In September 2023, the Royal College of Art will update the 24Fall recruitment requirements in half a month:
- First, the DDL was significantly advanced, and the deadline for the first round of applications was brought forward from early January to October 11 in previous years
- Later, the admission rules were revised, applicants can only register 1 account to apply for 2 majors, and the same major can only apply once, and violating the rules will result in all applications being rejected
It is no exaggeration to say that 24Fall can be called the "most stressful application season in history" of Royal Arts.
And Wenlan Art student, Student Z, still withstood unprecedented pressure and successfully won 3 blockbuster offers, including Huangyi:
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Time is tight, and the task is heavy
Instead, start from 0 to make up the basics?
Student Z graduated from Shandong University of the Arts with a bachelor's degree, and as a "professional" photography student, she already had very good professional skills before coming to Wenlan Art in March last year:
Whether it is the basic techniques such as shooting, lighting, and composition, as well as the activities and practical experience during the school, they are all excellent.
Many of her photographs have won national, provincial and municipal awards:
"Clouds and Clouds, Go and Stay Intentionally", author;
Student Z
Past
Photographs
"Hope Hut", Author;
However, when student Z came to Wenlan Art and communicated with Mr. Wang, the senior tutor of Wenlan Photography,
Mr. Wang found that student Z's understanding of professional art photography creation, art theory, and related philosophy and art history required for photography was almost blank.
In addition, student Z did not understand the question of "how photography as a contemporary art develops and how to present it".
In other words, student Z knows "how to take beautiful photographs", but his understanding of "photographic art" is not deep enough.
And this is precisely one of the most important abilities of famous overseas photography schools.
"Clouds and Clouds, Go and Stay Intentionally", author;
When student Z came to Wenlan Art, it was already 23 years after the Chinese New Year, and according to the deadline for applying for master's degrees from overseas famous universities in previous years, it was about 11 months, which was not too urgent, but it was not very abundant.
And student Z himself has high expectations for the college, and Mr. Wang doesn't want to look at student Z's excellent photography technique "pearl dark casting".
Mainly because I felt that the time was not too tight at that time, Mr. Wang decided to start with the basic courses and customized them for student Z, including:
The training program includes courses such as art creation methodology, art theory, history of art photography, and introduction to contemporary photography.
"White Pancakes", author, Mr. Wang, selected for "No More Screening Room", "Public Interest" and "Future Lab"
After making up the necessary theoretical foundation, student Z entered the study and creation of professional projects.
Due to the strong subjective initiative of student Z, each discussion plan can be implemented quickly, which also gives her the opportunity to "experiment with a large number of expressions and find the optimal solution from them".
In this process, student Z also fully combined the newly added theoretical knowledge with practice, so that she could transform these new contents into her own knowledge reserves and flexibly apply them to the creation of her works.
And this ability is not only what the examiners of overseas famous schools want to see, but also the key to helping her win the Huangyi offer in the end.
"Meet Yourself in the Dark", author, Mr. Wang, selected for the "2020 Faenza International Video Art Exhibition" "Present and Present"
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There is thick accumulation before thin hair
held an exhibition, and won all the royal arts
At the end of August 23, Huangyi officially announced that the deadline for the first round of applications for 24Fall was greatly advanced by three months, to October 11.
As the perennial ranking of QS art and design discipline No. 1 college, Huangyi is naturally also in the dream school list of student Z.
At this time, it has been less than half a year since student Z came to Wenlan Art, which means that if she wants to enter Huangyi in 24 years, she must complete the collection of works in more than a month.
Author: Student Z
At that time, the 24Fall applicants who were completely unprepared for a certain book, a certain hu, and a certain petal were all fried, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as "mourning all over the field".
"Giving up the first round" has become a choice for many people.
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However, Mr. Wang, who has rich teaching experience and is a graduate of the Glasgow School of Art, knows well:
Giving up the first round of applications means facing more brutal competitive pressure in the second round, especially in a popular discipline like photography, whether there will still be a place in the second round, and it is still the best policy to catch the first round.
Fortunately, the basic training in art theory in the early stage came into play at this time:
Thanks to Mr. Wang's accurate judgment on the basic situation of student Z, in August, student Z already has a solid theory of photography art, and his own skills are also relatively good.
How to research, how to analyze inspiration, how to sort out the creative logic, and test the feasibility of the original idea...... The process and focus of these portfolios are familiar to student Z in August.
Author: Student Z
At this time, Mr. Wang remembered that in the previous communication with student Z, student Z had expressed his desire to "hope to hold his own photography exhibition one day".
Although the time was extremely tight, Mr. Wang still decided to help student Z realize his wish, especially the experience of "holding his own exhibition", which was also a great plus for student Z's resume and essay creation.
So after about a month of running and preparation,
During the 11th day of last year, as the main exhibitor, student Z successfully participated in the women-themed photography exhibition "She Sees, She Speaks" held at the Weifang Art Museum in Shandong Province:
As the main exhibitor, together with Mr. Wang and two other female artists, Mr. Z tried to break out of the world's discipline for girls through photography, installation, video, etc., and explore his connection with the world from the perspective of girls, daughters, and women, and break through the shackles of stereotypes on women's artistic expression.
The photography exhibition attracted a large number of female audiences, and a number of innovative and experimental works by student Z also attracted everyone's attention in the joint exhibition.
Z Partial exhibition work
In the end, "She Sees, She Speaks" came to a successful conclusion, and student Z also submitted the first round of application for Huangyi on time and successfully got the offer of Huangyi.
In this autumn, I fulfilled the two major wishes of holding an exhibition and taking the imperial art at the same time!
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Successful passwords
It's not just "effort".
In the face of the unprecedented change in the enrollment policy of Huangyi, student Z not only withstood the pressure to get the offer, but also successfully participated in the photography exhibition.
All of this is closely related to her teacher, Mr. Wang, the senior portfolio tutor of Wenlan Art.
For art study abroad, sometimes choosing the right "Bole" may be more important than the effort itself!
Mr. Wang graduated from the Glasgow School of Art, which is ranked third in the British art and design discipline, majoring in photography, and has participated in well-known art exhibitions in the United Kingdom, Germany, Hungary and other countries, and held exhibitions in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and other places.
As a senior tutor in the direction of Wenlan Art Photography, Mr. Wang has a deep understanding of photography, moving image, and pure art, and has rich teaching experience in A-level photography courses and photography portfolio courses.
Other teachers of Wenlan Art have also graduated from famous overseas art schools, such as the University of the Arts London, Parsons School of Design, etc.
Like Mr. Wang, they are good at quickly finding out students' shortcomings, customizing personalized training plans, and guiding students to get offers from prestigious schools!
In order to help more students who are interested in art and design, and want to obtain professional and comprehensive international art courses, portfolios, and essay tutoring, to provide a good art learning environment for everyone.
Wenlan Art has also opened a multi-functional art space in Shanghai M50 Creative Park (4-214) that integrates "further education planning, art teaching, design experience, and exhibition activities"!
At the same time, as an official partner of hundreds of overseas universities, we have invited representatives of many partner universities at home and abroad to give presentations at Wenlan M50 Art Space in the past:
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