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Portfolio advice

What should you include in your portfolio? We’ve put together some tips that should help you make the most of your work.

Portfolio advice

You’ll want to make a good impression with your portfolio, so we’ve put together some useful tips to help you showcase your talents at interview:

• Make sure you appreciate what the course is about to which you’re applying.

• Show how well you’re suited to the course requirements and how your ability and talents will benefit.

Demonstrate your understanding of a range of media and your range of skills. For example, through both new and completed projects ranging from digital work through (and as appropriate) to storyboards, animation, printing, paintings, drawings, photography, film, etc.

• Make sure that your portfolio is logically organised – showing your development work, your creative thinking and processes, the various stages of execution of your work and how it developed and was completed.

• If you can, include a range of styles and media used.

• Show the final work, alongside sketchbooks, notebooks, contact sheets, etc.

• Large or three-dimensional pieces can be shown using photographs or via Flickr or YouTube.

• Try and include a range of projects in order to showcase your potential and achievements.

Be prepared to discuss your ideas and what you hope to achieve by studying on the course.

If you are an EU or international student we recommend that you upload your portfolio to a website such as Flickr or YouTube and provide us with a link to your work rather than supplying original work which cannot be returned.

For course-specific portfolio requirements, refer to the relevant course page.

For further portfolio advice you may wish to visit us at one of open days or student recruitment events.

Preparing for your interview

• Know your work, as you will need to talk about it – identify the strengths and weaknesses with your work, and be analytical.
• Brush up on your knowledge of Ravensbourne and the industry you are applying for.
• Be knowledgeable about the course you are applying for, the admissions tutor will be looking for this.
• Demonstrate that you are a team player, and that you can use time effectively.

What else do I need to know about for my interview?

• Arrive on time.
• Report to the main reception.
• Your interview will last approximately 30 minutes, but you should expect to remain on the campus for a maximum of two hours.
• You will be interviewed by at least two people, including a member of the course staff.
• You may be interviewed within a group situation.
• If you are applying for certain TV and Broadcasting courses, you may be asked to sit a short maths/physics assessment.

 

 

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