TEXT ON SCREEN: Applying for art and design courses. Advice for preparing folios and pre-selection kits to help make the process easier.

MUSIC: electronic beat with a building tempo.

VISUAL: Interior Design Student, Maddy Davidson stands in front of an art-covered wall. She talks to an off-screen interviewer.

MADDY DAVIDSON SPEAKS: When I applied, I applied for every course that I could possibly apply for in Melbourne. i checked VTAC, I checked it daily.

VISUAL: A close up of a VTAC Guide dissolves into an interview with another student. Landscape Architecture student, Asa Kremmer talks to camera

ASA KREMMER SPEAKS: With VTAC when you’re applying, the deadlines are so important, so check the requirements.

VISUAL: Photo Imaging student, Billy Carr talks to camera.

BILLY CARR SPEAKS: To prepare for my course, my school didn’t offer photography as an option. I looked to a lot of YouTube videos and anything that would help to boost my skills so that by the time I got to the end of year 12 i was prepared for what I had to do at university.

VISUAL: Photo Imaging student, Eliza Mills talks to camera.

ELIZA MILLS SPEAKS: For my pre-selection kit I checked VTAC to make sure I knew exactly what I needed for my course and the interview for the teachers to get to know me and to enter a certain amount of images of my work.

VISUAL: Lecturer in Design, Jan Henry-Jones stands in a lecture theatre and talks to camera

JAN HENRY-JONES SPEAKS: It’s really critical to understand that there are many ways to get to where you want to be. If you don’t get in to the program you want to the first time round, if you apply broadly you’ve got choice.

TEXT ON SCREEN: Apply Broadly.

TEXT ON SCREEN: Attend Open day is overlayed next to the image of Philippa Murray, Lecturer in Interior Design.

PHILIPPA MURRAY SPEAKS: I would really also advise to attend the open day. That’s a really important moment where different programs open their doors up to prospective students, so it’s a really great way to get a sense of what each course is really like. So design courses for instance are really different across different across different organisations. By attending open day you’ll really start to understand those differences.

TEXT ON SCREEN: Understand the differences between courses.

VISUAL: Senior Lecturer in Landscape Architecture Craig Douglas talks to camera.

CRAIG DOUGLAS SPEAKS: I think the common mistakes with students presenting their works through follow is that they rely on the subjects that they have just covered in school. Now those subjects are important but we also want to see work that is important to you. So you know, your own hobbies your own interests, let that really shine through in your work. because that’s what’s going to set you apart from the others and really set you apart from others because we can see you’re engaged with the design community.

TEXT ON SCREEN: Include work from outside of school.

PHILLIPA MURRAY SPEAKS: When you’re putting your folio together, I think it’s really good to think about who you are, what you’re passionate about, what you’re interested in and then use that to assemble the kind of folio that best represents you.

CRAIG SPEAKS: I think the best way to present a folio is to really communicate your own work, and that doesn’t mean a really expensive folder, or any of those kinds of formats, just present your own work in a really good way, keep simple, to the point, we want to see your work, we want to see what you’re interested in, we want to see your creative ability.

MUSIC: Inspiring piano music

VISUAL: The interview with Craig dissolves to a white screen.

TEXT ON SCREEN:
Check VTAC requirements and deadlines
Check the entry requirements - including minimum English scores
Give yourself options by applying broadly
If a folio is required, make sure it reflects your passions and interests
Keep you folio simple and follow directions.

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TEXT ON SCREEN: Art and design selection interviews. Advice on how to prepare for an interview and ways to make the process easier. RMIT logo.

AUDIO: Ambient music.

00:00:03 Speaker 1

When I found out that I was shortlisted for the interview, I was really, really excited. I screamed. I hugged everyone that was near me. Yeah. It was really exciting.

00:00:14 Speaker 2

At the end of the day, you are very motivated to succeed, and what you love and what you're passionate about. In the interview process, it's important to have an opinion.

00:00:23 Speaker 3

Do some research. Go and see films. Research different projects online.

00:00:29 Speaker 1

The advice that I give would be to just be confident about your work and be proud of what you've done, because I think that's something that a lot of people forget about. They're just focused on, Yeah, will they like it? But I think you should be proud of your own work. And I think you should like your own work. And I think if you give off that confidence, you're more likely to get in then If you're not confident about your work.

00:00:50 Speaker 3

It's really good to bring along the work that you've done within a school context, but also to bring along other things that might represent you as a person in a broader capacity. There's a lot of people that we're interviewing. We might look at your work quickly, but we know what we're looking for.

00:01:08 Speaker 3

A good tip is to bring 10 minutes worth of really strong material that presents you in a broad and interesting way. And then, to use those to tell us a little bit about who you are.

00:01:20 Speaker 1

Because I'd never been to the University before, and I didn't want to get lost, I decided to come really early. So I think I was about an hour and a half early just to find where I am to feel more comfortable before my interview.

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TEXT ON SCREEN: RMIT logo. Ready for what's nex  www.rmit.edu.au

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