The Summer Creative Workshop mentors promising minority high school students entering their junior and senior years from Los Angeles’ underserved and hard hit middle class communities. Known as Fieberg Fellows after the program’s founding donors Paul and Patti Fieberg, students spend eleven nights and twelve days with LMU students, alumni, staff, professors and guest speakers taking classes in story and screenplay development, direction, film production and the full range of 3-D and 2-D animation. Working in teams, students create two animated shorts and two short films from screenplay to final cut.

When

July 16 – July 27, 2012

Who

The program will recruit 16 minority and/or underserved students with demonstrated talent in all aspects of media, film, art, and/or creative writing.

Why

High School students are exposed to and gain hands-on experience in all aspects of filmmaking at a college level. The program will expose SCW participants to all aspects of college life with the goal of promoting a greater interest and awareness in a college education.

Where

Loyola Marymount University School of Film and Television

Recruitment/Application

Students must submit an application to be considered for the program. Application period: March – May 2012. Student interviews & program acceptance: June 2012.

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Student Application and Recruitment

The application and recruitment process consists of 3 phases:   PHASE I - Application (GPA 3.0 required):

• Short application
• Brief essay
• 1 Letter of Recommendation (i.e. teacher, counselor, administrator)

PHASE II - Creative Submission: Students submit a creative project of their choice:

• Film: Short film or reel (1-3 minutes)
• Creative Writing: Short script, film treatment, or short story (2-5 pages)
• Portfolio of drawings/digital animation (2-4 samples)

PHASE III - Interview: Students are invited to a final interview. Good luck!