel and don't fall asleep from boredom midway through

 

[film212film]

gh0sted
I think they divide the films up amongst the different professors in the department who then make notes and decide which candidates should be interviewed.
If you were invited to interview I imagine they watched your entire visual sample.

I did not use the entire 30 minutes. I just submitted one strong piece of my recent work.

I figured they would have a lot to look at and probably didn't want a "retrospective" of my short films.

I also made sure that my submission was "interesting" so that I could feel safe in knowing whoever was watching it wouldn't turn away before it ended.

 

[Onedadda]

Bad sign. I think those of us waiting for an interview may be out of luck. Looks like it started Monday a d from lookin at posts from previous years once it starts it takes like three maybe four days to complete. Seems reasonable since it doesn't take that long to call 50-100 ppl. Oh well and btw don't believe Susan carnival. Her job is to always say it's still goin on.

 

[Julian Walker]

Originally posted by Onedadda:
Bad sign. I think those of us waiting for an interview may be out of luck. Looks like it started Monday a d from lookin at posts from previous years once it starts it takes like three maybe four days to complete. Seems reasonable since it doesn't take that long to call 50-100 ppl. Oh well and btw don't believe Susan carnival. Her job is to always say it's still goin on.

lol rainin on our parade. that may be the case...and it may not be. i'm not givin up hope til i get my rejection letter, or until the end of februaray. whichever comes first

 

[Juli]

DO NOT give up hope!
I am applying for the MBA/MFA and got my invitation to interview from Stern (MBA) today at 1pm and a call from Susan Carnival (MFA) at around 4pm.
Well said, Julian: it's not over till it's over.
And: In the end, it will be OK. If it's not OK, it's not the end.
Best of luck, patience and hope.

 

[wyy123]

Yeah, I'm not giving up hope until I hear anything about the producing program besides the MBA/MFAs.

 

[SomeKindaWriter]

Not to be a downer but I think I've completely given up on getting an interview call at this point.

Might be time for me to move on from this particular path.

Good luck to the rest of you hopefuls!

 

[Akriti]

I spoke with Susan Carnival today and she said that they are still reviewing applications and haven't made out all the calls. When I asked her if she could give me an idea about when they will be done with calls for the interview requests,she said that she couldn't because she wasn't sure.
Hope this helps.

 

[why cinema]

They left the best to the end. However, the rejection of the best film school around DOES NOT mean that "we" are not graet filmmakers. Best luck to all of you and to me.

 

[Onedadda]

i may have jumped the gun. lookin back at 2008, it seems some were notified on the 12th (tuesday) of february all the way up to the 19th (tuesday). The dates, im assuming, depend on how the weeks run in that particular february. so, lets say this year, interview calls went out on the 8th (monday) as posted earlier in this thread...that would mean, we got til this monday, the 15th. and if we dont hear, then we are in real trouble. as you can see, i got a lot of time on my hands.

 

[gh0sted]

I would not worry. It is perfectly reasonable to assume that NYU will notify students whom are from the greater New York area and international first. This is the equivalent of schools such as USC or UCLA making it a priority to schedule Californian applicants in their first phase.

Check again the location of all those who reported being scheduled for an interview.

There is a certain responsibility educational institutions have to those in their local state.

Furthermore, there is a method to the madness people, or maybe I am rationalizing useless assumptions to psychologically guard myself.

However if you are located in New York, I might be nervous.

 

[merc3po]

I was one of the first to get an interview and I'm from California...

 

[gh0sted]

MBA/MFA is a different focus but similar in scheduling, I can imagine.

But hey its only imagining, don't kill the dream

 

[Onedadda]

merc3po

correct me if im wrong, but i think you applied to the mfa/mba dual degree, which is a different pool of applicants. i believe these applicants were notified much earlier. I scoped your posts. I have become a reluctant expert on finding data on this site.

and all this is just to entertain myself and those waiting (yeah I know there are lurkers checking this page for any new news--I used to be one of them!).

interview notifications for film production MFA usually start roughly the second week of Feb and goes on for about a week (more or less) from what I'm gathering.

and I have noticed that most (or all) people notified about interviews so far are either from abroad or from ny, so there may be some geography involved. Anybody from the US and outside of NY applying to MFA film production hear anything?

I hope that is the case. Last time I interviewed I had to be at Tisch in March, but for the life of me I can't find out when i was there, or when i got called exactly. I do know that the people interviewing before and after me were from Chicago and NY, so maybe geography is not relevant in terms of scheduling--i can supply detailed info to those interviewing about the process---p.m. me.

ugh i hate putting my fate in the hands of god knows who looks at these things. I'm going snowboarding this weekend too. How can i enjoy the slopes with this looming over my head?

 

[gh0sted]

producers are skeptics, cynical and pessimists . . . go feed off an artist you leach

enjoy snowboarding Onedadda, Tahoe is great.

 

[merc3po]

Yes, I did apply to the MBA/MFA program and so did robot. We were the first people on this forum to get notices about interviews. At first I thought they started with our program but then another girl quite recently heard about the same program. I'm only pointing out that there appears to be no rhyme or reason to the order that people are called in, not even based on the program or concentration that you applied to.