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Department Info The department office is open M, W, Th, F from 8 AM to 5 PM and Tu from 8 AM to 7 PM. The department office is located in Manzanita Hall, Room 195. The department phone number is (818) 677-3192. Click here to view the FALL 08 Faculty Teaching & Office Schedules. Four-Year and Five-Year Degree Programs Click here to download the 2009 Film Portfolio Review Application NEW INFORMATION REGARDING THE SCREENWRITING PORTFOLIO The portfolio review process for the Screenwriting Option will be implemented for the first time in the Fall 2008 semester. Until then, students will be able to advance into the Screenwriting Option under the old guidelines (junior standing, C or better in CTVA 100 and CTVA 210, B- or better in CTVA 220, overall GPA of 2.0 or better). To be clear, students who have already satisfied these requirements or will after the Summer 2008 semesters will be eligible to enter Screenwriting. Any student still in the process of satisfying the course requirements in Fall 2008 will need to submit a portfolio in order to enter the Screenwriting Option, as will any student who wishes to apply thereafter. The portfolio will include an application page, the first act of the screenplay written as the final project for CTVA 220 or its transferable equivalent, a current transcript (a B- or better in CTVA 220 and a C or better in CTVA 100 and CTVA 210 still will be expected), and the responses to a short-answer exam that will be administered on campus. The information and application package will be available in the Department Office (MZ 195) at the beginning of the Fall 2008 semester. The exam will be administered on Thursday, November 20, between the hours of 5 p.m. and 7 p.m., in Jacaranda Hall 3514. The deadline for portfolio submission will be 3:00 p.m on Friday, November 21. Please obtain an information and application package for more specific information. Click here to download Screenwriting Portfolio Application and Guidelines. |
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| Prof. Alexis Krasilovsky's film, "Women Behind the Camera" has been selected for the following festivals: OFFICIAL SELECTION: OFFICIAL SELECTION: OFFICIAL SELECTION: CSUN Professor’s documentary on the life of an American Muslim comedian wins two awards at film festival
HFPA Grants $66,000 to Film Program The Department of Cinema and Television Arts Film Production Option received $66,000 for production fellowships for senior film project students for the '08-'09 academic year from the prestigious Hollywood Foreign Press Association known internationally for their Golden Globe Awards. Another $6,000 was awarded to help mount the Annual Senior Film Showcase slated for May 2009. The directors of the senior film projects have the distinction of being named "Hollywood Foreign Press Fellows" a distinction usually reserved for graduate students. The Dark Night’s Aaron Eckhart and Mad Men’s Jon Hamm announced the award to CSUN, as well as several other film schools, at the HFPA's Annual Installation and Grants Luncheon held July 30th at the Beverly Hills Hotel. CSUN's award of $66,000 was the largest presented to a film school this year. Other celebrities in attendance included Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Dakota Fanning, Rosario Dawson, Rosie Perez, Dana Delany, Elizabeth Pena, and Chris Messina. Professor Nate Thomas, Film Production Option Head, and Dr. Robert Bucker, Dean of the Mike Curb College of Arts, Media, and Communication, represented CSUN at the event. The CTVA Department has a long standing relationship with the HFPA which started in 1996. Senior film production students also edit in the Hollywood Foreign Press Association Senior Film Edit Suite and will prepare sound design Fall ‘08 in the state-of-the-art Film Sound Mix Facility recently upgraded by the HFPA. Click here to read additional information from the Hollywood Foreign Press Web Site Additional information in DAILY VARIETY Additional information in THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
(August 1, 2008) Henry Fernandez, who is completing his senior film TAG, just won a Princess Grace Award of $5,000. National in scope, the Princess Grace Foundation-USA is dedicated to identifying and assisting emerging talent in theater, dance, and film by awarding grants in the form of scholarships, apprenticeships, and fellowships. During Her lifetime, Princess Grace of Monaco was committed to helping emerging artists realize their career goals. Following Her death, Prince Rainier of Monaco mobilized a group of individuals to establish the Princess Grace Foundation-USA as a tribute to Her legacy. Now in its 25th year, the Foundation continues its mission to assist performing artists. (March 30, 2008) Alexis Krasilovsky's documentary Women Behind the Camera won the "Best Documentary Film" award at the Female Eye Film Festival in Toronto, Canada. Alexis Krasilovsky also participated as a participant on two panels at the festival: "The Status of Women Directors in Film" and "Directors' Panel." She joined such respected directors as Kari Skogland, director of "The Stone Angel" starring Ellen Burstyn and Ellen Page. (Spring 2008) Recent Cinema and Television Arts alumni Kathryn Ryan and Cristina Ramirez-Mares's senior film project POV: A Dogumentary received a 3rd Place Award at the 29th Annual College Television Awards informally known as the "Student Emmys". The two were students in the Film Production Option. The awards show on March 15th, 2008 was sponsored by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Foundation and represents the nation's best in student film, video, and digital work. The evening was hosted by Tom Bergeron host of Dancing With The Stars with celebrity presenters from such shows as Boston Legal, Psych, Nip/Tuck, Saving Grace, Heroes, The Closer, The Shield, and Desperate Housewives.
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(February 22, 2008) Professor Nate Thomas, Head of the Film Production Option, was honored February 22nd as a Distinguished Alumnus at St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas where he did his undergraduate degree in Theatre Arts. Thomas was honored for "social work practice through film and media". Professor Thomas has directed and produced many socially relevant television Public Service Announcements and the feature film East of Hope Street which is now used in many Graduate social work programs and child protection agencies as a training tool.
CSUN Professor’s Documentary on the Life of an American Muslim Comedian to Premier at Film Festival
Her friends, CSUN art alum Fred Beshid, a Los Angeles-based writer, artist and producer, and his sister, Northridge child development alum Susan Beshid, insisted that the comedian’s life story was one that Vickroy, a documentary maker, would want to tell. (Spring 2008) Arri, Inc., the world's largest manufacturer of motion picture cameras, is continuing "The Arri 35mm Project" with the CSUN Department of Cinema and Television Arts Film Production Option. This special program provides the opportunity each semester for a selected senior level project in the Film production Option to be produced in the 35mm format. Arri, Inc. will provide a new 35mm Arricam motion picture camera (valued at $700,000) and lighting units for use by the selected group while other production services, post production services, and equipment including grip and generator are provided free by various leading industry vendors which include Eastman Kodak, Fuji, Fotokem, J.L. Fisher, Lacy Street Studios, and Illumination Dynamics. "The Arri 35mm Project" also has a mentoring element. A professional cinematographer and member of the American Society of Cinematographers (A.S.C.), with an impressive body of work, will mentor those students involved in the photography of the selected motion picture. The program is the brainchild of CTVA Alumnus and Arri, Inc. Vice President Bill Russell and Professor Nate Thomas, Head of the Film Production Option. (Spring 2008) Kelly Browne, screenwriting alumna, has written the book 101 Ways to Say Thank You: Notes of Gratitude for All Occasions. website address: www.KellyBrowne.net (Spring 2008) Film production student Ryan Reichenfeld has created the box[ur]shorts film festival. For information or to enter visit www.boxurshorts.com. Film Independent has selected 40 fellows for Project: Involve, its annual diversity mentorship program. The participants were announced at a reception at the Eastman Kodak Co. Thursday night. Congratulations to documentarian Jonathan Menendez [CTVA Multimedia Spring 2007 Graduate] for being selected as a participant. Project: Involve is dedicated to increasing cultural diversity in the film industry by cultivating the careers of under-represented filmmakers. The program, which runs from Nov. through June, offers a combination of one-on-one mentorships, filmmaking workshops, community screenings and job placement. Additionally, Project: Involve Fellows receive a complimentary one-year membership to Film Independent. "We have a remarkable group of filmmakers from culturally diverse backgrounds in this year's Project: Involve," Dawn Hudson, FIND exec director, said. "Project: Involve serves as an effective incubator for diverse voices in the industry and we are proud that this signature program has cultivated the talents and careers of more than 450 filmmakers." (Spring 2008) Julia Wright (MA in Critical Studies) has been accepted into the Ph.D. in Film program at UCLA and was awarded the Eugene V. Cota-Robles Fellowship. (Spring 2008) Recent MA in Screenwriting graduate Eyvonne Williams-Hines has won the prestigious Bill Cosby Writing Fellowship at USC. She will spend an intensely mentored 15 weeks writing an original feature script that will then be represented to Hollywood film companies by top agents. (Spring 2008) Professor Jon Stahl, head of the CTVA Screenwriting Option, has won first place in the Feature-length category of the Broadcast Education Association's Festival of Media Arts Faculty Scriptwriting Competition. Additionally, his screenplay has been selected for the Best of Fest Award. He will receive the honors at BEA's annual convention in April. CSUN CTVA screenwriters won in each of the two scriptwriting categories at the 2007 CSU Media Arts Festival. Grad student Rowan Sutherland won in the Short Screenplay Category for "Talitha and the Gnome." Two CTVA students tied for first in the Feature Screenplay Category, Diana Karna for A Life That Matters and Brandie Coonis for Rabbit Girl. Catharsis: The Story of a Survivor's Art won first place in the Documentary Category.
Click here to watch the NBC News report on the making of Shades of Hope. Click here for an article in Scr(i)pt Magazine that profiles CTVA's undergraduate and graduate screenwriting programs.
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(July 30, 2008) The idea for the film, "Ahmed, Say Something Funny," was hatched about six years ago when Cal State Northridge cinema and television arts professor Thelma Vickroy caught a performance of comedian Ahmed Ahmed at the Comedy Store in Hollywood.
