USC Screenwriting MFA - Fall 2019

[Cody Young]

I just got an email for this today. I think it’s because I submitted my fafsa though :/ Got excited for nothing.

My heart skipped a beat when I read the first part of your post. “I just got an email...”. I really need a break from this thread

 

[StarChild]

My heart skipped a beat when I read the first part of your post. “I just got an email...”. I really need a break from this thread

Same. I keep thinking I’ll stop checking or give up hope, but apparently I will if I get the rejection letter.

 

[dorkydiana]

it’s come to the point where i consistently dream of getting an email and every time i go to open it i’m stuck or paralyzed and i’m unable to do so....then i wake up and i’m faced with utter disappointment (this has been happening every night for the past two weeks around 2:30AM, 5:00AM, and 7:00AM i-)

 

[StarChild]

@dorkydiana that’s awful! I started having the dreams too but it’s more like I’m sure I’m in that there will be an email- then I wake up and either make myself not check or I check and there’s nothing. ?

 

[BuddernScotch]

it’s come to the point where i consistently dream of getting an email and every time i go to open it i’m stuck or paralyzed and i’m unable to do so....then i wake up and i’m faced with utter disappointment (this has been happening every night for the past two weeks around 2:30AM, 5:00AM, and 7:00AM i-)

Oh no :'( that's literally me for the past 3 years. But now I'm in another country just got my hair dyed (took 6 hours and I kept falling asleep because of jet lag) and ate enough street food to feed 10 villages!

 

[blap]

18 members seems... less than ideal.

EDITED: That is 18 members from ALL departments.

 

[amlena]

Y'all, all my targeted ads lately have been about massages and stress management stuff.

Hahahahahahahahahahahaha

 

[StarChild]

@amlena proof positive targeted ads work. Send some my way! bwahahahaha

 

[Septopus7]

@blap At this point, I think there's about 10 screenwriting applicants with acceptances who have reported onto the forum. Not quite a 1/3 of the total class, but very close.

 

[Isabellagrcia]

My heart skipped a beat when I read the first part of your post. “I just got an email...”. I really need a break from this thread

Sorry!

But really, my you.usc account is taking a long time to load, and when the page loads for my decision status, it shows up as blank. Like a plain box. I feel like all this checking is making it glitch or something.

 

[O. Wesley Nelson]

Maybe this isn't the time or place for this since many of us feel like we're on death row right now, but... what is your dream project? If you had total control over the story and the direction of the project, what sort of film/TV project would you bring to fruition?

 

[dorkydiana]

Maybe this isn't the time or place for this since many of us feel like we're on death row right now, but... what is your dream project? If you had total control over the story and the direction of the project, what sort of film/TV project would you bring to fruition?

adapted screenplay with a bit of a twist on herman melville’s benito cereno...and have jordan peele direct it

 

[GoAndLoveSomeMore]

Maybe this isn't the time or place for this since many of us feel like we're on death row right now, but... what is your dream project? If you had total control over the story and the direction of the project, what sort of film/TV project would you bring to fruition?

Honestly, I’d want to write and direct a movie musical. ? But I really enjoy telling stories about female friendships and non-romantic love.

 

[GoAndLoveSomeMore]

adapted screenplay with a bit of a twist on herman melville’s benito cereno...and have jordan peele direct it

You would have a slam dunk with Jordan Peele immediately. Guys a fricken genius.

 

[Sean.jones]

Maybe this isn't the time or place for this since many of us feel like we're on death row right now, but... what is your dream project? If you had total control over the story and the direction of the project, what sort of film/TV project would you bring to fruition?

Maybe this isn't the time or place for this since many of us feel like we're on death row right now, but... what is your dream project? If you had total control over the story and the direction of the project, what sort of film/TV project would you bring to fruition?

Mine would be a superhero series, nothing from marvel or DC, but my own independent heroes with different abilities and techniques.

 

[AkilRashad]

Maybe this isn't the time or place for this since many of us feel like we're on death row right now, but... what is your dream project? If you had total control over the story and the direction of the project, what sort of film/TV project would you bring to fruition?

a film about The Haitian Revolution, a Frank Matthews biopic, an adaptation of anything by Cormac McCarthy, and. . .I know the superhero thing is oversaturated but I would love to see Static Shock brought to screen.

 

[Cody Young]

Maybe this isn't the time or place for this since many of us feel like we're on death row right now, but... what is your dream project? If you had total control over the story and the direction of the project, what sort of film/TV project would you bring to fruition?

My absolute dream project, providing things like the adaptation rights, were not owned by a particular studio and providing I had the budget and time to make it absolutely perfect, I would say that my dream project is a stage musical of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. There's something about the absurdity of the story and the British humor of the novels that lends itself to an over the top musical performance.

Outside of that, I have a few horror scripts I have been tinkering with and I would probably try to make one of those.

 

[Cody Young]

a film about The Haitian Revolution, a Frank Matthews biopic, an adaptation of anything by Cormac McCarthy, and. . .I know the superhero thing is oversaturated but I would love to see Static Shock brought to screen.

Static Shock is sooooo good. Although I'm annoyed that right after you mentioned that, the theme song from the animated series appeared in my brain and I'm sure it won't leave for the next few days.

 

[Sean.jones]

a film about The Haitian Revolution, a Frank Matthews biopic, an adaptation of anything by Cormac McCarthy, and. . .I know the superhero thing is oversaturated but I would love to see Static Shock brought to screen.

Didn’t they come out with a shirt about static?

 

[Sean.jones]

Didn’t they come out with a shirt about static?

Sorry *Short