Post your Film School video application here

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Chris W

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Sep 21, 2014

I'm interested to see the portfolio videos and/or photos that everyone submitted to their respective films schools for their application.

I'm sure the other forum members would love it too.

While I can't find the footage I used for my application... here's the link to the short doc that I made while at BU. It even aired on PBS for a while.

Last edited: Sep 26, 2014

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