Motivation letter for the Aberystwyth University, Wales

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Motivation letter

Dear Sirs,

I would like to apply for the Aberystwyth University, Wales, UK for the Theatre, Film and Television Studies in September, 2008. I have chosen film and television studies as the most preferable program and the following contains the reasons of that decision.

First of all, at this moment I am studying at the <xxx>, film and television studies and this is my first year. I am very inspirated and motivated to continue studying in this area, because I have very strong interests in all of the arts, especially in visual arts and theatre. I like the way the cinema represent the life because for me it’s an art that contains all the other arts in it – theatre, fine arts, music, literature, photography and a lot of psychology. All this is what always have formed my emotional world. What I’m not contained in my university is the not enough time and information I receive from the professors and the big price we pay for the bulgarian standarts. I think the level of education is not high enough and I prefer a place with more serious traditions in film and television studies. Besides, I have always wanted to study abroad and I think I was expecting the right time to come, in other words – the best opportunity. I went to the exposition of the European universities at the <xxx> Hotel, Sofia, which was organized by the Integral Agency, and I obtained the information I needed about the UK universities. I decided to try to change the way of living in search of some new experience and better conditions to develop and prove myself.

I think the Aberystwyth University is the best place for me to study, because it’s a big education centre with old traditions and gives the students very good conditions to study, to live and work, to experience new things in a very pleasant ambience. It is known with the high standart of education and with its welcoming atmosphere for the foreign students. It also offers accommodation for all the first year students and scholarships and bursaries which all is in students favor. Besides that, I’ve looked the school plan of the program I’ve chosen and I like very much everything that it offers. I’m sure that I’ll feel very comfortable if I became a part of this community and it wouldn’t take a long time for adaptation. I have traveled a lot in the USA and Europe and I have lived two years in Russia when I was a baby, so I’m a person who loves traveling and experiencing the different cultures, taking the best of every situation and opportunity. Well, I feel myself like a citizen of the world.

I believe that studying at Aberystwyth University will be a great honor and I will use all of my skills and possibilities to prove that you would not made a wrong decision accepting me to your community. I think my english is sufficient at this moment and I’ll improve it. I also speak spanish (I have international certificate for C1) and now I’m learning french. I’m a member of the Organisation of the Bulgarian Scouts three years ago and I have participated in many scout camps in Bulgaria and one in Turkey. Scouting is a thing of a great importance for my life because it gave me many things as discipline, strength and knowledge how to survive in the wild nature of the human society. But all my life I’ve been involved in the art. I have taking painting courses two years and I was one year in actors class which made me consider the theatre and the film performance as my future profession. I have participated in three schoollplays, one of them in spanish and one was all my idea and realization. So I see my future in this area because this gives me a big emotional pleasure and energy and I believe it’s a profound inspiration for a lifetime. I don’t know what will happen after five or ten years, but I know that I want to take my undergraduate education at the Aberystwyth University, after that to receive a master degree in a good film academy as that in London, or in Barcelona. I see my future as a film maker which takes seriously his job dedicating every moment to the realization of his ideas.

Other reason is that I don’t see a great realization for me as a movie maker in my country because the cinema here is something that doesn’t have a big audience and there are many reasons for that. One of them is the bad economic situation which stops the developing of the art and makes the society not interested in such things. I don’t want to say that nobody watch movies, but the truth is that the society is more interested in hollywood movies and a bulgarian cinema is almost an utopia. There are always opportunities, but for me, I prefer to r create art in better conditions and I know the price which doesn’t bothers me – work hard and never give up.

I believe that a person who follows his dreams and knows what he really wants to do is a good person. So my letter to you is a try to change my life in a better way. Thank you for considering my letter. I believe that your decision will be honest.

With all my respects,

<xxx>

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