On location with USC.USC's renowned film school is going international. King Abdullah II Abdullah II (äbd  l`lä), 1962–, king of Jordan (1999–), b. Amman, educated at Sandhurst and Oxford in England and Georgetown Univ., Washington, D.C. of Jordan was on hand for a ceremony in New York City last week to herald the creation of the Red Sea Red Sea, ancient Sinus Arabicus or Erythraean Sea, narrow sea, c.170,000 sq mi (440,300 sq km), c.1,450 mi (2,330 km) long and up to 225 mi (362 km) wide, between Africa (Egypt, Sudan, and Eritrea) and the Arabian peninsula (Saudi Arabia and Yemen); a part of the Great Rift Valley. The Gulf of Aqaba and the Gulf of Suez are the sea's northern arms; between them is the Sinai peninsula. Institute of Cinematic Arts in Jordan's Red Sea resort town of Aqaba Aqaba (ä`käbä), town (1996 est. pop. 52,000), SW Jordan, at the head of the Gulf of Aqaba, on the border with Israel. It is the only Jordanian port with direct access to the Red Sea; it remains the trade entrepôt to Iraq. Phosphates are the chief export. Aqaba is also a popular winter and summer seaside resort.. The school is a joint effort of the Royal Film Commission of Jordan and USC's School of Cinematic Arts. When it opens in 2008, the institute will be a fully accredited and free-standing graduate school that will offer a three-year master of fine arts degree through education in cinema, television and a range of other screen-based media. The institute will enroll men and women from throughout the Middle East, as Aqaba borders Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Israel. Faculty will be drawn from industry, arts and academic institutions around the globe. First admissions will be in September 2008, with the first graduating class in June 2011. USC faculty and staff teams conducted pilot programs in Jordan this year to prepare for the project. Construction of the campus is set to begin early next year. The facilities will include digital screening rooms, post-production, animation and interactive media laboratories; sound stages with green-screen and motion capture capacities; professional video production packages and an extensive digital and print library. |
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