Sports in Cinema: 100 Movies Comes to USC
The Course : Sports in Cinema
Writer/Producer and Sportandcinema.com creator and contributor Randy Williams will be teaching a new course this summer at the renowned USC School of Cinematic Arts bringing his “Sports in Cinema” studies and findings to a new generation of students.
The course is structured after his book “Sports in Cinema: 100 Movies”
This program is open to all as it doesn’t require enrollment at the university.
Steven Spielberg and George Lucas at USC
The course is an examination of how cinematic portrayals of sports and athletes have evolved over time and how they are shaped by and at the same time reinforce the leading attitudes of the day. It is a social record of America’s diverse cultural landscape about how our values are conveyed through the microcosm of sports ever since they came into existence. The course will also have weekly speakers that will include A-list writers, directors and actors from the entertainment world as well as Oscar-nominated producers.*
The aim is to contribute to a better understanding of not only our values but also the influence of sports itself in America and Western Culture in general. The class will also analyze how this translates across borders. It will also study how sports movies work as a cultural export with universal themes woven throughout the filmmakers’ story.
Confirmed Guest for Summer 2011!!!
July 19th 2011: Actor & Comedian Jon Lovitz will discuss his role in:
*subject to availability
*please note that dates and times of the course are subject to minor changes*
Please see links for further information about this fun and exciting summer program which offers a chance to meet and learn from writers, experts and A-list filmmakers from Hollywood.
A full description of the course can be found here:
http://cinema.usc.edu/summer/classes.cfm?s=d&id=25
More information about the USC SCA Summer Program can be found here:
http://cinema.usc.edu/summer/faq.cfm
