UCLA 2010

[Asmerza]

I submitted an excerpt of a story i had written because i felt that a script would have taken away for the actual story, i believe that the person who is reading it might get caught up with formatting of your script if not done properly. but that's just my two cents.

 

[EricaLauren]

I just feel like nothing I did would be good enough to stand out among like 900 applications... it would be like winning the lottery to get 1 of 15 spots in this school...

 

[icedtea]

hi everyone

i've been lurking around for a while. i've also applied to ucla, as well as chapman.

does anyone know if we'll be getting rejection notices at the same time that the interview notices are going out? not to sound like a negative-nancy, but i just want to know the results asap

 

[bornfromcelluloid]

Hey icedtea, notifications for rejection actually won't come out the same time as the interview notifications (at least so I've been told). The rejections are supposed to come out the same time as acceptances (in late April). Though it sure would be awesome to know results ASAP. Have you heard anything from Chapman?

 

[bornfromcelluloid]

EricaLauren, I think it's only about 500 applicants if that makes worrying better, haha. I also hear that about half of them get tossed out for missing materials and for not following the format indicated on the application. Are you happy with your application? At least you're from California! I'm from out-of-state so my chances statistically are not in my favor

Check out this post, I look at this every time I loose a little faith:

http://forums.studentfilms.com...501054525#9501054525

 

[EricaLauren]

I don't feel happy with my application because i feel like i should have submitted something else for my creative writing sample. I submitted an excerpt from a screenplay i had written but i just don't think it will be good enough. what did you guys write about? and what did you do for your critique??

 

[EricaLauren]

and thank you for the link, that was inspiring it is true, it is out of our control now...

 

[fakeplastic]

Is it possible to get accepted to the film school but get rejected from the school itself? Or vice versa. Also i wanted to know if any of you ever got a ID number from UCLA either after applying to school itself or the film program because I have not gotten anything. Just an email saying thanks for applying.

 

[Oquendo]

For the synopsis I had about two paragraphs explaining the story because I chose to include the final pages of my script instead of from the beginning. I ended up having one page for a synopsis and four excerpted pages from my script.

Whoa...you had a one page for a synopsis? Now I'm starting to get nervous...I hope they didn't throw mine out...

Have you guys sorted out the credit issue?

I finished writing the appeal, but to be honest, SDSU is probably #3-5 on my list for film schools, but I still feel the need to do it for the principle. The thing that made me feel weird was that I wasn't at all nervous or jittery about having the mix-up.

 

[Oquendo]

Originally posted by EricaLauren:
what did you guys write about? and what did you do for your critique??

My excerpt was from a writing exercise I was doing about a middle-aged transient who is trying to make amends to his past life...or past live(s)?

*cue solo piano music* lol

I was thinking somewhat of a mix of "Five Easy Pieces" and "Wild Strawberries." Overall, I felt what I sent in was a little over dramatic, but contrary to Christah's, there was a lot of dialogue and voice-over interspersed with description, plus photographs marked on certain areas. Plus, you only get one chance to show them what you got, so its better to overdo an idea and then underdo...

I did my critique on Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver. Although he went to NYU, maybe I should have done it on fellow alum Francis Ford Coppola's The Conversation

 

[bornfromcelluloid]

Fakeplastic, the UCLA admissions and the Theater, Film, Television school work together in their admission decisions. UCLA looks over your application to make sure that you've covered all of the General Education requirements and then passes your application on to the TFT department. The TFT department then chooses to accept/deny you and then at the end of the semester the UCLA school screens you to make sure you've fulfilled all requirements and to check the status of your transfer credits. If you go to the "admissions" website for UCLA and type in your information you should find a UCLA Student ID. Even though decisions aren't available yet for transfers the Student ID should be up

 

[Oquendo]

Originally posted by fakeplastic:
Is it possible to get accepted to the film school but get rejected from the school itself? Or vice versa. Also i wanted to know if any of you ever got a ID number from UCLA either after applying to school itself or the film program because I have not gotten anything. Just an email saying thanks for applying.

To make you feel somewhat better, HERE:

https://www.admissions.ucla.edu/Decision/Login.aspx

It has nothing to do with the film program, but it least it doesn't say you are rejected, lol.

 

[Oquendo]

Anybody apply to UC Santa Barbara? We are supposed to hear from admissions 4PM today!!!



I am going to check out the campus on April 22-23 from a tour my school is providing.

 

[bornfromcelluloid]

EricaLauren, I wrote a kind of experimental narrative highly dependent on visuals with basically no dialogue. My analysis was on Daughters of the Dust. How about you?

Asmerza, I see your point about the formatting. I had a few of my professors look mine over before I submitted it so hopefully it's okay... I would have written a short story but I think in images and not words so story writing has always been a pain to me.

Oquendo, you're not aloud to freak out, yours definitely did not get thrown out. I'm going to be really surprised if you don't at least get the interview invite based on our conversations on here. I hope that credit issue doesn't happen at UCLA for anyone, that's nerve-racking.

 

[EricaLauren]

UCSB is beautiful.. it is a huge party school though. i live on the central coast and a ton of my friends go there and i go down there often. their program is mostly film studies and from what i've heard from some of their students, they focus mainly on writing and like i said, the film studies rather than hands on production work. Idk if that is just his program or if it is the film program in general. It gets crazy in SB!! watch out for Isla Vista.

 

[EricaLauren]

Christah,
I wrote my critique on a Dogma 95 film called the Celebration. It was kind of a random choice and i'm hoping it wasn't too risky talking about the dogma factor more so than just a simple aspect such as just the editing or cinematography in a film.

 

[Oquendo]

Originally posted by EricaLauren:
I just feel like nothing I did would be good enough to stand out among like 900 applications... it would be like winning the lottery to get 1 of 15 spots in this school...

Actually, last year it was roughly 534 who applied for TV/FILM...

It's almost comical how ridiculously hard the school is. It's like trying to get elected senator:

http://www.admissions.ucla.edu...r_Prof09_mjr.htm#TFT

The admit rate is 2.77%

March 22nd - fingers crossed!!!

what if none of us get an interview and so none of us will ever know when they sent out notifications?!?! sorry.. I'm being a pessimist

You know...that idea did cross my paranoid mind. But I feel the odds that at least ONE of us should get an interview are good.

If you guys look at the graduate forum, producers, screenwriters decisions are pretty much made. I guess BFA is special

 

[bornfromcelluloid]

Anybody know how to open up a chatroom? We're having a party on here tonight.

EricaLauren, that's awesome. I just checked out the trailer, I feel like they'd love an analysis on that. I tried to shy away from focusing primarily on cinematography/editing too. I actually ended up finding a way to weave technical, spectatorship, and cultural analysis into mine. If anything, I am actually pleased with my critical

 

[EricaLauren]

yeah, I think I am at a point where I am okay with my critical as well. It's my creative I'm worried about. Ya, you should check out the film, it was the first film to get the dogma stamp.. it's very interesting!
Have any of you heard of Emily Carr University of Art and Design in Vancouver, BC? I just got accepted there but I have never been... only have heard good things.

 

[icedtea]

i haven't heard anything from Chapman yet, but to be fair, they say i might have to wait as long as june :/

did anyone write their critique on anything more recent and mainstream? i did mine on 'where the wild things are'