The document provides tips for students to effectively present their portfolios. It suggests including large prints of work, screen grabs, videos with details, photographs of sketchbooks, work in progress shots, 3D pieces from multiple angles, and experiments. Presentations should show the creative process, be tidy and organized, and highlight the best pieces to give insight into the student's skills and ideas.

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Portfolio Presentation Tips
Portfolios can be more than a collection of work, they can give an insight into your thinking process, your design ideas and
creativity. Moreover, they can indicate to a potential client or interviewer your attitude towards your work, by allowing
you creativity in the actual presentation process. However you decide to present your portfolio, there are many ways to
make it more than the some of its parts, by considering the viewer and thinking about the way it will be viewed. Here are
some suggestions for students preparing portfolios:
>Note: this article is taken from the Edexcel Creative New Media page. Handouts and resources outlined can be
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The bigger the print the better! Print A1
colour if possible.
Screen grabs from movies or animations are critical.
Also include:
> the format used to video or film
> the length
> how it is to be viewed
> whether it is colour or not
> any other important details
A collection of 2D work can be presented in all sorts of different ways – this is especially true if you wont have time in interview to unpack, unfold
or layout your work in the way you would like it to be seen [try unusual surroundings].

2. Books should have a few of their pages presented.
Try to present things as you would like them to be used.
Photograph the best
pages of a sketchbook
and put them all on a
single card.
You can make little sets with a little lighting and photograph a selection of outcomes that might have spanned a project.

3. Pictures of exhibitions are fantastic to include.
Images of work in progress are a great way to show your thinking process.
Videos should have several stills presented with information on: length, format and presentation method. Really important if they were presented
as an installation.
All 3D work should be photographed and accompanied by details of materials and scale.

4. Close ups and different angles of 3D work printed together can make all the difference.
Large paintings need to be photographed and printed as large as possible. Always tweek images in Photoshop before printing. Consider putting the
full image and a close up so that the painting method and technique is visible.
Interesting experiments that you have
done along the way should be included.
Anything wearable should be photographed on a model, on a clothes hanger or mannequin.

5. If you have done large scale experiments that might not warrant a whole page in
the portfolio, then photograph a few of these and mount them on a large piece of
card together.
Create your own style of presentation by using pins, tape,
labels etc, but keep it clean and tidy.
If you have a page in the sketchbook that might be letting it down then
put something on it or take it out! Also consider the bulk and weight of
any empty pages at the back of a sketchbook.
Include a sample of what it was made of to really
get the idea across
Large prints and double page
spreads have a massive impact.

6. Contact sheets get loads of information across instantly.
Putting things in order and giving them numbers makes it easy for the
interviewer – names and numbers!