Applicants are required to submit a brief video of no more than 90 seconds. Your video should not be professionally produced – a video created on a smartphone is expected.
- Record a video using your smartphone’s camera app that is no more than 90 seconds in length. Note: Must be in English.
- Download and open the YouTube app.
- Sign-in or create an account on YouTube.
- In YouTube, select Create > Upload a Video.
- Select your video from your device via the dialog box.
- Title your video: Bellagio Center Residency – [your first and last name]
- Click “Next” until you get to the visibility screen. Set your video’s visibility to Unlisted, which will allow only those with the URL link to view your video (do not set to private or public). When setting as Unlisted, only those with the YouTube URL will be able to access and view the video, including the Bellagio Residency Program Team, Expert Panel, and The Rockefeller Foundation staff.
- Select "Publish.”
- Be sure the video is captioned. See instructions on how to caption YouTube videos here.
- Check to make sure embedding is turned on.
- Once your video is uploaded, copy and paste the video’s URL into your application in the space provided.
After the selection process concludes and you have been notified of your application status, we recommend deleting your video or changing the video setting to Private.
