University of Southern California (USC)
General Information
The USC School of Cinematic Arts, until 2006 named the School of Cinema-Television (CNTV), is a film school within the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California. It is the oldest and largest such school in the United States, established in 1929 as a joint venture with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.The school offers multiple undergraduate and graduate programs. For 2006-2007, the school had 865 undergraduates and 653 graduate students.
The program is one of USC's most competitive specialty schools, for both undergraduate and graduate programs. The BA program in film production accepts 50 students per year, while the Critical Studies department accepts 75 for its BA program, 15-20 for its MA program, and approximately 10 for the Ph.D. (three to four from outside the school, and five to seven continuing from the internal M.A. program); the Peter Stark Producing Program, the MFA program for Motion Picture Producing, accepts 25 per year. The BFA program in Writing for Film and Television accepts only 24 students per year.The MFA program in film directing accepts 48 new students each semester (fall and spring) and the MFA for screenwriting accepts 32 students per year (fall admittance only). The MFA program for the Division of Animation and Digital Arts accept 15 students a year, and the recently established BA program for Animation & Digital Arts accepted only 11 students out of 150 applicants for the 2008-2009 fall semester. Acceptance to any program is contingent upon review of a portfolio, which requires writing samples, creative resumes, autobiographies, and other written responses. The Animation portfolio should consist of artwork and an artist statement. The production portfolio does not require the submission of a director's reel or any film samples, allowing talented students who may have not had the opportunity or the means to create films to have the opportunity for admission.The school also has a summer film program that does not require acceptance to any of the above programs.
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great school.
Submitted by backinblack on Thu, 02/25/2010 - 6:08pm.
This is a great school. I have some friends who went here, and I kind of wish I also did. They have great facilities, great staff, teachers, etc. my friends were always going on about the projects, and how much fun their teachers were to work with. i had a good experience at my school too, but i think USC is a school that a lot of differnt kinds of filmmakers can get through, because they encourage so many styles- everything from hollywood to cartoons, to evokative shorts.
I only minored in Digital
Submitted by rashad on Wed, 02/24/2010 - 10:53pm.
I only minored in Digital media, and I really liked my time at this school too, and feel like it gives everyone a fair chance, especially those of us without money, and without wealthy parents. I used financial aid and they were pretty generous, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to finish my film.
Some people were pissed that they wouldnt let you own the rights to the films you make there, but I never let this get to me, I still have my intellectual abilities which i can make better films with, and when working for a studio, you won't be able to own rights to the work either.
Owning the rights
Submitted by Alexander on Sat, 03/20/2010 - 8:22pm.
Hello,
Why are you not allow to own the rights to your films? This sounds like the old days with music when the music companies tried to get most if not all your publishing.
this is a great school! my
Submitted by SteveT on Mon, 02/22/2010 - 11:31pm.
this is a great school! my best buddy goes here and he is always going on about all the sick equipment in the labs, they have mac rooms available for post production, they have all kinds of sound stage equipment; i'm pretty sure i am going to apply here for the next season. only thing is i'm not too sure about being able to get all the things they need for the application. apparently its not an easy program to get into. Anyone know what sort of things they look for on the application? or if there is a min SAT score/ gpa?
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Questions about the SCA Summer Program
Submitted by Carly Schon on Sat, 12/19/2009 - 3:13am.
You mention in the general information description about the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts that they have a summer program that does not require traditional admission to USC, or any of SCA's other programs. How can I get more information about what their summer program offers?
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it's a great school