Will this film hurt or benefit my application?

IJustWantHelp
Fri, 16 Nov 2018 20:25:56 +0000

Hi! I recently submitted a portfolio with the application to my ED school, which is a big reach for me. Alongside a ton of scripts and short stories, I added a film that I made as a ‘two week project’ about a young woman in human trafficking and her subsequent escape. However, because of how rushed the film was, I played the main character, and my acting was ROUGH. Laughable for my family. Also, our editor left out some audio and about two scenes, so the entire thing is pretty confusing at some parts. Honestly, the script was 100x better than the actual product. Depending on what perspective you look from, it could help my application or hurt it. When looking at it as a high school project entirely orchestrated by students and written/filmed/produced in ten days, it’s pretty good. But looking at it as an actual film, it’s pretty bad. (If you want to help more, look up ‘Favoring the Bold’ on YouTube. First result.) Oh, also, the film has a few swear words in it to. I drop an F-bomb a couple times. The acting is just bad and I’m having a lot of doubts, but the only way to retract it from my portfolio now is to take it off Youtube. Technically it’ll just be an empty file in my portfolio, so I could always email the office once we re-edit it and say we had to repost it because of technical difficulties. Or I could just leave it as is. Just someone help, please. I’m freaking out!
Thanks!