Main tests:
Audio-visual language, storytelling, basic knowledge of literature and art, analysis of film and television works, criticism and TV prose writing.
There is also an interview session, where you answer the examiner's questions, introduce yourself, and there are some details that vary from institution to institution. For example, Beijing Broadcasting Corporation will give you some photos, you draw lots, and then name them according to the photos. This is a test of your observation, imagination and language organization.
Film criticism and film essay writing mainly focus on creativity, storytelling and film criticism. Then according to different schools, some subjects will be added, such as talent show, prose, cultural knowledge, sketch performance and so on.