<p>we have nothing of that sort here. no guidance counselor. nothing. that is y i am struggling.</p>
<p>I am not slamming questions about the process or chances, but when someone is asking what font and if something should be double spaced that is something they can research on their own. USC has everything on the website and there are forums everywhere like this one and the international forum. Many kids don’t have good guidance counselors and certainly don’t go to the library to look at Fiske, they use the internet like OP has. Maybe I am defensive because USC is getting the reputation of being the “come for free” school that gives everything to everyone with low stats, and all this does is bog down an already slammed administrative system and devalue the product. I just don’t feel it is healthy to feed the fire. @intparent, we really said the same thing, you just said it much more gently, I won’t argue that. I just think reality is good, I’m not a fan of participation ribbons either. Earning it makes one stronger.</p>
<p>trust me. I didn’t find what font to use and other things on any of their pages. Can u jut tell me where it is given? They just say that it should be some 1000 words or 2 pages. nothing more. I saw that in the creative supplements page. They have not mentioned anything about font size or anything. This is the forum I thought was helpful. I even googled it but nothing came up. If you are saying it is on the page then give me link to it and I will never ask any question here ok?
check out this page where a similar question was asked and see the reply (at least they replied). <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-southern-california/1038890-usc-id-for-supplement.html”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-southern-california/1038890-usc-id-for-supplement.html</a>
the guy was not told to shut up or anything.
i already mailed the usc but not heard yet.</p>
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<p>Try reading through some of the other USC/Cinematic Arts threads on College Confidential - existing SCA students have already posted answers to many of your questions over the last year. But to answer the above question - . SCA doesn’t look at your grades to determine acceptance - only your portfolio and supplemental materials. USC looks at grades and scores to determine if you can do college level work. And grades are dependent on what USC considers to be the school rigor. </p>
<p>You can’t change your grades now - just take the hardest courses you can handle, and get the highest grades you’re capable of. </p>
<p>Also - If you are determined to go into film, then my advice is to get ready to apply to more than just USC. Most take only a handful of kids (Florida State University, for instance, takes only 30 and has an application deadline of October. Chapman has closer to a 40% admit rate for Dodge but that is changing as they become more popular. CalArts doesn’t look at grades or scores at all, just portfolio. Loyola Marymount has a film program as do others such as Pitzer, Northwestern, Boston University, Temple, Emerson and Wesleyan. There are quite a few options, but you have to be open to something other than USC as a back-up plan. Temple has automatic merit aid based on grades and scores for instance, which might help. </p>
<p>I’m not trying to burst your dreams. Just helping add some realism. If every film school in the U.S. took a different kid (i.e. no duplicate offers of admission) there still isn’t enough spots for them all. So I agree with USCAlum05 - there are many ways to break into film if you don’t get into film school, including making films on your own, and applying for jobs and networking in the industry. </p>
<p>^^ Most helpful post eva. Thank u.
When I become a famous movie director, I will thank each of you guys who helped me personally 
Maybe even buy you guys a beer. :(|) </p>
<p>Okay - as soon as @Srkukali said there were no counselors I remembered a young boy who came to me for an interview only days before a deadline. He was extremely gifted but there were no counselors in his school and he, growing up in a rural area, didn’t even know the steps. Here in the middle of the country some kids have been trained by state schools (who are trying to prevent a brain drain) to just show up and get “picked.” Alas he thought that was also the procedure for elite colleges and we ended up spending the interview looking for places where he could still apply prior to a deadline (mostly state schools at that point with rolling admissions). </p>
<p>I also remembered being in Spain working on a deadline and when I did an internet search for a subject I needed to interview, few if any links came up. When I got back home to the states, I found tons of them. So perhaps a search engine in India gives altered responses based on regional norms and cues.</p>
<p>So @Srkukali here’s a clue because I’m taking pity on you - but know that most kids applying to USC who are successful, aren’t asking for all the answers. They’re pretty aggressive about finding them on their own:</p>
<p><a href=“Sample Script Outline - wikiHow”>http://www.wikihow.com/Sample/Script-Outline</a></p>
<p>If you search “sample script outline” you’d be surprised how many hits you’d get (at least in the U.S.)</p>
<p>Happy hunting. But we’re probably no inclined to give you all the answers. TO be ready for USC (or any other school) you have to show you are resourceful and can find them on your own.</p>
<p>Thank you @ArtsandLetters I did what you said and found some good outlines. I found this <a href=“How to Outline A Screenplay - Screenplay Outline | Final Draft®”>Not Found - Final Draft®;
it has a different format or something. Should I use that or the one you provided?
Can you just check it out?
Which should I follow?</p>
<p>OP, people on this post have been trying to tell you, in direct language, that you need to take the initiative and do things for yourself. A USC-bound accepted student would do that. It’s called creativity.</p>
<p>Now that Arts and Letters has done the work for you of finding the links, you want him to specify exactly what you should send but you don’t want to take any responsibility for it. Make a decision and decide for yourself what you should send. </p>
<p>You are not showing initiative, creativity or the drive to do things for yourself, which is what USC expects of its students. My son was admitted to USC and one of the things they liked about him was his ability to think for himself. In all of these posts, you are not taking any responsibility. What if someone is wrong in their suggestions and you don’t get in? What will you do?? Will you blame them for misinformation? </p>
<p>Be an adult and make your own decision. At this point I don’t believe you are capable of making any decision for yourself without second-guessing and wanting to make someone else responsible for your actions. USC is not the school for you if you don’t know what you’re doing.</p>
<p>you’re right. thanx</p>
<p>Thank, @Auntbea - you were spot on with your advice. We’d all be hinting but an overt comment was exactly what was needed here.</p>
<p>@srkukali - there is a saying. Give a person a fish and they’ll eat for a day. Teach them how to fish and they’ll eat for a lifetime. Time for you to learn how to do this without us providing more answers. Otherwise you won’t get into, let alone survive at any film school.</p>
<p>best advice and saying. thanks guys for your assistance and support. It was invaluable.</p>
<p>Alas, the world is littered with film school grads who don’t make films. One of my buddies graduated from SCA and sells mortgages. If I were many of you I’d become a nurse instead.</p>
<p>Read this book. This should answer most of your initial questions although it’s officially about graduate level programs, most of it will still be true for undergrad programs as well.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Film-School-Confidential-Insiders-Schools/dp/0399533192”>http://www.amazon.com/Film-School-Confidential-Insiders-Schools/dp/0399533192</a></p>
<p>And here’s the best source on script formatting, although things change over time. The best advice is to get a hold of actual scripts of recent films that you admire and take a look at how they’re formatted. Lots of writers have their own styles.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Guide-Standard-Script-Formats/dp/0929583000/ref=pd_cp_b_0”>http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Guide-Standard-Script-Formats/dp/0929583000/ref=pd_cp_b_0</a></p>
<p>Beyond that, the comment about you being ambitious but lazy does unfortunately ring true. I understand that you’re nervous and it’s a big jumping off point for you, but keep in mind that there’s a world of a difference between wanting to be a director and actually DOING the work of a director. Have you made any short films? Have you acted in any plays in school? How many plays of Shakespeare have you read? Have you ever watched any silent movies?</p>
<p>Also keep in mind that Hollywood is an unstructured, idea-driven industry. Your “assignments” in school will simply be that you have a film due in three weeks and they give you a camera, access to editing equipment, and an office to make phone calls and a book full of headshots. That’s it. From there, you will screen your film in front of your classmates in three weeks and once it’s done you’ll have to sit back and take criticism and get feedback from all of your classmates. You can’t explain away things based upon what you intended because you can’t be there in every theater across America and the world to explain how things just didn’t quite work out right. This is why USC is such great training for Hollywood - because that’s exactly how Hollywood works, for better and for worse.</p>
<p>@USCAlum05 regarding your qstns: Have you made any short films? Have you acted in any plays in school? How many plays of Shakespeare have you read? Have you ever watched any silent movies?
I have done all of the followings, but i have made only few short films that too for myself and watched quite few silent films. rest i have done lot.</p>
<p>Regarding “Your “assignments” in school” I had no such thing in my school/college. India and especially where I live do not encourage much creativity in the field of film-making.
See, what I am trying to tell is that Bollywood is not (upto) my taste. I only watch Hollywood and love the films. </p>
<p>Also you were right about “I understand that you’re nervous and it’s a big jumping off point for you.” You have to imagine my excitement when I read that this was possible.
Thanks for the books I will try to read them ASAP.</p>
<p>Anyway, @SeattleTW I vehemently hope I don’t “become a nurse instead.”</p>
<p>Don’t dismiss nurses, most of whom earn six figures at major city hospitals. There are plenty of unemployed lawyers who also would be better off having a nursing degree. As America ages, nursing is a growing profession not to be overlooked.</p>
<p>I would like to quote Miranda Tate here: “You only understand money and the power you think it buys.”
Your statement remind me of myself a few years back.</p>
<p>You see, earlier in life I “realized” that you get only one shot at life so why waste it doing something you would regret? I would never do anything that I don’t like, unless I have to do it to get something I like.
I am kind of a gambler, you see? It pays off if it pays off.</p>
<p>Your ideas are what keep film and law schools in particular in business, despite the dearth of jobs. But hey, everyone at one time or another believes he’s in the top one percent. Go for it. P.S.: the exception is gaming and gaming design, an exploding industry.</p>
<p>gaming is really exploding these days. but film-making (story telling) is what I love most. after all, the heart wants what the heart wants. :D</p>