HBKDinobot
Active Member
Hello, here is just a little info you might want to know before you begin to apply to all the film schools across the country.
This is info I have collected from my research and application process for USC and UCLA film schools.
First thing you should know that applying to college is a lot of work. Besides studying for your finals and writing your term papers for the classes you are in right now (High School or Community College) you have a lot of work to do just to apply to colleges.
You have forms (hey not that hard, but there are lots of them) there are admissions essays, which you have to think about, write, proofread, and get corrected. Don't worry that's just the beginning of the fun ahead.
Your normal biology, math, or physics major would be done right there. BUT, you want to apply to film school. That is a separate division from the school's normal college of letters arts and sciences. Which means you need supplemental forms (Yep more forms). These aren't too hard, but oh there is so much more... You need a whole supplemental package
Remember each school you apply to requires different supplements. Which means for all you lazy people, you can't just write a couple of essays and send the same essay to every film school. Oh no that would be much to easy.
USC requires a personal statement on why you want to get into film, a portfolio of all your creative endeavors, a creative writing narrative, a character profile, and 3 letters or recommendation.
UCLA is a little more anal, they want a personal statement, a creative writing sample, a film analysis, and 2 letters of recommendation all done exactly how they want it done. If they like you enough then you have to go through an interview process.
That's just for two schools, two that are highly selective. So you might want to apply to others just in case. Well, they have whole other supplemental essays that you have to write.
Not to mention all of these essays you have to write, you MUST keep your grades high (and get high test scores for you high school students) for these schools even to look at your stuff.
This isn't to scare you. If you have a dream you should follow it and don't let anyone tell you differently. This is just to warn you. You need to be prepared to do a lot of work just to get in, and even if you do there is no guarantee that you will even get a job in the business after graduation. Good luck to you all. I'll be receiving my notification letters in march, I hope all of my hard work was not in vein because I'm looking forward to becoming your competition.
This is info I have collected from my research and application process for USC and UCLA film schools.
First thing you should know that applying to college is a lot of work. Besides studying for your finals and writing your term papers for the classes you are in right now (High School or Community College) you have a lot of work to do just to apply to colleges.
You have forms (hey not that hard, but there are lots of them) there are admissions essays, which you have to think about, write, proofread, and get corrected. Don't worry that's just the beginning of the fun ahead.
Your normal biology, math, or physics major would be done right there. BUT, you want to apply to film school. That is a separate division from the school's normal college of letters arts and sciences. Which means you need supplemental forms (Yep more forms). These aren't too hard, but oh there is so much more... You need a whole supplemental package
Remember each school you apply to requires different supplements. Which means for all you lazy people, you can't just write a couple of essays and send the same essay to every film school. Oh no that would be much to easy.
USC requires a personal statement on why you want to get into film, a portfolio of all your creative endeavors, a creative writing narrative, a character profile, and 3 letters or recommendation.
UCLA is a little more anal, they want a personal statement, a creative writing sample, a film analysis, and 2 letters of recommendation all done exactly how they want it done. If they like you enough then you have to go through an interview process.
That's just for two schools, two that are highly selective. So you might want to apply to others just in case. Well, they have whole other supplemental essays that you have to write.
Not to mention all of these essays you have to write, you MUST keep your grades high (and get high test scores for you high school students) for these schools even to look at your stuff.
This isn't to scare you. If you have a dream you should follow it and don't let anyone tell you differently. This is just to warn you. You need to be prepared to do a lot of work just to get in, and even if you do there is no guarantee that you will even get a job in the business after graduation. Good luck to you all. I'll be receiving my notification letters in march, I hope all of my hard work was not in vein because I'm looking forward to becoming your competition.
