INTERNATIONAL STUDENT APPLICATION NOW CLOSED FOR SUMMER 2013
Featured Course

Beginning Screenwriting

Have you ever wondered how the Oscar winning screenwriters create their masterpieces, or stared at the daunting blank page, and wondered how to begin? Look no further. All screenplays, no matter which genre, style, or subject, have one thing in common- mechanics. Learn the mechanics and fundamentals of screen writing with our introductory course to the world of screenplays, Beginning Screenwriting. Students attending this course will write short scripts, 5 to 15 pages in length, and have them reviewed, work shopped, and critiqued by both peers and USC Writing Faculty. Students leaving this course will be armed with the fundamentals of screenwriting, and prepared to make their first attempts at feature screenplays. For more information on the course, please visit the class page at: Beginning Screenwriting

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About the Summer Program

The Summer Program is now accepting applications for Summer 2013!

The School of Cinematic Arts Summer Program offers participants from around the world an opportunity to attend intensive and creatively demanding filmmaking classes. Offering over thirty classes each summer, SCA Summer Program courses cover all aspects of filmmaking, including cinematography, directing, screenwriting, computer/hand drawn animation & gaming, film & television business studies. Full semester classes condensed into six or seven weeks creates a total immersion experience unlike any other film school in the world. SCA Summer Program students have gone on to become producers at major companies/studios, independent filmmakers, and even Emmy Award winning documentarians.

If intensive training under the direction of award-winning professionals is the summer experience you desire, we invite you to join our world-class faculty at the University of Southern California. Using the most modern equipment in our new state-of-the-art Cinematic Arts Complex, you will get the most challenging and most rewarding experience of your life.