<p>@zelda
Thank you for the clarification!
Do you recommend taking cinema courses for 2 or 4 units? Are the 4 unit courses generally more comprehensive?</p>
<p>Most classes don’t offer a choice between 2 or 4 units and most film classes are 4 units anyway. There are numerous 2 units classes both film majors and minors must take, but 2 units doesn’t always equate to an “easier” class. Some of my CTPR and CTWR 2 unit classes were harder then the 4 units classes I was enrolled in during any given semester!</p>
<p>Don’t choose based on unit count; choose based on what fulfills your requirements and what classes sound most interesting to you!</p>
<p>(There are also some 3 units CTPR classes, but these are usually a lot of work as well!)</p>
<p>Ok, thank you!
I am choosing to minor in cinema as a transfer. Are there a lot of internship or volunteer opportunities or opportunities to gain work experience for film students while studying at USC?</p>
<p>There are always tons of student films that will willingly take volunteers!</p>
<p>ok thank you!
I’ll definitely look into it.</p>
<p>There will be flyers posted up for student films looking for crews, you might have a friend ask you to help out on a shoot, you may even ask a professor if they know anyone who needs additional on-set crew members. You have to actively search it out; the school won’t tell you how to do this.</p>
<p>Same with internships; if you are a minor, I don’t know if you get access to the SCA job board, but there are also many websites that post up entertainment internships. You just have to be careful though, as a lot of LA film “internships” are scams or very, very shady. There were a few instances where students had to sue their internship employers (not just at USC…knew a few LMU film students who had to do this, too.) Make sure its a company you can check out on the internet (through IMDB!).</p>