Tisch Asia Interviews

[Dream of a Rarebit Fiend]

Hiya fellow dreamers!

I wanted to start a thread for those who are considering/interviewing for the Singapore program. I, myself, constantly go back and forth as to what I think of the program as well as what I think about shipping out to Singapore.
On the one hand I imagine that it would be a pretty fantastical, inspiring, experience and on the other hand, well, going all the way to Singapore for three years is a little terrifying; not to say that I am scared of living abroad, but, more to the point, I am a bit scared of that 100,000+ dept with the increase of plane tickets/taking a somewhat substantial risk as a second run, proverbial, "guinia pig".

So here are my questions (feel free to answer an to add to them!)

1) Are you choosing a phone interview vs video conference vs actually heading to Singapore?

2) As far as I am concerned: a MFA from Tisch Asia is still an MFA from the NYU film program. Do all of you feel the same way or disagree?

3) If given an offer to enroll in the Fall 2008 class would you accept?

 

[Ponmudi]

@shalini... 35 lakhs/yr :O .... Bt in calarts for MFA, Eligibilty requirement is BFA or Equivalent degree... wts ur academic bkground?

 

[Shalini]

@Ponmudi Hi, during the interview, did they tell you that they were planning on giving a college tour via skype this week? They told me that but haven't heard back from them yet.

 

[Shalini]

I am currently in my last year of Animation course in Symbiosis. (4 year course).

 

[lzfx]

Originally posted by Tomwood:
Hi,

I just joined the forum. I applied to both Tisch MFA filmmaking (cinematography focus) programs in New York and Asia. I have an interview for Tisch Asia next week. My family name starts with W maybe that's why. I just wanted to know if the interview is for both programs or just the Asia one. Does it mean that I won't be considered for the New York program?

Also, if anyone has applied to cinematography focus and has already done the interview, do you have any tips?

Thanks alot!

they're only interviewing you for the singapore campus. i'm in the same boat as you. my first choice was nyc, but clicked the singapore option anyway -- and only heard back from the latter. my interview is also next week. (monday, the 26th!)

best of luck! look around the forums and you'll find tips re: what to expect.

 

[Ponmudi]

@shalini..oh nice.. ya.,they said about college tour on may 8th not tis month . did u got any call from calarts?.

 

[Shalini]

I received a rejection letter from calarts. I had applied for experimental animation. But that one's also quite pricey.

 

[Shalini]

@Ponmudi Did you send Jean-marc Gauthier a mail? Did he reply?

 

[Ponmudi]

@sahalini .. ya.. after the interview i sent a "thank you" letter to the jean-marc n thomas , i got a reply from both.why u asking abt tat? wt happen?.

 

[Ponmudi]

After my interview i sent an another mail to thomas regarding some doubts.i got response for that too.

 

[Ponmudi]

Wts d duration of Master degree programme in animation in royal college arts?. is it 3yrs or 2yrs?.... i dint applied to tat,coz i missed the deadline date.i got conditional offer from University of kent to do Msc.computer animation.

 

[Ponmudi]

@shalini. I am really so sorry abt calarts , i too thought to apply for MFA animation, but they said that they expecting BFA students for the master level degree so i dint apply to tat.

 

[Shalini]

I sent him a mail. He hasn't replied yet. I am worried. Royal College of Arts is 2 years I think.

 

[Shalini]

Thomas took your interview? As in Thomas Paul Thesen? I think during my interview, Andy Jordan was there. I sent jean-marc a mail about an hour after the interview was over. He hasn't sent me any reply yet.

 

[Ponmudi]

@Shalini.. Actually for me interview took by Jean-marc and thomas paul thesen, so i sent thank you letter to both of them n tats y they replied for my post. To me u need to sent the mail to ur interviewer. Did they asked u sent mail to them regarding any doubts about the programme or anything at d end?

 

[Ponmudi]

@Shalini.. did u got any acknowledgement mail from jean - marc reagrding ur application before the interview?

 

[Ponmudi]

hey how abt royal college arts in london, did u got the final call from them? , its d best animation school in europe.

 

[Shalini]

@Ponmudi My interview was taken by Jean-marc and Andy Jordan. I sent a thank you mail to Jean-marc. Royal College of Arts hasn't replied yet. I am counting on Tisch though. They were so nice at the interview!

 

[Ponmudi]

@Shalini.. yup me too counting on tisch.. coz its awesome.. hope we will get through this. My personal opinion is the final interview is not a rejection panel, so dont worry abt anything ,am sure tat we will get positive reply from tisch.

 

[Maseiya]

Hi everyone, I've been following this thread for a while now, and I just wanted to throw in my two cents. I don't know much about the Tisch Asia animation and digital arts program, it may be a great school and doubtless you'll learn a lot from it... however I want to share these other schools that have superb reputations in the entertainment industry. I know about them because I keep hearing about them, and I've networked with tons of people in the animation, movie, and games industry, specifically Disney, Pixar, DreamWorks, Nickelodeon, Blizzard, Naughty Dog, etc., who have studied at one of these schools and can't recommend it enough. I wish I had known about them when I was applying for school.

1) Gnomon School of Visual Effects: http://www.gnomonschool.com/ They have a 95% job placement rating pretty much every year since they started. It's the best school you can go to for visual effects, and you don't need a college degree to get in--you can apply directly after high school.

2) Art Center College of Design: http://www.artcenter.edu/accd/index.jsp I know a lot of DreamWorks people studied here.

3) Animation Mentor: http://www.animationmentor.com/ It's an online school and it doesn't cost as much as traditional schools. Founded by Pixar guys. Great reputation, and it focuses pretty much exclusively on animation.

4) Cal State Fullerton: http://www.fullerton.edu/arts/art/ Has a great reputation in Los Angeles, a lot of studios around here recruit students from this school, especially Nickelodeon.

5) Ringling College of Art and Design: http://www.ringling.edu/ Some of the best student animation I've EVER seen came from this school. I know a DreamWorks Lighting guy who studied here. He and his classmate made this short film while there: http://vimeo.com/14441514

6) California Institute of the Arts | CalArts: http://calarts.edu/ Pixar's favorite school to recruit new students from, but I'm sure everyone here already knows about that school, it's so famous.

So in short, I'm not trying to make Tisch Asia sound bad, I've just never heard anyone in the industry here talk about it. Obviously that's because it's such a new program, and if you don't mind that and want to pave the way for future generations of students then that's really awesome! But if you want a school that people will recognize and respect you instantly for (again I really wish I had this), try these schools as well.

 

[Ponmudi]

@Maseiya .. May i know how many u know in d animation industry?. its not a new program and also it having superb reputation in animation n entertainment industry.i am feel so sad for u tat u dint know much abt tis university n their programs.

No one will gurantee ur job placements in animation industry by studying in these schools, its all depends on ur skills n ur portfoilio. i too did lot of research before applying to this program.

i din't say bad abt d schools given by u , they r simply awesome n most prestigious schools.

Gnomon school of visual effects n animation mentor will give more importance to 3D animation n its not offering any degree.

Master degree is not available in ringling and cal arts will accept the students who r BFA or equivalent degree graduates nly for their MFA programme.

I dint find anything new in ur post coz i seen lot of forums ,websites which had same contents like urs.