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Info Session - 2015 USC/CUC Global Exchange Film Workshop
Attend a special information session to learn about the opportunity to collaborate with a student from Communication University of China in making a short documentary about Los Angeles.
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USC students with some experience in filmmaking and who are interested in how a collaborative film might illuminate some aspect of life in Los Angeles are invited to attend this special info session.
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RARE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN A UNIQUE COURSE ON GLOBAL DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING!
GLOBAL EXCHANGE WORKSHOP
(CTPR 515, 2 units), 7 weeks
May 26 thru July 10, 2015 in Los Angeles in the School of Cinematic Arts.
USC’s School of Cinematic Arts selects 8 USC students to work with 8 Chinese students flying in from the Communication University of China in Beijing. Each USC student will be paired with a student from CUC, and each pair will work together to make a 10 to 15 minute documentary on Los Angeles as a global city.
Students learn and refine their documentary filmmaking skills under the leadership of documentary filmmakers and professors from USC and China’s CUC Film School.
There are a limited number of spots! To apply, please contact Prof. Pablo Frasconi at: pfrasconi@cinema.usc.edu
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Some of the films produced by earlier collaborations are available on the web:
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