NYU Tisch MFA Filmmaking 2012

[Vanguard]

Hi RoadDog, or anyone else who's already had an interview: just wondering if they asked you to improvise and tell some stories on the spot? Earlier on within this forum someone had posted a list of questions past interviewees have been asked. It included coming up with a story from a photograph, and coming up with images for abstract words, etc.

 

[RoadDog]

@Vanguard I interviewed for the cinematography focus, so my questions were less about story telling and more about what lead me to my career choice. I have a feeling that every interview is very different depending on the person, their experience and their answers. Certainly be prepared to be flexible and a bit put on the spot, thinking on your toes kind of thing, but don't over think it.

I think I said it before, but have fun with it. There is no way to read their minds to see what they will ask or how they want you to answer, so you might as well be open and be yourself.

I hope that helps! When do you interview?

 

[Vanguard]

@Roaddog, awesome - thanks! All those questions earlier in the forum are mind-boggling, but like you said: there's no way to predict the exact questions, so either you have an imagination or you don't.

I interview on the 1st and I'm in New York for a few days after. Wanna meet up for coffee? Also anyone else who's interviewing in and around then...

 

[Alle]

I am also new to this Forum. I used to come on this site in general more often, but it came up for me when I was looking to see if anybody posted about interview questions. I've read through about half of this Forum.

Congratulations to those who have received interviews! And I am also waiting on an interview email notification from NYU Tisch (Regular MFA Production - Directing). I did, however, receive an email on Feb 22nd for Tisch Asia (Film Production) which I'm so excited about. If anybody has done the interview already, mine is on Wednesday afternoon (Singapore time). I would love any advice I can get on interviews. (Pretty nervous about the New York City Tisch results...)

Best of luck to everybodyy!! I hope that we could all get in!

Thank you to those who have created this Forum! <3

 

[Che Gray]

Hello All!

So today I went to my NYU Tisch interview for directing. I must say I'm still reeling from the experience. I was greeted by Miranda who was John Tintori's assistant and she was really nice and gave me a general overview of the admissions process. Susan Carnival even came out to day hi to me which I thought was awesome, she's really cool So I waited in the sitting area and John Tintori led me to a conference room where Sheril and Jay were waiting for me. To be honest I commend whoever was able to say exactly what happened in their interview but things were more or less a blur for me. They asked me to talk about a story, any story in a visual way which threw me off. Then they gave me a stack of photographs and told me to pick one of them and tell me a story as well. They asked me what stories I wanted to tell and why I wanted to go to grad school straight out of grad. It was really fun speaking with them but also nerve-racking. Then I was shown around by a third year student which was also awesome. She's currently taking James Franco's class My biggest advice is to be yourself and to relax! I know that's really hard but if you've gotten an interview it means they are already in love with you so focus less on impressing them and more on being your true self.

 

[Vanguard]

Thanks for the blow by blow, Che Gray! Good to have a heads up on what to expect, but it sounds like you did manage to enjoy yourself, too! My interview's on the 1st so my stress levels are definitely rising, but in a way it's a relief to know there's not much you can do to prepare for this kind of interview. Hope to hear of your acceptance soon!

 

[Vanguard]

And my own down the line, of course.

 

[Che Gray]

@Vanguard yes good luck! Thank you for the warm wishes Which discipline did you apply to?

 

[Vanguard]

Same: directing. If you're still around in NYC by tomorrow or day after we should grab coffee.

 

[Che Gray]

oh I wish I could! I'm actually leaving tomorrow morning to go to Vegas. I'm working on interviews for my documentary so I'm attending a huge conference because a lot of people that I want to talk to will be there. I hope we see each other next year though! We should totally have coffee next time you're in NY

 

[HI FILM]

Anyone having an interview on March 7? I will be there with my wife. Anyone wants to have Coffee together?

 

[LDPro]

Originally posted by Vanguard:
@Roaddog, awesome - thanks! All those questions earlier in the forum are mind-boggling, but like you said: there's no way to predict the exact questions, so either you have an imagination or you don't.

I interview on the 1st and I'm in New York for a few days after. Wanna meet up for coffee? Also anyone else who's interviewing in and around then...

Hey @Vanguard My interview is on the first as well, what day will you get there?

 

[LDPro]

Originally posted by Che Gray:
Hello All!

So today I went to my NYU Tisch interview for directing. I must say I'm still reeling from the experience. I was greeted by Miranda who was John Tintori's assistant and she was really nice and gave me a general overview of the admissions process. Susan Carnival even came out to day hi to me which I thought was awesome, she's really cool So I waited in the sitting area and John Tintori led me to a conference room where Sheril and Jay were waiting for me. To be honest I commend whoever was able to say exactly what happened in their interview but things were more or less a blur for me. They asked me to talk about a story, any story in a visual way which threw me off. Then they gave me a stack of photographs and told me to pick one of them and tell me a story as well. They asked me what stories I wanted to tell and why I wanted to go to grad school straight out of grad. It was really fun speaking with them but also nerve-racking. Then I was shown around by a third year student which was also awesome. She's currently taking James Franco's class My biggest advice is to be yourself and to relax! I know that's really hard but if you've gotten an interview it means they are already in love with you so focus less on impressing them and more on being your true self.

Hey Che Gray I have my interview on the 1st for Directing as well! (Nervouus!) But did you find it difficult to come up with stories on the spot? When you say they said to talk about a story, any story in a visual way... they just meant... like.. anything? Lol. I'm just trying to calm myself down before I go in there and freak out. Thanks again for your post!

 

[Vanguard]

@Che Gray, That's too bad, but hopefully I see you there in the fall! Sounds like you're a busy bee, good stuff! I'm also curious about whether you were asked to just come up with any story...?

@LD Pro, I'm in town till the 4th. I'm also planning to meet one more interviewee for coffee, maybe on the 1st between our interviews, or in the evening. When's yours?

@HI FILM, Sorry I'll be gone by then! Hope to see you in the fall and good luck.

 

[LDPro]

Originally posted by Vanguard:
@Che Gray, That's too bad, but hopefully I see you there in the fall! Sounds like you're a busy bee, good stuff! I'm also curious about whether you were asked to just come up with any story...?

@LD Pro, I'm in town till the 4th. I'm also planning to meet one more interviewee for coffee, maybe on the 1st between our interviews, or in the evening. When's yours?

@HI FILM, Sorry I'll be gone by then! Hope to see you in the fall and good luck.

@Vanguard it is on the 1st at 4:00pm what about yours?

 

[EJ]

Originally posted by Che Gray:
Hello All!

So today I went to my NYU Tisch interview for directing. I must say I'm still reeling from the experience. I was greeted by Miranda who was John Tintori's assistant and she was really nice and gave me a general overview of the admissions process. Susan Carnival even came out to day hi to me which I thought was awesome, she's really cool So I waited in the sitting area and John Tintori led me to a conference room where Sheril and Jay were waiting for me. To be honest I commend whoever was able to say exactly what happened in their interview but things were more or less a blur for me. They asked me to talk about a story, any story in a visual way which threw me off. Then they gave me a stack of photographs and told me to pick one of them and tell me a story as well. They asked me what stories I wanted to tell and why I wanted to go to grad school straight out of grad. It was really fun speaking with them but also nerve-racking. Then I was shown around by a third year student which was also awesome. She's currently taking James Franco's class My biggest advice is to be yourself and to relax! I know that's really hard but if you've gotten an interview it means they are already in love with you so focus less on impressing them and more on being your true self.

Thank you so much for all the good Tips!! ;-) Hey, this may be a studpid question, but what did you wear? I'm from Denmark, and I don't know what people usually wear to grad school interviews - so I really dont wan't my clothes to look completely out of context! Thanks ;-)

 

[LDPro]

Originally posted by EJ:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Che Gray:
Hello All!

So today I went to my NYU Tisch interview for directing. I must say I'm still reeling from the experience. I was greeted by Miranda who was John Tintori's assistant and she was really nice and gave me a general overview of the admissions process. Susan Carnival even came out to day hi to me which I thought was awesome, she's really cool So I waited in the sitting area and John Tintori led me to a conference room where Sheril and Jay were waiting for me. To be honest I commend whoever was able to say exactly what happened in their interview but things were more or less a blur for me. They asked me to talk about a story, any story in a visual way which threw me off. Then they gave me a stack of photographs and told me to pick one of them and tell me a story as well. They asked me what stories I wanted to tell and why I wanted to go to grad school straight out of grad. It was really fun speaking with them but also nerve-racking. Then I was shown around by a third year student which was also awesome. She's currently taking James Franco's class My biggest advice is to be yourself and to relax! I know that's really hard but if you've gotten an interview it means they are already in love with you so focus less on impressing them and more on being your true self.

Thank you so much for all the good Tips!! ;-) Hey, this may be a studpid question, but what did you wear? I'm from Denmark, and I don't know what people usually wear to grad school interviews - so I really dont wan't my clothes to look completely out of context! Thanks ;-) </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Omg @EJ I was wondering the exact same thing. I'm female and I am having the hardest time figuring out what is grad interview appropriate. I want to be professional but not too stuffy. (I am keeping in mind though that they are interested in us as filmmakers, not fashonista's lol!)

 

[Che Gray]

@LDPro and @Vanguard yeah they literally just wanted me to tell any story whether it happened in real life or not they just wanted me to tell as story and articulate it in a very visual way. Hope that helps! Same with the photographs they showed but something serendipitous happened and they handed me a photo that was directly tied to a short story I had written last semester, so I told them that story. Which Sheril responded "depressing" when I finished the story lol!

@EJ and @LDPro I would dress business casual. I had called Susan Carnival a couple of weeks before and she confirmed that. I wore a black sleeveless button up and an olive green shirt and nice low comfortable heels and made sure my hair looked nice. I think you should just be you and not try hard I just happen to like looking nice

Good Luck!
You're welcome to ask me any more questions

 

[seeratt1457]

Hello, I'm an international applicant(MFA/MBA in Film Producing) and was wondering when will the decisions/ call for interviews be known to us ?

 

[Vanguard]

@seerratt1547, I applied for Directing, so I'm not sure about your program. Sorry!