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No matter how beautiful the cinematography or impressive the special effects in a film, audiences are drawn in by the struggles of the characters on screen. On set, as dozens of crew members whirl about, twelve kilowatt lights bore into the actor's eyes; focus tape is pulled to the actor's cheek, and "Action!" is finally called, the actor is still expected to give a believable and moving performance.
In acknowledgment of the importance of the film actor's job, and in support of the skills required to do the job brilliantly, the New York Film Academy is proud to offer its Twelve-Week Evening Acting for Film Workshop.
The Twelve-Week Evening Workshop is the ideal program for individuals who would like to balance their acting training with other life responsibilities. Designed for students of all levels, the course generally meets three evenings per week from 7:00 - 9:30pm, and some weekends. At our Universal Studios facility, the Evening Acting For Film Workshop meets three evenings per week from 7:15 - 9:45 p.m.
OFFERED YEAR-ROUND
The Twelve-Week Evening Workshops are offered at regular intervals throughout the year at the New York Film Academy's central location in New York City and at our West Coast headquarters at Universal Studios in Hollywood, California.
FORMAT
The Twelve-Week Evening Workshop enables students to juggle the demands of their personal lives with the intensive demands on the part of the student. A standard week of study usually involves classes on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday evenings with occasional classes, shoots, or rehearsals on Wednesday evenings or weekends.
Each class concentrates on developing a foundation of acting, using training techniques rooted in the theater but applicable to screen acting. Students participate in a broad array of core classes that introduce them to finding the actor within, while simultaneously training their instrument to do the kind of technical, emotional, and physical work necessary for film acting.
In addition to performing in-class, each student acts in semi-professional film or video shoots of screenplay scenes, which are then edited and provided to each student to use as part of their 'actor reel.'
STUDENT BODY
The Twelve-Week Evening Acting for Film Workshop attracts students from all over the world with backgrounds and experiences that are as varied as the countries from which they originate. Continue >>
CLASSES
Scene StudyWorking on scenes from published plays and screenplays is allows actors to learn all of the basic concepts of approaching a scene: defining objectives, breaking the scene down into beats, understanding the arc, pursuing your objective, playing actions, and working to overcome obstacles. This class provides the most basic technique for understanding acting, therefore it starts at a most basic level, usually with silent scenes or short dialogue scenes. Once the foundation is in place, longer dramatic or comedic scenes are explored.
Acting For Film and Television
Students learn the basics of film acting: calibrating performances based upon shot size and angle, hitting marks, emotional and physical continuity, and strength and imagination in acting choices. Students are assigned scenes from produced screenplays, which are then shot with a crew and edited together. In addition, students learn to perform a number of film crew positions, to broaden their knowledge of the duties of everyone on a professional film set.
QUICK FACTS:
Start Dates: January, March, June, September
Locations: NYC, Universal Studios, Abu Dhabi Film School
Program Requirements: High School Diploma, GED
Cost: $ 3,000 (USD)
€2,023 (EURO)
You Graduate With: Diploma/Certificate, DVD Film Reel
Locations: NYC, Universal Studios, Abu Dhabi Film School
Program Requirements: High School Diploma, GED
Cost: $ 3,000 (USD)
€2,023 (EURO)
You Graduate With: Diploma/Certificate, DVD Film Reel
