USC - visual submissions dilemma !

Sahirr

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Hey guys I really apologize if the following has been discussed in the forum before... but I would like a fresh perspective...

I am applying for the Spring intake for the production program at USC... am not that worried about the writing samples... but somehow the visual samples are giving me a tough time...

I don't have a single short film I am proud of or is worth sharing currently... so I am thinking of going ahead with the photographs? Do any of you think that a short film ups ones chances in respect to the photographs? Cus as of now I am confident I will be able to deliver a much better quality of photographs than a short film...

Secondly...as far as the portfolio list is concerned... I am just out of college... I hardly have any professional work experience... all i have to share are my college projects... and a few internships here and there... but nothing flashy... I think I am going to look ridiculous if I say I am passionate about film making and have it in me... yet i don't have anything concrete to list on paper...

can any of you please express your opinions on this... what is the admission committee looking for in the samples... I am hoping that the thought and ideas matter more than the packaging and production value of the work... it would be great to hear from those who made it in this fall and earlier... and probably... share their writing and visual submissions if they don't mind...

thanks...
and sorry if you think its a silly thread...
 
I agree that there are really no limits to what you can or cannot do. I kinda like that about the whole thing, like you can really be creative and be yourself and it's challenging at the same time.
 
hey.
I am applying to the film prod. program for undergraduates. i decided to submit the photo option. but i'm not entirely clear as to what it is. it says it needs to be a series of 6 photos portraying a unique and original character when viewed in a specific sequence, along with a 2 page narrative. i took the photos, but they aren't chronological or anything. does the narrative have to be a story, or just a character description?
 
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