Portfolio advice for BA Design for Theatre & Screen applicants

Portfolio Requirements

For BA (Hons) Design for Theatre & Screen we recommend you bring 12-20 examples of a range of your current work which best reflects your level and range of achievements. 

Your portfolio should show visual evidence of a range of relevant skills, and your ability to develop a project or idea. It should include: 

• Creative project work from your school or college courses and/or
• Creative projects that you’ve initiated yourself or in the workplace
• Evidence of your broader academic skills, including essay writing
• Creative freehand drawing and painting skills
• Life drawing examples where possible
• Sketchbooks 

If it's not possible to bring your work in physical form, then the best thing to do is to save it (or photos of it) to a USB stick, as well as on the laptop/tablet you'll be bringing to your applicant day. Please make sure the work on your USB stick is not password protected, as we may ask you to leave it with us so we can review your portfolio without you present. 

You'll be invited to share your work with the course team at an Applicant Day. Our Admissions Team will invite you to book your place at one of our Applicant Days after you have applied. 

Use of AI 

Your portfolio must contain your own work. We understand that some of your portfolio may include work created in part or whole by AI. You must acknowledge this by adding ‘AI generated’ to the relevant section(s), stating how you used AI to create images, and adding a link to the original image with the date it was created (where possible). 

Integrated Foundation Year  Applicants

If your course includes an integrated foundation year then you'll be developing your portfolio during your first year of study. Therefore, we're not expecting to see a fully finalised portfolio from you at this stage.  

We would, however, like to see your sketchbooks or projects you've worked on in school or college, to get a sense of your creative interests.