Building Campaign
Join In Our Challenge
Over the course of the past quarter century, the current facilities on the USC campus have served the cinematic arts community well. From animators to producers, directors to writers, cultural theorists to new media artists, each year our students and faculty create over 250 hours of film and television along with scores of interactive projects, rivaling the output of many commercial counterparts.
October 4, 2006 - the challenge that began a new chapter for cinematic arts education at USC.
Occupancy in the existing instructional complex is currently at 120 percent of the original capacity. Shortages in classrooms mean students have to take courses in non-cinema facilities scattered throughout the USC campus. A lack of offices compels up to six adjunct instructors to share a single room. Student projects place tremendous demand on soundstages and other production areas.
The 137,000-square-foot Cinematic Arts facility seeks to address these limitations head-on, providing ample space for creativity and community. 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 to the new SCA facilities are available throughout each level of the new building. To view the floor plans and its corresponding rooms and gifts, choose one or more of the following plans.
- 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.
- Contains one (1) two-hundred seat state-of-the-art theater for digital and film presentations, two (2) small digital theaters and one (1) combination screening room/sound dub stage. Motion Picture production gear is housed in the west end of the building, next to the Student Production Office. There is also a cinematography lab and coffee shop.
- Contains two (2) forty-seat screening rooms 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.
- Houses 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.
- Production faculty offices, Office of the Dean, as well as the Office of Development and senior school management personnel. There is also a boardroom equipped for teleconferences.
Please contact Elizabeth Winston, director of development, for more information on how you can make a gift to the USC School of Cinematic Arts.
Individual floor plans for the new complex are available at the bottom of the page.
