Regent Hollywood Experience May 8-23, 2013
Application deadline and deposit extended to March 7. Limited scholarships available through the Deans Office.
The School of Communication & the Arts' (SCA) study program in Los Angeles, CA provides graduate students and SCA alumni* with a two-week total immersion experience in the professional world of Hollywood television** production practices. All applicants must go through a screening process and be given approval to attend.
*FY13 graduates have priority
**Summer 2013 will focus on television
- SSW 614: Topics in Screenwriting: Writing & Producing the Television Script (3 credits)
Booker T. Mattison is a filmmaker and author who wrote the screenplay for and directed the film adaptation of Zora Neale Hurston's classic story "The Gilded Six Bits," which aired on Showtime. His sophomore novel Snitch received a starred review in Publishers Weekly and was #1 on the barnesandnoble.com ebook bestseller list. Prof. Mattison wrote the screenplay adaptation of Snitch which was developed by producer Stephanie Allain Bray (Hustle and Flow, Black Snake Moan), and is currently being shopped for production.
At Regent, Mattison teaches Advanced Directing, Directing Actors for the Camera and Single Camera Directing for Cinema and Television.
Location
Lodging for students will be at Park La Brea apartments. Park La Brea’s 160 park-like acres offer a tranquil retreat at the center of Los Angeles, with the city’s best shopping, dining and activities...all just steps away.
Classes will be held at the LA Film Studies Center (LAFSC) which is within walking distance of Park La Brea apartments.
Application & Deposit
The deadline for the online application and $250 nonrefundable deposit is March 7, 2013 (see all important dates). Contact Margie Ackerman at mackerman@regent.edu for more details.
