Winter Workshops

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Acting for Film Dates: December 7 - December 22, 2008 Ages: 14 - 20 (Entering in Fall 2009) Tuition: See Below Details If you are passionate about acting and want to explore single camera acting, cold reading, audition and camera combat techniques this is the workshop for you. You will train under the direction of professionals in the motion picture and television industry and have the thrilling experience of working in front of the camera to realize a finished scene. Enrollment is limited. Call for more information! Residential Students: $3,666.00 Price Includes: Tuition + Registration Fee ($1800 + $150) Transfers to and from the airport Westwood Village Hotel (Double Occupancy) All meals (with the exception of lunch at Universal Studios & Lunch and Dinner at Disneyland One day ticket to Disneyland & California Adventure Park One day ticket to Universal Studios Master Classes Performances Mentor/Chaperone Supervision (1:10 ration) Workshop photo Souvenir USPA t-shirt & jacket Day Students: $2,038.00 (Students must arrive by 8:45 a.m. and depart at 6:00 p.m.) Price Includes: Tuition + Registration Fee ($1800 + $150) Lunches for days in Workshop Supervision during Workshop, rehearsal period to pick up Souvenir t-shirt & jacket Day students will have the option of adding on the following: Day trip to Universal Studios (Monday, December 8) Day trip to Disneyland & California Adventure (Sunday, December 14) Barbecue (Monday, December 15) * Registration and Cancellaton Policy *

Contemporary Popular Music Dates: cancelled Ages: 14 - 20 (Entering in Fall 2009) Tuition: See Below Details Do you already have a band? Come one...come all! If you come solo the faculty will group the band. You will play music morning, noon and night under the experienced teaching of professional musicians. Join students from around the world for a cultural exchange of popular music. Enrollment is limited. Call for more information! Residential Students: $4,019.00 Price Includes: Tuition + Registration Fee ($2,000 + $150) Transfers to and from the airport Westwood Village Hotel (Double Occupancy) All meals (with the exception of lunch at Universal Studios & Lunch and Dinner at Disneyland One day ticket to Disneyland & California Adventure Park One day ticket to Universal Studios Master Classes Performances Mentor/Chaperone Supervision (1:10 ratio) Workshop photo Souvenir USPA t-shirt & jacket Day Students: $2,238.00 (Students must arrive by 8:45 a.m. and depart at 6:00 p.m.) Price Includes: Tuition + Registration Fee ($2,000 + $150) Lunches for days in Workshop Supervision during Workshop, rehearsal period to pick up Souvenir t-shirt & jacket Day students will have the option of adding on the following: Day trip to Universal Studios (Monday, December 8) Day trip to Disneyland & California Adventure (Sunday, December 14) Barbecue (Monday, December 15) * Registration and Cancellaton Policy *

Program Directors

Michael Farrell
Contemporary Popular Music Workshop Director
Michael Kevin Farrell has performed and recorded throughout the world as a keyboardist, musical director, and multi-instrumentalist. Since 2004, he has worked with legendary recording artist Morrissey and has written and recorded on a number of his albums, including the platinum You Are the Quarry, Live at Earls Court, Ringleader of the Tormentors, and most recently his Decca Greatest Hits album. Prior to that, Michael was the musical director/keyboardist for Grammy winning Epic artist Macy Gray. He continues to collaborate with her as a writer and has contributed material to Macy's 2007 release, Big, produced by Will.I.Am of the Black Eyed Peas.

Michael has also produced tracks for Macy Gray, Ben Lee and Angie Hart of Frente. and has performed with Mariah Carey, 311, Daniel Powter, Tift Merritt, Vanessa Carlton, Melissa Etheridge, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Ruben Studdard, Clay Aiken, Dave Navarro, and Kimberly Locke. He recently completed his first season as the Supervising Music Producer on ABC's top 20 dance show, Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann. And he is the Assoc. Musical Director for NBC's #1 show, America's Got Talent.

TV appearances include The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Night With David Letterman, the NFL on FOX, Top of the Pops-UK, Later with Jools Holland, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, The Late, Late Show with Craig Kilborn, Live with Regis and Kelly, Entertainment Tonight, Live with Jimmy Kimmel, and Good Morning America. -->

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The UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television (TFT) is the only university in the country where the study of theater, film, television and digital media is integrated within a single professional school.

The Department of Film, Television and Digital Media offers a wide range of courses for undergraduates in the study of three areas of moving images: Critical Studies, including the history, theory and aesthetics of both film and television; Production/Directing, including film, television (studio and field), digital, experimental and animation; and the film and television disciplines, including writing, producing, cinematography, sound recording and editing.

At the graduate level, there are five areas of concentration: Critical Studies, which offers film and television history and theory; aesthetics and popular culture, films from diverse genres and extensive national cinemas; Production/Directing, which trains students in all aspects of directing narrative fiction, documentaries and/or experimental film, emphasizing the aesthetic components; Screenwriting, in which the elements of character, dialogue, story and tone are explored; Animation, in which students are trained to create an individual style and voice; and the Producers Program, in which students learn the business and art of making films and television programs.

At UCLA's Department of Theater, we believe that great theater programs must prepare and train students for careers in all contemporary and emerging entertainment forms -- including live theater, film, television, video, themed entertainment, interactive gaming, and more. Our students live in a world that is interactive, collaborative, and fueled by their passion for our art form -- one that encompasses the many forms of professional practice as well as the theoretical exploration of current and emerging entertainment forms.

Igniting our students' talent and passion to achieve success is our goal. That is why students work with a distinguished faculty composed of professional and creative artists who have excelled in their fields. UCLA Theater has some of the most distinguished faculty and visiting artists in the world, among them Mel Shapiro, Annette Bening, Anthony Hopkins, Larry Moss, Neil Jampolis, Deborah Scott and Jerry Katzman. With this professional training, students are following in the footsteps of such illustrious alumni as Francis Ford Coppola, Tim Robbins, James Dean, Carol Burnett, Susan Egan, Jack Black, Ben Stiller and many others.

TFT's extraordinary undergraduate and graduate students are drawn from an admissions pool of the finest students from around the world, and enjoy participation in small classes with faculty members who themselves are accomplished artists and industry leaders.

We invite you to explore our US Performing Arts Camps web site further where you can register online for any of the ucla summer programs offered to high school students.

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Winter Workshop Registration/Cancellation Policy

Registering Prior to Nov. 1, 2008
• Students must pay 50% of the tuition cost, plus the non-refundable registration fee at the time of registration.
  Registering on Nov. 1 or after
• Students must pay in full. No exceptions.

Prior to Nov. 1, 2008
• Students will receive their deposit back, minus the non-refundable registration fee.
  On Nov. 1 or after
• No refund can be made November 1 or after. Students will receive a camp credit.

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