Thursday, May 28, 2009

Reality Ends Here

In 1929, a collaboration between the University of Southern California and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences resulted in the first university in the country to offer a Bachelor of Arts degree in film. The school's founding faculty included Douglas Fairbanks, D.W. Griffith, William C. DeMille, Ernst Lubitsch, Irving Thalberg, and Darryl Zanuck.

In 1939, USC alumnus A. Arnold Gillespie became the school's first Academy Award winner, which he earned for Special Effects in The Wizard of Oz. Since 1973, there has been at least one alumnus of the School of Cinematic Arts that has been nominated for an Academy Award, totaling 256 nominations and 78 wins.

In 2009, eighty years after the school was founded, I was accepted to the School of Cinematic Arts to study Critical Studies. Dreams do come true.

Written by Armen Karaoghlanian at 3:04 PM

2 comments:

  1. maryd8189May 29, 2009 at 3:00 PM

    Nothing happens unless first we dream. A dream is no dream with out your exposed charisma of hard work. Accomplish in a year, Achieve in a decade, you work hard it will come back to you.

    Congratulations,
    Sincerely MARY.

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  2. UnknownJune 1, 2009 at 3:00 PM

    Congratulations brother! We are so excited of your acceptance. I agree with Mary's comment. May you reach to your goals. All the best.

    Sincerely,
    Armineh

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