The USC School of Cinematic Arts (commonly referred to as
SCA)â€"formerly the USC School of Cinema-Television, otherwise known
as CNTVâ€"is a private media school within the University of Southern
California in Los Angeles, California. The school offers multiple
undergraduate and graduate programs covering film production,
screenwriting, cinema and media studies, animation and digital arts,
media arts + practice, and interactive media & games. Additional
programs include the Peter Stark Producing Program and the Business of
Entertainment (offered in conjunction with the USC Marshall School of
Business MBA Program).It is the oldest, largest, and arguably most
reputable such school in the United States, established in 1929 as a
joint venture with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Having been ranked as one of the best film schools in the world on
several occasions, SCA has most notably topped THR's ranking for seven
consecutive years. As such, admissions are considered extremely
competitive, at an estimated 2% acceptance rate.The school's founding
faculty include Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, D. W. Griffith,
Charlie Chaplin, William C. DeMille, Ernst Lubitsch, Irving Thalberg,
and Darryl Zanuck. Notable professors include Drew Casper, the Alma
and Alfred Hitchcock Professor of American Film; Tomlinson Holman,
inventor of THX; film critic and historian Leonard Maltin; and David
Bondelevitch, President of the Motion Picture Sound Editors.In April
2006, the USC Board of Trustees voted to change the school's name to
the USC School of Cinematic Arts.
SCA)â€"formerly the USC School of Cinema-Television, otherwise known
as CNTVâ€"is a private media school within the University of Southern
California in Los Angeles, California. The school offers multiple
undergraduate and graduate programs covering film production,
screenwriting, cinema and media studies, animation and digital arts,
media arts + practice, and interactive media & games. Additional
programs include the Peter Stark Producing Program and the Business of
Entertainment (offered in conjunction with the USC Marshall School of
Business MBA Program).It is the oldest, largest, and arguably most
reputable such school in the United States, established in 1929 as a
joint venture with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Having been ranked as one of the best film schools in the world on
several occasions, SCA has most notably topped THR's ranking for seven
consecutive years. As such, admissions are considered extremely
competitive, at an estimated 2% acceptance rate.The school's founding
faculty include Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, D. W. Griffith,
Charlie Chaplin, William C. DeMille, Ernst Lubitsch, Irving Thalberg,
and Darryl Zanuck. Notable professors include Drew Casper, the Alma
and Alfred Hitchcock Professor of American Film; Tomlinson Holman,
inventor of THX; film critic and historian Leonard Maltin; and David
Bondelevitch, President of the Motion Picture Sound Editors.In April
2006, the USC Board of Trustees voted to change the school's name to
the USC School of Cinematic Arts.
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