Abstract

<aside> ⚠️ This guide, produced by Desmond Du (MFA), outlines how to prepare for the MOME Graduate Candidacy Review, based on the MFA candidacy review guidelines and the MOME Graduate Candidacy Review Meeting Winter 2022.

It is important to verify the information provided here for your own use and to follow these guidelines at your own risk. If you would like to make edits or contribute to this guide, please reach out to Desmond on Discord (Desmond Du#5528) or IG (@thedesmonddu).

If you are interested in making edits or contributing this page, please reach out to Desmond via Discord (Desmond Du#5528) / IG (@thedesmonddu)

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Table of contents

Candidacy Review Brief

<aside> 🔴 Prepare a 15 to 20 minutes presentation in a Keynote, PowerPoint, or interactive forms such as websites or Flash projects.

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For MFA

From the guidelines, your presentation should consist of the following:

[ ] Provide their thesis statements and abstract for their thesis projects. ****
- [ ] present two to four examples of exploration and research on their thesis (e.g. research documents, pre-visualizations, animatics, prototypes, etc.).
- [ ] Contextualize their thesis projects in relation to their academic research, production goals, and wider career goals.
- [ ] Outline proposed thesis timelines, suggest thesis committee members and defend choices. ****Students will be asked what, if any, external resources will or may be required (e.g. collaborations, downloaded models, stock photography, programming, sound design, etc.).
[ ] Discuss their career goals and creative objectives for their remaining coursework. ****
[ ] Present six to eight fully developed projects
- Requirements
  - completed since starting the M.F.A. program at SCAD,
  - at least half of which should be from their course work that demonstrates mastery of skills required to complete their thesis project.
  - SCAD course projects may contain revisions reflecting feedback received in class.
  - No work from any assigned conditional courses or intensive courses (500-level Motion Media Design courses) should be presented.
- What to present
  - Students should prepare to present style books, boards, or collections of design treatments in support of all presented projects. ****
  - Students must also include breakdown sheets with brief descriptions explaining what they were responsible for, tools that were used, and how many other people were involved in all presented projects. ****
  - Students should be prepared to discuss their remaining coursework

Presentation Format

Sample of Maria Sanchez presentation with video capture screen

Format

<aside> ⚠️ For the winter 2022 quarter, you will submit a recording of your presentation

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