WHAT IS PORTFOLIO ?
A portfolio of work is defined in different ways depending
on the situation. There are different portfolios for different occasions.
Obviously you will have one kind of portfolio at the end of your second year as
an undergraduate student and another kind when you have finished
post-professional studies.
More importantly, when you come to make your portfolio at
the moments in your life when you want your academic or professional career to
develop or change, you will most probably make a different portfolio to suit
where you would like to be heading.
However, all these different kinds of portfolios will have
one thing in common. They will contain your work in a format that will make it
easy for the portfolio to be transported physically and digitally to many different
situations. The most normal format for a portfolio most closely resembles a
book. It can be a small book which is easy to mail, or it can be a large book,
almost like a collection of paintings which you take with you to interviews.
Increasingly, portfolios are digital and can be sent in CD
format or exist as a website. With a digital portfolio you will have more
freedom to play with the format but will also be relying on someone else to
understand how to access it.
Remember, it is still easier for most people to turn pages
than to navigate links and understand graphic and animation software.
All these formats will have one thing in common. The fact
that the portfolio is a travelling document, that its function and meaning may
change depending on the context, and that your career may hang on it, means
that it has to be tough, beautiful, clearly organized, very easy to understand
and even easier to use. Whatever the context for which you need the portfolio,
or the phase of your career, there are basic rules about the portfolio that you
should remember;
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