To be considered for admission to the Animation and Digital Arts program at NYU Tisch School of the Arts Asia, please follow these guidelines for the creative portfolio. Candidates must also complete the application for admission.

1. The Creative Portfolio

The creative portfolio includes a personal statement and a portfolio of projects including:

• DVD
• Storyboard printed 8.5 X 11 inch page
• Four visuals printed two pages 8.5 X 11 inch pages

The DVD (Region 1 format only can include animations, videos of fictions or documentaries, still images, sound bites and music. The DVD can contain several pieces. The running time for each piece will not exceed 5 minutes. Please explain on the Creative Portfolio Contents Guide Sheet the table of content of the DVD and give a description for each piece. We strongly recommend including one back up tape in VHS/NTSC format only.

Create a storyboard printed on one 8.5 X 11 inch page. The storyboard illustrates the story of someone planting a flower and watching it grow. Please use only original media created by you, including drawings, photographs, texts or flat mixed media.

Create a layout of four visuals printed on two 8.5 X 11 inch pages. You are free to design the layout and organization of the visuals. Please use only original media created by you, including drawings, photographs, texts, or flat mixed media.

Personal statement

Please write an essay answering the following questions:

• Why do you want to come to the MFA Animation Program?
• What will you bring to the other students in the Animation Program?
• What do you plan to achieve in the Animation Program?
• Can you describe your personal relationship with traditional arts and with digital arts and technology?   

2. The Creative Portfolio Contents Guide Sheet.

(this form is located in the "downloadable forms" section of the online application).   

3. Passport-sized photograph of yourself (stapled to the Creative Portfolio Contents Guide Sheet).

During the admissions process, interviews are conducted in Singapore, New York and by phone. The animation program is also open to people with no animation background. We encourage candidates with diverse professional and educational experiences, coming from diverse cultural and professional backgrounds. For example, this includes and is not limited to film makers, video artists, installation artists, print makers, painters, sculptors, architects, journalists, engineers, storytellers, biologists, physicians, ethnologists, educators, researchers, entrepreneurs, musicians, actors, dancers, computer scientists, programmers, technologists, designers, or writers.

Please send your portfolio to:

Tisch Asia Portfolio Review Office
Tisch School of the Arts, New York University
721 Broadway, 12th floor
New York, NY 10003-6807

Attn: Animation and Digital Arts program in Singapore