Portfolio advice for BA Film Production applicants

Portfolio Requirements

For our BA (Hons) Film Production and BA (Hons) Studio Practice (Filmmaking) degrees we’re looking for 12 to 20 examples of your current work that showcase your level and range of achievements. 

Your work should show evidence of a range of relevant skills including your ability to develop a project or idea. Your work should include: 

• A maximum of three minutes of film or video work. We prefer to see one or two complete pieces of work which demonstrates your storytelling, creativity and/or technical ability. Please avoid showreels and montage cut to music, as they tell us very little about your ability to develop a project. Production values do not need to be high, as we are looking at your approach to storytelling using moving image. A scene or short film shot on your phone (for example, maybe you could tell a story about a friend or pet, or interview someone regarding their job or interests) would suffice.
• Images, web links or documents to support your application and demonstrate your interest in/experience of visual arts and/or creative writing. This could include a short screenplay or a series of still photographs or storyboards. If you are not supplying an example of moving image, this is your opportunity to show your interest in progressing to filmmaking through some still photos, scripts, stories you’ve written etc.
• A completed Film Production Questionnaire. Please remember to bring this with you. 

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.