USC Dornsife News

Time Flies

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:03:00 -0500

Time, which explains why times moves forward and never back. Shown here is Salvador Dali's 1931 melting clock painting, The Persistence of Memory. Image © 2007 Salvador Dalí, Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York." title="In USC's inaugural science-themed filmmaking competition, USC Dornsife's Kevin Le and USC School of Cinematic Arts' Edward Saavedra, sophomores, took top prize for their short movie, Time, which explains why times moves forward and never back. Shown here is Salvador Dali's 1931 melting clock painting, The Persistence of Memory. Image © 2007 Salvador Dalí, Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York." /> USC Dornsife's Kevin Le and USC School of Cinematic Arts' Edward Saavedra, both sophomores, took the top prize in the inaugural science-themed filmmaking competition for their short movie Time. USC Dornsife students also won an honorable mention.

A Fantastical Take on Reality

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:33:00 -0500

Godzilla, created by Japanese film director Ishirō Honda in 1954, represents the United States and Japan’s fears about the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Image credit: 1954 © Toho Co., Ltd." title="In the Fall special topics course "The Fantastic in Modern East Asian Literature and Film," USC undergraduates and graduate students learned the film Godzilla, created by Japanese film director Ishirō Honda in 1954, represents the United States and Japan’s fears about the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Image credit: 1954 © Toho Co., Ltd." /> USC students explored the subtle messages of the fantastic genre this Fall in a new class led by USC Dornsife’s Geraldine Fiss, a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures.

A Director to Look 'Up' To

Fri, 14 Oct 2011 16:14:00 -0500

British Academy award winner Michael Apted discusses how to use real-life survival stories in film during USC Shoah Foundation Institute's Student Voices Master Class.

Silver Screen Storyteller

Thu, 6 Oct 2011 08:31:00 -0500

Matthew Michael Carnahan scripts tales of politics, drama and international intrigue.

Reel Life

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 13:47:00 -0500

Students in the Masters in Visual Anthropology program in USC Dornsife have spent the past year crafting ethnographic documentaries chronicling topics such as surf tourism in Latin America and the cultural preservation of Los Angeles’ Garifuna community. This past Friday, the films made their debut on the big screen.

Remembering Their Stories

Mon, 18 Apr 2011 08:58:00 -0500

The Last Days. The USC Shoah Foundation Institute has partnered with Comcast to release this documentary film and nine others in honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day. Photo by Geoffrey Clifford." title="Holocaust survivor Renée Firestone in the film The Last Days. The USC Shoah Foundation Institute has partnered with Comcast to release this documentary film and nine others in honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day. Photo by Geoffrey Clifford." /> The USC Shoah Foundation Institute has partnered with Comcast to release 10 documentary films in honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Crossing Genres

Thu, 20 May 2010 10:56:00 -0500

The Repossession Mambo, which was recently transformed into the feature film Repo Men, starring Jude Law and Forest Whitaker." title="USC College alumnus Eric Garcia co-wrote the screenplay based on his novel The Repossession Mambo, which was recently transformed into the feature film Repo Men, starring Jude Law and Forest Whitaker." /> Author, screenwriter and USC College alumnus Eric Garcia follows his imagination wherever it leads.

USC College Alumnus Wins Asa V. Call Alumni Achievement Award

Tue, 27 Apr 2010 11:45:00 -0500

Taylor Hackford takes home USC Alumni Association's most prestigious honor, while outgoing USC President Steven Sample and his wife Kathryn were also honored at the ceremony.

A Global Lens

Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:33:00 -0500

An Officer and a Gentleman and Ray. Photo credit Phil Channing." title="Taylor Hackford ’68, director of films such as An Officer and a Gentleman and Ray. Photo credit Phil Channing." /> Film director Taylor Hackford '68 adds USC's Asa V. Call Alumni Achievement Award to his many honors.

The Science of Language (Na'vi, That Is)

Mon, 26 Apr 2010 16:25:00 -0500

Avatar. Photo by Max S. Gerber" title="USC College alumnus Paul Frommer created a language for the film Avatar. Photo by Max S. Gerber" /> From harmony (meoauniaea) to brainworm (eltungawng), Paul Frommer Ph.D. ’81 creates a brand new language for the film Avatar.

A World All Their Own

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:00:00 -0500

Avatar director James Cameron on the set of the film. Photo credit Mark Fellman, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation." title="Avatar director James Cameron on the set of the film. Photo credit Mark Fellman, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation." /> In the film Avatar, director James Cameron creates a futuristic tribal culture complete with its own language, rituals and religion.

In Perpetuity

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:28:00 -0500

Shoah Foundation Institute video to follow HBO's airing of Schindler's List.

Cinematic Simians on a Space Safari

Tue, 1 Jul 2008 15:45:00 -0500

USC College alum Kirk DeMicco’s upcoming animated feature “Space Chimps” is his first foray into directing — and certainly not his last.