NFTS Application

Since my time at the BFI with Culture Works East has been such a success, I'm now eligible to apply for a two week residential at the NFTS (National Film & Television School) outside London at High Wycombe over the Easter Holiday.
Benefit of this is we get to choose a specialty to study whilst we work in teams of 11 to create a final short film or documentary. We will also be working with professionals from the industry and also attending master classes on these areas.
There are 66 places available, so if we get in, we will be considered the top 66 young film makers in the UK!
We get two choice specialties, from which we will have to choose one in the event we get onto the course. I've chosen Editing as my first choice, seeing as this is what I consider my most developed area of the production process and also my most favoured. Directing as my second, as this is my second most specialised job in production.

For my application, we were advised to create a short video showing our skills and experience already in film. Seeing as I would be applying for editing as my first choice, I created this demo reel showing my past works over the last decade:

This (I hope) will show them I have experience in many areas of film, including editing and that I have become far more advanced over the past 10 years.

We were allowed up to three sample works to show them. As my second, I sent them my short film I made with the BFI 'Ebony' as this was the work I was solely in charge of editing and so should show off my abilities purely as an editor:

This should also hopefully show I have expanded beyond comedy and less serious stuff as shown in my demo reel.

For my final sample work, I wanted to show how my abilities as director shine through. And so I placed my A Level short film 'Sweet 18' in the application as this was the film I took most responsibility in directing sound engineers, editors assistants, directors assistants and multiple cast and crew, whilst also being in charge of the editing of the piece.

This should hopefully show my ability to organise people effectively around a set and to produce a film to a high standard and to a deadline.

Well I hope I get in, I'm even more nervous about this application than I am about my university ones! Would be such a great experience. The deadline for the applications are February 2nd 2015 so I expect to know either way by the 23rd February, seeing as a pre-residential trip for the course is on the weekend of March 7th & 8th.

Wish me luck!