SUMMER FILM AND ACTING CAMPS 2010

12-Weekend Acting Camp

HIGH SCHOOL WEEKEND CAMP PROGRAMS SUMMARY

The New York Film Academy is pleased to offer two new opportunities for High School Students (ages 14-17) to learn filmmaking or acting for film during the school year. They will be offered at our schools in New York City and at Universal Studios, Los Angeles. The Workshops will meet for twelve sessions on Saturday mornings and afternoons (morning for acting camp and afternoon for film camp). Students may enroll in one or both of the Camps.

WEEKEND ACTING CAMP FOR FILM

This course emphasizes the basic elements of the craft of acting using Stanislavsky´s System and scene study as starting points. Students participate in in-class shoots aimed specifically at training the actor for the technical requirements of acting on a film set. The Weekend Acting for Film Camp meets Saturdays from 10am-1pm. Students should be prepared to devote additional hours of their own time for rehearsal and preparation. Every student shares the same curriculum. After the 7th week of class, students will go into production and post production for their individual projects. During this time students should expect to work all day on Saturday.

Classes encourage students to break down physical and internal inhibitions, and help each student find the most effective personal sources for the creation of truthful characters. Students should be prepared to work in non-traditional acting classes emphasizing the construction of and control of character given the unique pressures of a film or television shoot. Video cameras will be used during class time.

Students will develop the techniques and confidence they need to create believable performances for the camera.

Students will apply what they have learned to a series of on-camera exercises designed to develop their screen acting ability.