萨凡纳研究生申请作品集要求

Grauate portfolio guielines

Accessory esign

Portfolios shoul emonstrate a thorough unerstaning of the esign process through conceptual research, technical sketches, renerings an boars. Applicants shoul present computer-aie esign portfolio work. Applicants shoul show competency in the ability to esign for 3-D proucts with special attention given to both internal an external components creating innovative, whole proucts. Work shoul be submitte in igital format.

Avertising

Portfolios shoul emphasize the applicant's ability to evelop original avertising ieas, emonstrate the ability to carry a esign through multiple pieces (campaign) an represent the applicant's proficiency with esign software. Examples of work shoul show sensible use of composition, typography an coorination of wors an images. Examples may be augmente by other relevant work that reflects the applicant's interests an abilities such as graphic esign, photography an illustration.

Animation

Portfolios shoul emonstrate accomplishe art an esign skill, incluing life rawing an eviential unerstaning of composition, line, weight an balance. Portfolios shoul evience effective use of software an tools to support aesthetic choices. Mature artistic or commercial irection shoul be evient in work that correspons to the applicant's acaemic goals.

Architectural history

A university-level research paper with a minimum of 10 pages that emonstrates critical an analytical thinking as well as avance research an writing skills. The paper shoul inclue illustrations, if appropriate.

Architecture

Portfolios shoul inclue examples of work complete in architectural an other creative stuios, inepenently, or in a professional office. A brief escription of esign intent shoul be submitte with each project, clearly inicating when an in what stuio the project was complete an the applicant's role. Portfolios shoul emonstrate creative abilities an evelopment of a personal architectural an esign language, application of concepts to architectonic solutions, an free-han, analog an igital rawing an graphics abilities.

Art history

A university-level research paper with a minimum of 10 pages that emonstrates critical an analytical thinking as well as avance research an writing skills. The paper shoul inclue illustrations, if appropriate.

Cinema stuies

Portfolios shoul inclue a university-level research paper or professional writing samples emonstrating critical an analytical thinking as well as avance research an writing skills. Aitional writing samples relate to cinema stuies also may be submitte for consieration.

Creative business leaership

Portfolios shoul inclue writing samples with at least one sample of university-level research writing (minimum 10 pages); at least one sample of professional writing emonstrating critical an analytical thinking as well as avance research an writing skills; an at least one other writing sample, such as business ocuments, essays, grant proposals, promotional writing, press releases, planning ocuments or journalistic work. As part of the portfolio, applicants shoul select an inspiring existing business (for-profit, nonprofit or hybri) in their fiel of interest, which they consier to have an innovative business moel. They shoul answer the following questions, in no more than two pages: What is the business moel innovation? What spurre aoption of the innovative business moel? How was it implemente? What were the results? What coul be one ifferently to improve upon those results?

The Statement of Purpose must clearly articulate how the creative business leaership egree is relevant an how it will enable the stuent to attain their professional an career goals.

Design management

Portfolios shoul inclue acaemic an/or professional projects that clearly present purpose, scope of work, research methoology an accomplishments. A strong portfolio will reveal confience an experience in innovation, working with uncertainties an loosely efine problems, an show a high level of creativity through the iscovery, re-contextualization an exploration processes. Accoringly, the portfolio shoul emphasize the importance of images emonstrating how the caniate efines an thinks through problems using sketches, plans, or iagrams in either formal ocuments or informal journal notes, In aition, project summaries such as business plans, proposals, project briefs or presentations woul be consiere suitable portfolio material.

Stuents whose acaemic or professional backgroun is in business or another fiel may choose to submit GMAT or GRE scores in lieu of a portfolio. Stuents amitte on the basis of test scores will be assigne grauate intensive course work uring the amission review process. Stuents wishing to be exempte from assigne intensive course work may submit portfolio materials prior to enrollment to be consiere for a waiver of those courses.

Design for sustainability

Portfolios shoul inclue acaemic an/or professional projects that clearly present purpose, scope of work, research methoology an accomplishments. The portfolio shoul emonstrate the ability to efine an process problems emonstrating conceptual thinking skills, reveal interest or experience in sustainability, an shoul emonstrate a high level of creativity, an attention to etail. It shoul consist of five to eight samples of work, incluing short narratives of esign processes an project evelopment, an may contain written material in aition to a strong visual or graphic elements.

Dramatic writing

Portfolios shoul inclue at least five iniviual writing samples, which must inclue a minimum of three scripts emonstrating an unerstaning of ramatic structure an the funamentals of narrative, script-base storytelling. Short screenplays, one-act plays, a full or partially complete feature screenplay, a full or partially complete stage play, TV pilot scripts,TV spec scripts, webisoes, or comey sketches are all acceptable. Please use proper screenplay, teleplay or stage play format.

Fashion

Portfolios shoul emonstrate a thorough unerstaning of the esign process through moo boars, fashion illustrations, flats an sewn garments from two-three collections. Applicants shoul show competency in the use of various inustrial machinery an sewing techniques, an shoul submit 2-D ocumentation of full-scale patterns, rapes an original sewn garments. The portfolio shoul emonstrate a high level of technical an conceptual ability, as well as creative research, investigation, problem-solving an an awareness of material processes. Applicants also shoul emonstrate a well-evelope personal an aesthetic/esign irection in the ability to evelop work aroun a theme or concept as evience by a series of relate works.

Fibers

Portfolios shoul emonstrate a well-evelope personal aesthetic vision an the ability to evelop work aroun a theme or concept as evience by one or more series of relate works accompanie by an artist/esigner statement. A minimum of 20 pieces shoul be submitte. Applicants also are encourage to submit a selection of sketchbook/process/research work.

Film an television

Portfolios shoul show knowlege of film an television meia an exhibit avance conceptual awareness an experimentation with the chosen meium. Work shoul not excee 10 minutes an a statement etailing the applicant's role in the prouction shoul be inclue.

Furniture esign

Portfolios shoul inclue six to 10 istinct esign projects an show competency in the full breath of the esign process, incluing research, inspiration or motivation that informe the work. Aitionally, examples of visual creative thinking, informative sketching, 3-D visualization/problem-solving such as moels, stuies or mock ups, as well as igital visual communication, incluing technical rawing, moeling an presentation, shoul be inclue. Work may originate from a range of esign isciplines an oes not nee to be limite to furniture esign.

Graphic esign an visual experience

The portfolio shoul consist of the following:

• A esigne professional resume.
• 4-6 examples of stuent an/or professional graphic esign work emonstrating the visualization of concepts an communication through a variety of meia an forms. Multi-component systems will be consiere as one example. At least one project must inclue typographic execution in large quantities (min of 1,000 wors) incluing healines, subheaings an boy copy. (This work must evience an unerstaning an application of western typographic rules an expression.)
• A passion project. The submission must inclue ocumentation of the esign process (ieation, research, sketches, evelopment an final execution). Everyone is uniquely passionate about something—this may be base on personal experiences across any number of broa topics such as people, history, nature, religion, technology, politics, science, sports, literature, art, music, etc. Choose a subject that you are passionate about an esign a multi-component (3 minimum) system. Choice of meia an form are open an shoul be etermine by the auience an intene communication of the system but shoul inclue integration of image an text with running boy copy in at least one solution. Integration of meia (igital an analog) an meia elivery iversity (print, environment, 3-D, screen/web) are encourage where conceptually appropriate.
• All work shown in the portfolio must be fully realize an ocumente. Template-base presentation composites are not acceptable. All print work must be printe an photographe, URLs for web-base work; working prototypes for other interactive examples.
• All work shown in the portfolio must have a esign narrative (a short escription of project concept an intention) with the role the applicant playe in the esign an execution of the work.
• Portfolio must evience working knowlege of appropriate application of inustry-stanar esign software an traitional craft techniques.
• (Applicable to M.F.A. only) In aition to the specifications for the statement of purpose outline in the amission requirements, the statement of purpose for M.F.A. applicants must inclue intene area of interest for thesis work.

Illustration

A portfolio of 12-16 pieces must emonstrate a proficiency in a range of meiums. It must be compose of six to eight finishe pieces (full color an black-an-white), which emonstrate an interest in, an a commitment to, illustrative problem-solving; these finishe pieces must reflect real inustry assignments. In aition to the finishe pieces, the portfolio must inclue three to four pieces of illustration process work (preliminary work, such as conceptual/formal stuies, which resulte in the final work in the portfolio). The portfolio must inclue three to four rawings from life-rawing classes an/or irect observation, as well as work from a personal sketchbook or journal. Work shoul be submitte in igital format using SlieRoom.

Inustrial esign

Portfolios shoul emonstrate your skill sets, problem-solving abilities an the esign process through an array of meia to inclue: research, sketching, CAD renerings an moel making. Portfolios may inclue no more than three writing samples with at least one sample of scholarly writing. Work shoul be submitte in igital format an writings shoul follow acaemic paper format.

Interactive esign an game evelopment

Portfolios shoul emonstrate traitional art an esign skills through figure rawings, conceptual illustrations an page layouts, interactive projects, 3-D moeling an/or igital games. A strong portfolio inclues effective use of 2-D form an composition an an unerstaning of aitive an subtractive color theory. Applicants who inten to focus on interactive esign shoul show interactive work, incluing interactive or physical computing installations, experience esigns, websites, software an other user interface esigns an showcase ability to apply typographic rules, layout an composition to Web applications. Applicants must show proficiency with Flash, Photoshop an Dreamweaver (or equivalent applications).

Applicants who inten to focus on game art an level esign shoul inclue concept art, vieos of playable game levels, 3-D renere stills or vieo flythroughs of etaile environments. Work shoul show proficiency with Photoshop, Maya, 3DS Max an Mubox or ZBrush. (Environments shoul be submitte as walk-through captures as QuickTime accompanie by renere stills.)

Applicants who inten to focus on game esign shoul show three to five original esigns in igital or non-igital format incluing rule sets (if applicable), samples of esign ocumentation, an supporting critical analysis. The portfolio shoul inclue esign work samples that emonstrate ability to communicate rules to players, provie appropriate feeback, set a theme, apply effective mechanics to carry out the theme an create the esire level of strategy an player immersion.

Interior esign

For applicants to the M.F.A. program, portfolios shoul inclue work from all phases of esign: conceptual an process rawings, sketches, perspectives an technical rawings. Work shoul emonstrate proficiency in the technical requirements of interior esign projects, incluing coes, interior builing systems an construction, lighting, interior materials an sustainability as funamental components of the interior built environment. In aition, portfolio work shoul show proficiency in graphic communication, han an igital representation skills an techniques utilize within the avance stuy of interior esign. Drawings shoul inclue floor plans, elevations, sections, an lighting/power plans an perspective renerings.

Applicants to the M.A. program must submit a university-level research paper with a minimum of 10 pages. Topics shoul be contemporary, impacting the future of the interior esign profession an emonstrate the applicant's critical thinking, analytical an writing skills.

Jewelry

All applicants must submit a portfolio of work consisting of a maximum of 20 images an a writing sample that aresses a contemporary issue in the fiel. A strong portfolio emonstrates conceptual ability, strong esign methoology an confient hanling of iverse materials an processes.

Luxury an fashion management

Portfolios shoul inclue a professional evelopment plan. The portfolio shoul emonstrate the ability to efine an process problems an to plan or iagram strategies as well as show a confience in innovation an an emphasis on a high level of creative problem-solving. Project summaries such as business plans, proposals, project briefs or presentations may be inclue. The portfolio shoul inclue a visual component that emonstrates the applicant's unerstaning of the power of visual representation of a luxury bran an graphics in fashion. Work shoul be submitte in igital format or research paper/writing format, as applicable.

Motion meia esign

Portfolios shoul inclue at least three motion pieces, each 30 secons to 2 minutes in length, as well as five to 10 examples of graphic/visual work accompanie by a concept statement. Portfolios shoul exhibit a strong unerstaning of visual problem-solving an process, incluing evience an unerstaning of esign, typographic motion an animation skills. In aition, portfolios shoul show knowlege an effective use of inustry software an tools to support the aesthetic. Applicants shoul also submit a writing sample that aresses the role of motion meia esign in popular culture.

Painting

Portfolios shoul inclue 20 examples of work that emonstrate artistic maturity, as well as the capacity to evelop an iea through a series of works. Applicants shoul inclue a relate series of their most recent work that inicates their current artistic irection an emonstrates a committe stuio practice.

Performing arts

Applicants shoul prepare two contrasting monologues or one monologue an one song (must provie sheet music for an in-person auition), 4-minutes total auition length. Submissions through Slieroom are acceptable. Heashots are accepte but not require.

Photography

Portfolios shoul exhibit a coherence of vision an an excellence in craft. Images shoul emonstrate significant experience in making photographs, a mature aesthetic awareness an strong technical skills. A successful portfolio shoul emonstrate the applicant’s capacity to evelop an in-epth an consistent investigation into a particular subject matter, aesthetic or genre with an outcome that shows artistic insight as well as visual continuity. Work shoul be submitte in igital format as a portfolio of 20 images. The inventory sheet shoul inclue brief technical notes regaring the nature of the images such as capture metho, post prouction manipulations, print materials. Applicant’s statement of purpose shoul be no more than two pages an inclue references to the applicant’s reasons for seeking the egree, post-egree career goals, an any relevant experience in the iscipline that oes not appear on their transcripts.

Preservation esign

Portfolios shoul inclue a research paper of 10-15 pages emonstrating critical an analytical thinking as well as avance research an writing skills. Preferably, the topic woul relate to preservation, heritage conservation or history; however, other topics are acceptable. The portfolio shoul ieally inclue examples of work that communicate the applicant's artistic, graphic an igital abilities, such as photographs, sketches, perspectives, CAD an/or other technical rawings. Work shoul be submitte in research paper/writing format an igital format.

Printmaking

Portfolios shoul emonstrate a mastery of basic printmaking techniques along with a evelope boy of work that is both conceptually an technically mature; the portfolio shoul exemplify thematic evelopment, experimentation an sophistication. Work shoul be submitte in igital format.

Prouction esign

Portfolios shoul exhibit an avance unerstaning of visual problem-solving an process, incluing evience an unerstaning of contextual research, perspective an orthographic sketching, manual or CAD proficiency, renering in ifferent meia (incluing igital), an moel-making principles; an may be augmente by aitional work that represents interest an ability in visual an creative professions, with an emphasis on visual problem-solving. Portfolios may inclue no more than three writing samples. Work shoul be submitte in igital an research paper/writing format.

Sculpture

Portfolios shoul inclue 20 images emonstrate intellectual an artistic maturity, as well as the capacity to evelop an iea through a series of works. Applicants are encourage to inclue relate work that inicates their current artistic irection.

Service esign

Portfolios shoul emonstrate research an creative problem-solving skills applie, but not limite to, brans, services, proucts, processes, spaces, communications an/or user experiences. Showcase five professional an/or acaemic projects by proviing a visual an verbal explanation of your role in the esign process in terms of uncovere insights, frame problems, team-evelope ieas an propose solutions.

Stuents whose acaemic or professional backgroun is in business or another fiel may choose to submit GMAT or GRE scores in lieu of a portfolio. Stuents amitte on the basis of test scores will be assigne grauate intensive course work uring the amission review process. Stuents wishing to be exempte from assigne intensive course work may submit portfolio materials prior to enrollment to be consiere for a waiver of those courses.

Sequential art

Portfolios shoul show a concentration in visual narrative through sequential art an shoul emonstrate exceptional skill in both visual an narrative composition, placement of figures within environments, storytelling an figure rawing. A strong personal irection shoul be evient in the portfolio an substantiate in the written statement of purpose. While igital or traitional coloring is not essential in every piece, the applicant shoul submit at least three images that emonstrate an ability to work with color. Work shoul be submitte in igital format.

Soun esign

Portfolios shoul emonstrate ability in one or more of the following: soun esign for visual meia (film, vieo, computer animation or games), soun esign for theater, prouction of music recoring (but not composition,) or soun art compositions. If possible, film an game soun esigners shoul inclue screen shots of their work sessions. Work shoul be submitte as short (2 minutes or less) QuickTime files.

Theme entertainment esign

Theme entertainment is a multiisciplinary fiel of stuy an a wie range of portfolio content will be consiere. Portfolios may inclue writing samples, esign work for props, special effects, costumes, scenic paint, lighting, scenic moels, graphics, sculpture, storyboar illustrations, technical rawings, thematic an/or architectural renerings, inustrial esign prototypes, an any work from a fiel relate to theme entertainment, an shoul exhibit an unerstaning of environmental storytelling an process.

Urban esign

Portfolios shoul inclue examples of work in urban esign, architecture an/or lanscape architecture, but may inclue work samples from any art or esign iscipline. A strong portfolio inclues projects that emonstrate clear esign intentions, graphic accomplishment an sophisticate esign inquiry. Work shoul be submitte in igital format.

Visual effects

Portfolios shoul inclue work that emonstrates familiarity with 3-D an 2-D image creation an manipulation techniques, fluency with software an resource collection appropriate to these techniques. Each piece submitte shoul incorporate before-an-after material. Work emonstrating programming skills shoul be accompanie by ocumentation explaining the nature an scope of the applicant's contribution. The portfolio may also inclue traitional meia-rawing an painting, photography, sculpture an esign-to inicate creative irection an aesthetic awareness.

Writing

Portfolios shoul inclue at least four iniviual pieces (10 to 30 pages) from a variety of nonfiction genres, such as personal essay, memoir, literary journalism, promotional writing, writing for the Web, business ocument, proposal or scholarly essay. Fiction is also accepte. Applicants shoul submit no more than two pieces from one genre.