What is My Room? (Chapman/Dodge College Essay)

[popcornzoe]

This was pretty dang cool. Hope I get in (though I don't have to be worrying about that for another four years xD)

[rebsturm]

hey Danny nice room! Love your genres of things.Keep Posting your awesome videos!!!!!!

[akjdfkajpaul1]

gpa + sats?

[fezmovies]

My personal ones?

4.3 weighed, 3.8 unweighted

2000 on the SATs

Don't worry so much about the scores when applying to Chapman. It's your essays (especially this one) that matters.

[DJDeenDeen]

How did u get your video to be less than 50 mb. isnt that what the video size has to be?

[fezmovies]

I don't remember the size requirement.... but that sounds right. Compress the video or use a filetype that doesn't create large video files yet still retains a decent quality (WMV is fairly ideal).

[xxbleedingemotionsxx]

Hey great video! Congrats on getting in! I'm planning on applying to Chapman in the fall and I was just wondering what kind of camera you used to film it. I have a pretty crappy one and wanted to try to find a better one. Also what editing program did you use? I'm fretting that Imovie will mess up on me like it usually does.

Please and thanks! :)

[fezmovies]

simplicity was the key here

i filmed and took stills using a simple Panasonic MiniDV camera

The pictures were blended together using Virtualdub

And the final editing was done on Adobe Premiere Pro

[xxbleedingemotionsxx]

And to think I was stressed out on all the technical stuff..I have most of that!

Thanks!!

[fezmovies]

you shouldn't worry at all about the technical stuff

for the essay, all chapman cares about is the storytelling aspect of it.... in the instructions it says you can submit an unedited continuous shot if wanted

[LZWatchingLife]

Are you A Freshmen or a Transfer?

[fezmovies]

i'll be a freshmen this fall

[FezzProductions]

nice vid man.

wts the song btw?

[fezmovies]

"In the Beginning" by The Stills

i like that we share almost the same name

[LannaPurple]

Hey! I got accepted to the film program too! NYU is the only school I'd go to over it (and I haven't heard back from them yet)...

[SuperMachoMan]

Nice vid! I just got my acceptance letter today! =) Hopefully I'll be seeing ya next year if I end up there. Where else did you apply?

[fezmovies]

USC, LMU, NYU, BU, Long Beach, Northridge, SDSU, UCLA

But Chapman's definitely my top choice

[SuperMachoMan]

Nice. I applied to LMU, NYU, Ithaca, Emerson, FSU, Northwestern, and a few state schools as backup. You would pick Chapman over USC? I didn't apply to USC because I was busy perfecting other apps, but I really regret not applying, it would probably be my #1 choice.

[fezmovies]

I'm still debating between USC and Chapman (and waiting to hear from the former) but I think Chapman would be the win. USC's probably a better school in general, but Chapman's definitely got the better film program. Plus I like the idea of being 15 minutes away from Disneyland.

[SuperMachoMan]

Haha yeah being that close to Disneyland would be awesome. Let me know when you hear from USC, hope to hear some good news.

[fezmovies]

GOOD NEWS! I GOT ACCEPTED!

[fezmovies]

No I'm applying as a freshmen

[fezmovies]

Not yet... I don't think I find out until April!

[dblandon]

The OCD in me really, really liked this. Nice job, and good luck to you! I'm a film production major in the class of 2012, I hope to see you next year!

[JackyOMasses]

thank you for the comment on my chapman vid!

of course I come over here and get totally pwned by yours lol

hope we see each other there next year!

[herstory4real]

very nice i'm not sure what its supposed to say but very cool non the less

[esthers123]

i loved this!

i hope i get in too :]

[esthers123]

awesome darfur and jew shirts.

i have a similar darfur shirt from a rally i went to in dc.