USC Presents First Look Festival
Held twice yearly, in April and October, the festival previews the work of USC filmmakers and animators.
The comprehensive four-program festival features advanced short film projects produced by students in class workshops or as independent projects. It is free to the public.
The first festival of 2005 will take place April 4-9. The festival’s annual animation night, a full evening devoted exclusively to animation projects, will be offered on April 8.
The selected student films will be shown Monday, April 4 through Friday, April 8, at the DGA Theater at 7920 Sunset Blvd. Screenings will begin at 7:30 p.m. each night.
On Saturday, April 9, all films shown throughout the week will repeat during the course of the day at Frank Sinatra Hall, located in the Eileen Norris Theatre Complex on the USC campus.
Fifty-one films – from dramas and documentaries to comedies and animated shorts – will be included in this year’s program.
“There are always interesting and worthwhile films for the industry observers who come each year,” said Larry Auerbach, associate dean of student-industry relations. “And as the track record indicates, many students benefit directly from this exposure. Many students are approached by agents and managers because of the talent displayed in their films.”
Among the notable filmmakers who have showcased their first efforts at the festival are Gary Fleder (“Kiss the Girls”), Luke Greenfield ( “Girl Next Door”), Mollie Jones (the upcoming “Chinese Baby”), Anne Misawa (Eden’s Curve), Bryan Singer (“X-Men,” ) and Jon Turteltaub (“While You Were Sleeping”).
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The Chronicle of Higher Education mentioned USC’s $6 billion fundraising campaign. The story noted that USC had already raised $1 billion in a “quiet phase,” including the $200 million naming gift from USC Trustee and alumnus David Dornsife and wife Dana Dornsife to the USC Dornsife College.
The Guardian (U.K.) highlighted two major gifts to USC in a list of the 10 biggest philanthropic benefactors in America. The list included the $200 million naming gift from USC Trustee and alumnus David Dornsife and wife Dana Dornsife to the USC Dornsife College, and the $110 million gift from USC Trustee and USC Viterbi School alumnus John Mork and wife Julie to create the USC Mork Family Scholars Program.
The New York Times featured the USC U.S.-China Institute documentary “Assignment: China — The Week that Changed the World.” The documentary, part of a series, examines media coverage of the 1972 Nixon trip that reshaped U.S.-China relations after a quarter century of isolation and hostility. “People look back now and take it for granted that the outcome was preordained,” said the institute’s Mike Chinoy, who produced the documentary. Voice of America also featured the story.
Los Angeles Times featured the Oscar Senti-meter, a tool developed by the USC Annenberg School, Los Angeles Times and IBM that analyzes thousands of tweets about the Academy Awards nominees. The story noted that Mexican actor Demian Bechir received an enormous boost on Twitter the day of the nominations, with a total of 6,893 tweets mentioning him, a 47-fold increase from the day before. The story noted the tool uses language-recognition technology developed in collaboration with USC Viterbi School’s Signal Analysis and Interpretation Lab.
The Times of India (India) featured a three-day medical emergency training workshop organized in association with USC. At the workshop, held at GCS Medical College in India, 50 doctors and more than 100 paramedics learned how to improve emergency support systems. William Mallon of the Keck School of USC said that discussion topics included the use of portable ultrasonic devices to scan patients. “The ultrasound applications help physicians make accurate and timely decisions,” he noted. Daily News & Analysis (India) also featured the workshop.
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