<p>NYU says they look past superior opportunities and things like that. I really hope this is true, my project doesnt look anywhere near as good as some of the guys’ who shot on professional level cameras and with professional level equipment.</p>
<p>They look past production value and such in your portfolio (i.e. the quality of the image and stuff), but, they aren’t going to punish, or look past talent in things such as cinematography as a storytelling tool. I think the main reason experience can help, but lack of cannot hurt, is it shows initiative and passion for film, as well as that you care enough take full advantage of opportunities. </p>
<p>And as far as what “resources” are, my “resources” are asking a bunch of ppl if I can use their camera, asking actors to work for free that I find on craigslist, asking my parents to pay for pizza for the crew etc…all you have to do is ask. Also many household items can me used as equipment, such as cheap hardware construction lights, clothespins, duct tape etc.
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<p>Do all early decisions come out on December 15th, or has anyone already received them?</p>
<p>I think they all come out the 15 cuz I havnt heard anyone say they got into film lsp</p>
<p>what does lsp mean exactly. I’ve heard that but I don’t get what it is?</p>
<p>its basically NYU saying, we really like you but your not ready for our program yet (normally its because your GPA wasn’t high enough or your writing was up to bar). so what they do is they accept you via lsp so for your first 2 years you take a set of courses laid out for you than your junior year you are automatically accepted into the school you originally applied for.
for tisch though, you only have to wait a year.</p>
<p>I think it means liberal studies program. Not sure.<br>
So, I applied E.D. to Tisch Film. Decisions come out Wednesday!!! I’m freaking out. It’s odd because most people on this thread have amazing stats, but I know people who have gotten in E.D. with a 28 on the ACT and a mediocre film. So, I think collegeconfidential is a bit ridiculous.<br>
MY stats:
ACT: 31 (25 on science ;P) I think I have a 32 superscored. w/e. I’m over it.<br>
ranked like 26/600
GPA: 4.6 weighted
I don’t have nearly as intense of extracurriculars as you guys do, so, I’m not talking about those.
Heres the link to my portfolio film. Give me feedback!</p>
<p>[YouTube</a> - NYU TISCH portfolio film: Cuff Love](<a href=“NYU TISCH portfolio film: Cuff Love - YouTube”>NYU TISCH portfolio film: Cuff Love - YouTube)</p>
<p>Here’s my dramatic essay. I’m pretty proud of it.</p>
<p><a href=“https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B2HYckezWr7oNDM3OWQ3OWEtZTE0OC00MDg5LWJiODEtNGQ5Y2IyNWQ5MDI2&hl=en&authkey=CKjn3MYE[/url]”>https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B2HYckezWr7oNDM3OWQ3OWEtZTE0OC00MDg5LWJiODEtNGQ5Y2IyNWQ5MDI2&hl=en&authkey=CKjn3MYE</a></p>
<p>Thanks. I wish you all good luck. Gahh. I’m so excited.</p>
<p>I liked your movie, and you look like you have good grades, but I don’t really know what they really look for. Did that event really happen to you, the one in the essay, because that’s crazy.</p>
<p>I think your film was pretty good, and your essay was very good. Your GPA is fantastic, but it is impossible to say really how good without knowing information on APs and honors, as a 4.6 gpa in all regular level classes isnt quite so impressive. Your ECs are very important as well. Your ACT is pretty above average too, but NYU doesnt superscore ACT.</p>
<p>I legitimately almost have the exact same stats as the original poster. My GPA and SAT scores are roughly the same. My ecs are the same, except I take honors and CP courses because my school has no IB or AP (awesome, right?) My school is small, yet one of the most respected public schools in my state because of it’s challenging curriculum. I’m 8th in a class of approx. 70.
I’ve made plenty of short films, have an amazing amount of ECs and show leadership (president of theater club with 16 productions under my belt, youth and gov, Town Democratic office intern, student council, band, chorus, LOADS of volunteer work, the list goes on and on… I’m quite proud)
However, I submitted a 6 pages screenplay in my portfolio rather than a film.</p>
<p>Fingers crossed! NYU is my dream school! Good luck to us all!</p>
<p>Yep. The event is 100% true. I may have dramatized my reaction a bit. Not the intensity of it, but the whole “looking at yourself in a different way” thing, just so that I answered the question they asked. And the names are all changed, obviously.<br>
AP’s so far: European Hist (5) US hist (5) English comp (4)
Senior schedule: AP Econ (micro¯o), AP English Lit, AB Calc (dropped from BC to AB), acc Italian 4, acc French 2
I’m afraid they’ll be ****ed that I’m not taking a science this year.<br>
My EC’s are not too great compared to about everyone else’s on this thread.<br>
Film EC’s: film classes at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and TA’d one of them. (pre-college program)
NHSI Film/Video at Northwestern University (5 week summer program. This is where I made my portfolio film.)
My portfolio film was screened at the Chicago International Short Film Fest</p>
<p>Other EC’s: head of Makeup crew, writer for school newspaper, nhs, volunteered at my local non profit art center
eh. Nothing amazing.</p>
<p>disdelirious: Did you do ur portfolio at a summer program? I always thought that a portfolio should be a project that you initiated on your own, produced on your own, and were the legit lead creative person.</p>
<p>I haven’t seen anyone on CC that has gotten LSPd for film. They have a special 1 yr lsp for film ppl, as someone else mentioned, and last year quiet a few ppl were put in it. I thought I would on account of my low GPA.</p>
<p>And i think, while a portfolio can be made anywhere, they take the amount of influence you had in your project into account when judging it. If you only directed it, they may not look as favorably as if you did everything besides acting. They arent looking to make directors, they are looking to teach everything.</p>
<p>Yea yea. Physically where you make it doesn’t matter, but if you make something at a summer program it’s an instant sign that you may not have done as much as you said, you may not have been the ‘creative leader’ and may have had a lot of help. </p>
<p>This may be untrue in the case of the person who posted that film, but just in general, if I were an admissions counselor and I’m looking for this specific applicants storytelling ability, and I see they made it at a summer program or something, I may have some doubts. In the poster’s case, I think he/she should be fine though because the essay is good. For example, as I said, I am on the board of a youth film festival, and we get a lot of submissions from people who made films at summer film programs, and they obviously got a lot of help from adults (as in they were shot with 35mm film or the RED one, etc), so we are debating whether or not to accept them even if they are great.</p>
<p>Well. I don’t think I’m the only person to have ever sent in a film they’ve made at camp. And NYU states that they don’t really consider production value, which is the only place where I received any guidance whatsoever.
I wrote it, storyboarded each scene, directed it, and spent 20 hours editing it. And I think there is some initiation in the fact that I decided to spend five weeks of my summer learning about film, working my ass off on my own project, and basically getting no sleep.
Anyone could get help with their projects, regardless of whether they’re at a summer camp or not. There’s always rich parents and video teachers.
Also, I should note, that quite a few people from my camp came out with *<strong><em>ty, basically unwatchable films. There is only so much a teacher can do. You can have beautiful lighting and use an expensive camera, but a *</em></strong>ty screenplay is a ****ty screenplay. And NYU probably knows that.
Not to be short, but I was definitely a “legit lead creative person.” Don’t fret.</p>
<p>I think you might be misinterpreting production value. Production value is only the actual quality of the footage, namely, how good the camera looks, not other aspects of the look of the video. In other words, the only possible help you can be given on production value is being given a better camera to use. A great screenplay is just a screen play; they take into account camerawork and cinematography that helps the mood and feel of the story. If those werent important, they wouldnt have people send in videos, just screenplays. And please dont think that you are the only one who worked his ass off on his project man; we all did, for sure. </p>
<p>By the way, i really dont mean any offense, but why did that take 20 hours to edit? I think mine (which is a minute and a half longer than yours) took maybe 15 including effects editing (which is by far the most time consuming) while dealing with a completely inadequate computer that made things take twice as long as they would with a good computer. I assume that they would have suitable computers at a video program, of course. What program did you use? Or did you shoot on actual film? That would make sense if you had to clip together 35mm.</p>
<p>Also, you told us not to fret. I really dont think you have to tell us not to worry about your project; your project is your business, we are just sharing our opinions. Thats what a forum is for. We all are plenty worried about our own applications.</p>
<p>I was speaking hypothetically, as in just what admissions people could think. And honestly, if you went to a summer program for 2,4,8 weeks, and worked on that project for about half the time (or even all of it), then you def didn’t have to put as much effort into it. Right off the bat, you have actors and locations give to you–both of which are the hardest parts of preproduction (which is the hardest part of the whole process) done for you. How much did you pay for that *<strong><em>ty program??? Sucks that all you got out of it was a *</em></strong>ty 3-cam, sitcom style, short.</p>
<p>Hey matt and Jjohn, you 2 have seen my film and my stats, do you think I may have a chance?</p>
<p>i know i probably dont, but do you guys think i have a slight chance?
(sorry i tried editing my last post but it wouldnt let me)</p>