Applying to the Media Arts Program

BEGIN THE ONLINE APPLICATION

To begin the online application visit byutma.slideroom.com. You will need to create a Slideroom Account to access the application. Note: The application requires a $5 processing fee. You will be prompted for payment when you submit your finished application.

Start Online Application 

The online application consists of the following elements:

• Applicant Information
• A Letter of Introduction: Use this letter to introduce yourself to the Media Arts Faculty. Please include a biographical introduction, your family and cultural background, what you have learned from life and work experiences, and how they have steered you as an artist to apply to the Media Arts Program. The faculty are interested in your aspirations and in your intellectual and aesthetic experiences.
• Eight Most Significant List: Please list eight films, television programs, books, websites, music, plays, video games or other media/art you have read/viewed/experienced that has influenced you as an artist (please do not include the scriptures or a film viewed in TMA 102). These significant works should reflect a range of inquiry and experience, and should demonstrate a substantive engagement with the history of film, media, and the arts in its various forms
• Critical Analysis Essays: You are required to watch a pre-selected film and write a critical analysis essay where you will identify a theme and explain how one particular element supports that theme. Cite concrete examples from the film. Do NOT consult secondary sources (i.e. reviews, books, internet sites, TMA 102 text) when writing your essays. These are not simply plot summaries, but analyses that demonstrate critical skills learned in TMA 102. The title of the selected film are located within the critical analysis section of the online application. The film is on reserve at the HBLL Media Center.
• Creative Sample Video (Major Applicants Only): As part of this year’s Major application, you are required to create and submit a short non-fiction (documentary) film. This film must be no longer than 3 minutes total running time. This sample should be a new project made specifically for this application (i.e. do not use a film created with your friends in high school or done for a ward activity or as part of professional work). You, and only you, must write, direct, shoot, and edit your film. The subject of your film cannot be yourself.
• Analysis of your Creative Sample (Major Applicants Only): Using the critical skills developed in TMA 102, analyze (not summarize) your creative sample video by explaining its theme. What creative decisions did you make to communicate that theme? We are especially interested in you recognizing the gap between the intentions behind your sample, the creative decisions you made, and the final result.

– Meeting with your faculty advisor. You are required to meet with your faculty advisor at least once before submitting your application. Faculty advisors are assigned by student’s last name. See the table below to find your faculty advisor and their contact information. Use this visit to ask any questions about the program and the application, as well as discuss areas of interest and skill sets and the selection of possible electives. At the end of your meeting, have your advisor sign off that you met on your Media Arts Graduation Plan Packet. The way to meet with your advisor is during their office hours or to set up an appointment. To make an appointment, please send an email request.

– Create a graduation plan packet. Referring to the Media Arts Major or Minor Academic Plan, the Media Arts Course Frequencies List and the Media Arts Major or Minor Flowchart, create a graduation plan on the packet provided here: (Major Graduation Packet or Minor Graduation Packet). Hard copies may also be picked up at the TMA office (D581 HFAC). These links can also be found at the bottom of this page.

Include all of your GE requirements, major/minor requirements, and Media Arts electives each semester until you graduate. Remember to take note of the semester each class is offered as well as prerequisites. (You are encouraged to discuss possible electives in your first meeting with your faculty advisor.)

– When your graduation plan is completed, they must be reviewed and signed by the CFAC Advisement Center (D444 HFAC)

– Scan and upload documents: After you obtain all the needed signatures, digitize your graduation plan into a PDF and attach it to your online application. (There are scanners available in the HBLL or you can have our front office digitize it and email it to you. NOTE: To avoid a rush, the TMA office will only digitize documents up to a week before the submission deadline)

– Submit the Application: Finish the remaining application elements online, pay the $5 processing fee, and submit the application before the deadline.

– Interview with the faculty: An important part of the Media Arts Program Application is the interview with the faculty. Interviews are held the week after the application due date. Prior to the interview, applicants are required to select and watch one of the approved films from the Media Arts Application Interview Instructions and Films Page. In the interview, applicants will be asked to identify the theme of the film they viewed and explain what creative choices the filmmaker used to communicate that theme. The interview will last only 4-5 minutes, so answers will need to be brief. Interview signups begin the day after the application due date. Referencing notes on a 3×5 notecard during your interview is acceptable as long as you do not read your response from the card.

– Notification of Acceptance: Students are notified about the faculty’s decision about 4 weeks after applying.