Bachelor of Design (Stage and Screen)

Entry criteria

All applicants are asked to submit an online application form and a portfolio of your work. If you move to the next phase of the audition process, you will attend the Applicants’ Weekend at Toi Whakaari in Wellington. This is a two-day intensive where you will attend an interview and work with our key design tutors.

Personal Statement Info:

In the Personal Statement section of the Applicantion Form please answer the following questions (150-200 words each MAX):

Select two of your most significant achievements to date and explain why you believe they are significant. What have you discovered about yourself from these achievements?What do you hope to gain from your time at Toi Whakaari?Why have you chosen to study Design? Why for stage and screen? Include some reference to how much theatre and screen you see and how you see yourself as a future practitioner in this field.

You are encouraged to share some personal insights and influences that have shaped you.

Portfolio Info:

In the Portfolio section of the Application Form you can either: enter a link to your website/Tumblr/Dropbox or other online portal, or you can email us a ZIP file of images of your work. We are looking for potential and ability in the following areas: drawing; creative innovation; design process; collaboration; visual communication and conceptual thinking. Put together a portfolio which gives us an insight into:

your ability to communicate ideas visuallyyour process: the way you work things out; e.g. inspiration, research and working drawings. Include plans/images of the development stage for a project you have done (or dream of doing). We are happy to accept these as an accompanying workbook as well as inside your portfolio.your experience in your own area(s) of interest (screen, costume, set, props, stage, performance art, etc).your passion! This might be a project that you are proud of or that you have initiated.

You are more than welcome to bring hard copies/made items from your portfolio to your interview.