UCLA School of Theater Film and Television

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The UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television (TFT), located in Los Angeles, USA, is unique in that it combines all three (theater, film, and television) of these aspects into a single school. According to the Princeton Review/Gourman Report, the undergraduate programs are ranked first out of 500 nationally, while the graduate programs are usually found within the top 3, according to the US News and World Report. Among the school's resources are the UCLA Film and Television Archive, the largest university-based archive of its kind in the world, and The Geffen Playhouse.

Its enrollment, in 2003, consisted of 310 students out of 3,688 applicants (8.4%). With 140 faculty members teaching 410 undergrads, and 390 grad students, the student to teacher ratio is about 6:1.

Alumni include: Allison Anders, Shane Black, Lloyd Bridges, Carol Burnett, Charles Burnett, James Coburn, Francis Ford Coppola, Alex Cox, Dean Cundey, Jamaa Fanaka, Dan Gordon, Robert David Hall, Catherine Hardwicke, Mariska Hargitay, Mark Harmon, James Horner, Lew Hunter, David Koepp, Scott Kosar, Jayne Mansfield, Frank Marshall, Jim Morrison, Victor Nuñez, Michael Ovitz, Alexander Payne, Rob Reiner, Tim Robbins, Scott Rosenberg, Pietro Scalia, Paul Schrader, Tom Shadyac, Brad Silberling, Tom Skerritt, Penelope Spheeris, Gore Verbinski, David S. Ward, Jaleel White, Gregory Widen, John Williams, Hoyt Yeatman.

Contents 1 Department of Theater 1.1 Undergraduate program 1.2 Graduate program 2 Department of Film, Television, and Digital Media 2.1 Undergraduate program 2.2 Graduate program 3 External links

[edit] Department of Theater

The different areas of theater studies at UCLA's Department of Theater consist of:

• Acting
• Critical Studies
• Design
• Directing
• Musical Theater
• Playwriting
• Production Management / Technology

[edit] Undergraduate program

The undergraduate program requires an interview/audition process for all applicants. The program teaches the general studies of theater broadly, before allowing the student to choose a more specific area of study.

[edit] Graduate program

Offering a Master of Arts, Master of Fine Arts, and a Doctor of Philosophy degree, the graduate program requires an audition for all acting applicants, and a possible interview for the other applicants. Each applicant must apply for a specific area of study.

[edit] Department of Film, Television, and Digital Media

There are three distinct areas of courses offered in UCLA's Department of Film, Television, and Digital Media:

• Critial studies - the history, theory, and aesthetics of film and television
• Film and television production (study and field), digital, experimental, and animation
• Film and television craft-writing, film directing, television directing, photography, sound recording, and editing

[edit] Undergraduate program

A Bachelor of Arts in film and television degree can be sought only after a student has completed two years of general college studies. This upper division program is another two years that involves the learning of the history and theory aspect of film and television, along with the basic learning of production.

The first year of the program is a general introduction to all areas of the study. The second year, each student must concentrate on one of the following aspects:

• Film production
• Television Production
• Narrative
• Documentary
• Screenwriting
• Animation
• Critical Studies

Students must all complete one internship during their senior year.

[edit] Graduate program

Offering a Master of Arts, Master of Fine Arts, and a Doctor of Philosophy degree, the graduate program offers two main areas of study. A Master of Arts and a Doctor of Philosophy degree are available for critical studies. The Master of Fine Arts degree can be obtained with the choice of four specializations:

• Production (3 year program)
• Directing (3 year program)
• Animation (3 year program)
• Screenwriting (2 year program)

Also available is the 2 year Producers Program, which focuses on the production and business side of Film, Television, and Digital Media.

[edit] External links

• UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television Main Page
• Producers Program
• The Geffen Playhouse