DATES / TUITION
Film & Acting Camps in
Disney Studios, Florida
PRE-COLLEGE ENRICHMENT THROUGH FILM AND ACTING
Starting June 2010, the New York Film Academy summer camp will return for its tenth consecutive year to Disney Studios in Florida. As in all of our summer camps each filmmaking student will write, direct, shoot, and edit his or her own short films. All acting students will act in the filmmaking student’s films that are shot at Disney Studios and EPCOT® Center.
Students in the New York Film Academy program at Disney Studios will have the extraordinary experience of shooting their films or acting on professional movie sets and realistic international environments. They will shoot on the Disney Studios lot with its fully dressed sets like Hollywood Boulevard, Sunset Boulevard, Chinatown, New York City Street, and London Street sets.
Though they are shooting their films or acting in Florida, students will find that they may set their films on a street in Paris complete with the Eiffel Tower and French cafes, or shoot in the Forbidden City in Beijing, China. These are among the eleven amazing international locations available for student’s productions at the EPCOT® Center.
Housing
The New York Film Academy has made arrangements for the students to stay at Celebration Hotel, a full-service hotel with a gym and swimming pool.
Students are not required to reside at the hotel in order to attend the Camp, but to ensure their safety, commuting students must provide an authorization letter from their parent stating how they will be transported to and from the camp. Student Safety
The primary concern of our staff is the safety and well being of our students. All New York Film Academy High School summer camps are fully supervised programs. High school students are overseen by energetic, responsible, co-ed teaching and counseling staff. Counselors reside with non-commuting students at Celebration Hotel.Please note: Parents who wish to allow their children to leave the campsite without supervision, must submit a written authorization letter to the New York Film Academy.
Staff
As in our other locations, our eclectic faculty are experienced instructors and professional filmmakers and actors, who have Master of Fine Arts degrees from the most prestigious film and acting programs in the United States.
Many of the high school counselors are trained filmmakers and actors themselves, and work as teaching assistants supervising the student's film productions.
Transportation
NYFA staff will meet students by request at the Orlando International Airport. They are also free to make their way to campus by car. The New York Film Academy will provide transportation to and from the parks for shooting and free time, as well as any group outings.
Curriculum
From the very first day of class, the focus of the filmmaking camp is to learn through making films. Each student writes, produces, directs, and edits his or her own films, and rotates among crew positions when his or her classmates shoot. Students in the Acting for Film Workshop should expect to enjoy a similarly comprehensive program including acting for film, scene study, and improvisation.
Six-Week Filmmaking Workshop students will make four films of increasing difficulty. The final film will be up to six minutes. Daily Schedule Classes will take place at Stetson University and Celebration Hotel in Celebration Florida. The students will be shooting their films throughout the WALT DISNEY WORLD®, including EPCOT. Student’s final films will be screened at a state of the art screening room.
The filmmaking program is comprised of morning and afternoon Camps, hands-on exercises in shooting and lighting, screenings, lectures, and special activities. In addition, students shoot and edit a film per person per week. Students will meet with instructors or teaching assistants for script consultation.
The acting program follows a similar schedule including acting for film, monologues, scene study, and audition technique classes. The acting students will also be acting in the filmmaking students shoots at EPCOT.
Equipment
Students in the 3 or 6-week Filmmaking camps will shoot on 16mm film with Arriflex-S cameras. The 6-week Filmmaking Students will also learn and use portable Lowel lighting packages. The Digital Filmmaking camp and One-Week Camps will shoot with digital cameras on DV tape. In both programs students edit digitally using Final Cut Pro on Apple computers. The equipment the New York Film Academy students use is comparable to that of the leading degree programs in the United States.
Extra-Curricular Activities
Although the schedule of filmmaking Camp is demanding, time is set aside on weekends for students to take advantage of the incredible array of amusement opportunities unique to Central Florida. As part of the program each student receives a PARK HOPPER Pass which includes admission into the Magic Kingdom® Park, Epcot®, Disney's Animal Kingdom® Theme Park and the Disney Studios.
Final Screening/Portfolio
At the end of the course students will have a final screening open to actors, friends, and family. They will receive a diploma of New York Film Academy and a copy of their work.
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