School of Film Portfolio Requirements

• Animation
• Film/Video
• Writing for Film & Television

Applicants who seek direct entry to the School of Film and plan to continue into a major in Film/Video, Animation or Writing for Film and Television are required to submit a portfolio of original work. Choose at least ONE of the following: 

• Filmic work (film, animation, video, documentary, experimental, narrative). This work should have a definitive beginning, middle and end.

• A traditional portfolio of at least 10 works in media such as drawing, painting, design, illustration, sculpture or photography. Work should exhibit your creative ideas and themes.

• Applicants should submit one piece of fictional prose totaling 5 -7 pages that demonstrates their interest/talent/passion in the medium. Applicants should focus on narrative structure, character development, plot and the use of setting in the piece. No poetry, plays or screenplays will be accepted. Pease submit work as prose. Writing samples can be e-mailed as a Word doc or PDF to your assigned admission counselor.