Media Arts & Culture

Advanced Projects

Please read the following before beginning production.

Project Length
5 minutes max.

Crew
Enrolled course partners and other Oxy students. No crew from outside Occidental with the possible exception of a makeup artist.

Shooting Days
3 shooting days max. Call sheets required. No day to exceed 10 hours.

Shooting Ratio 18:1
90 minutes of footage max.

Actors (if any)
Non-Union Actors Only.

Music
Must be rights-cleared.

Production Notebook
Required. Containing crew contracts, release forms, emergency medical forms, call sheets, aesthetic plan, music release forms, etc. Projects cannot be exhibited until notebook is cleared by professor.

Equipment Rentals
None permitted.

Travel outside Los Angeles County
Not permitted, due to turnaround time and size of projects.

 

Budget Cap: Maximum: $800.00

Off-campus: $50 cap (2 permits max). These are rare and can usually be avoided. See the section on Permits for more information.

Craft Service: $10/head x 7 heads (director, sound, cinematographer, 2 actors, 2 misc crew) x 3 days = $210 cap. Be creative in asking for in-kind donations of a meal from a local vendor or from a bakery at day’s end.

Production Design and Costumes: $200 cap. With advanced notice you can consult with the Oxy Theater department. There are rental agreements with specific local prop and costume houses as well on our Vendors page.

Makeup artist and Kit Fee: $75 x 3 days: $225 cap. We conduct a film makeup workshop every semester. Take advantage of this or recruit your own student makeup artist from either a school listed on the Vendors page, or the Oxy Theater Department: theater@oxy.edu.

Grip Kit and Expendables: (gels, diffusion, tape stock) $100 cap.

  • Phone: 323-259-2749
  • Email: bdillon@oxy.edu
  • Location: Weingart 109