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Spend your Saturday morning taking a nature walk in one of LA’s “hippest neighborhoods!” Joined by SCA Professor Janet Batchler, we’ll complete this 2.2 mile loop trail around the Silver Lake Reservoir, popular for birding and dog walking.
PACKING LIST:
Sturdy hiking boots/shoes
Sunscreen
H2O
WAIVERS
PROFESSOR: Janet Batchler
DEPARTMENT: School of Cinematic Arts - Writing for Screen & Television
Janet Batchler is an Associate Professor in the John Wells Division of Writing for Screen and Television, where she teaches feature screenwriting to everyone from freshmen to MFAs. This semester, she's reprising her popular class on the Harry Potter Franchise. Janet has been a professional screenwriter for more than 25 years; her most well-known film is Batman Forever (the one with Jim Carrey). She received her master's degree from UCLA in linguistics, but left before finishing her PhD when she discovered screenwriting, which lured her into the entertainment industry. Janet has written movies for every major studio, and she's ready to march around in circles holding a sign if the Writers Guild of America goes on strike this summer. Currently, she's working on her how-to book about screenwriting: Next Level Structure, and next spring she will debut a new GE class on screen adaptation ("From Page to Screen") that she created for SCA. When she's not writing or teaching, Janet enjoys musical theater, reading, travel, going to Disneyland, and dining out with friends.
PEAK: Silver Lake Reservoir Trail
DIFFICULTY: 1/5
SCENERY: water views, dogs, and birds galore!
FUN FACT: the reservoir was named after LA Water Commissioner Herman Silver in 1907
TRIP LEAD: Bianca
has earned 0 points for Ravenclaw in Professor Batchler’s class this semester:(
Contact Bianca: bventola@usc.edu
Read Bianca’s bio here.