Building Campaign
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Recognized nationally and internationally as a superb environment for the study and practice of film, television and interactive media, the School of Cinematic Arts draws thousands of students, alumni, industry professionals, academics and other visitors to Los Angeles each year.
October 4, 2006 - the challenge that began a new chapter for cinematic arts education at USC.
Constructed over the course of four years, our new 200,000 square-foot complex has already become a home for our talented young women and men, and will continue to serve as a creative incubator for generations of future SCA students. In doing so, the School of Cinematic Arts will continue to build on its foundation as the finest educational institution devoted to the art of storytelling.
Opportunities for giving are available throughout each level of the new facilities. To view the floor plans and its corresponding rooms and gift naming opportunities, choose one or more of the following plans.
George Lucas and Steven Spielberg Buildings
Marcia Lucas Post Production Center
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Encompasses all of the state-of-the-art facilities required for picture and sound editing. There are labs for teaching as well as individual rooms for students to edit their projects.The facility includes two (2) large dub stages for sound mixing. Post Production support staff has offices in this area.
Level 1
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Contains the Ray Stark Family Theatre, a two-hundred seat state-of-the-art theatre for digital and film presentations, which is equipped for 3-D presentation; the Fanny Brice Theatre and the Albert R. and Dana Broccoli Theatre, and one (1) combination screening room/sound dub stage. Includes the Hugh M. Hefner Exhibition Hall and the SCA Gallery, as well as a Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf.
Level 2
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Contains the Warner Bros. Screening Room and Walt Disney Studio Screening Room, which both seat forty, and five (5) classrooms. In addition, there are numerous rooms for small student group meetings, a graduate student lounge, faculty offices for the Interactive Media Division and offices for Student Industry Relations. Administrative offices for Business Affairs and Information Technology are also on this floor. The level includes the John Wayne Student Lounge, and two balconies overlooking the courtyard: the Spike TV Balcony and the Corky Severson Family Balcony.
Level 3
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Houses the Entertainment Partners Production Management Lab, two (2) screening rooms, three (3) classrooms and offices for Production, Critical Studies, Writing, The Peter Stark Producing Program and the Office of Communications and Public Relations. There are numerous conference rooms and informal gathering areas for students and faculty, including the Peter Segal Balcony, which overlooks the courtyard.
Level 4
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Includes production faculty offices, Office of the Dean, as well as the Office of Development and senior school management personnel. It also houses the Cinematic Arts Boardroom, equipped for teleconferences.
Student Services and Media Arts Buildings
Post-Production
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Includes a sound production control room and production suite, with isolated percussion and vocal rooms, a stop-motion suite, which houses an Oxberry stop-motion camera, two (2) mixing rooms, a color correction center, and several offices.
Level 1
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Houses the Student Services Suite, two (2) classrooms, a screening room and a student lounge.
Level 2
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Includes numerous offices and conference rooms, a balcony, four (4) large animation studios, a figure drawing room, an animation research center, and The Chrisman Family Animation Library.
Level 3
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Contains three (3) animation studios, a student lounge, a seminar room, and an adjacent balcony.
Production Services Building
Level 1
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Houses the Production Equipment Center, the Scenery and Props shop, offices for Operations and Faciltiies Management, a workshop and additional offices.
Level 2
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Includes a camera and equipment storage area, a camera technology room, hair and make-up areas, wardrobe, dressing areas for male and females, a dailies screening room, a conference room and multiple offices.
Building C
Level 1
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Includes the Fox Stage and Stage 4, a 3,200-square-foot multi-camera stage with production and audio control rooms directly adjacent, in addition to a seating area.
Building E
Level 1
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Includes the Katzenberg Stage and Stage 2, a 3,200-square-foot industry standard facility, with lighting grids at 32 feet and a wide variety of lamps, including full studio and floor lighting systems and a Strand dimming system.
Cinematic Arts Park
Adjacent to Building D is The Cinematic Arts Park, a 1/3 acre area surrounded by trees, where students can shoot exterior scenes, and relax between classes.
Contact
Marlene Loadvine
Senior Associate Dean, Development
officeofdevelopment@cinema.usc.edu
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