FOUR-WEEK FILM CAMP   Tuition: $5,900

4 COLLEGE CREDITS*

*Through the New York State Board of Regents' National PONSI Program, the New York Film Academy carries college credit recommendations to over 1500 colleges and universities.

The Four-Week Summer Film Camp is one of our most popular workshops; ideal for providing students with a thorough introduction to the foundations of film craft. The one-month length of the program fits easily into most students’ summer schedules. This is a full-time program: students must make a serious commitment to its completion.

Format
The four-week program is structured around the production of three short films of increasing complexity. Students attend class either in the morning or afternoon Monday through Friday, and shoot their films with supervision during the other half of each day. Weekends are reserved for writing, relaxation, and organized trips and activities. Each student writes, directs, shoots and edits three short films of his or her own using Arriflex S 16mm cameras, Lowel lighting packages, and Final Cut Pro digital editing systems. Hands-on classes in directing, writing, editing, cinematography, and production cover all the creative and technical demands of telling a story with moving images. Each week all the students’ films are screened and critiqued in class with the instructor.

Crews
Every week is devoted to writing, producing, directing, and editing a different film project. The first film focuses on the art of the shot; the second on continuity. These projects culminate in a third film of up to four-minutes with a music track.

Students work in four-person crews to complete each film. Every student directs three films. When their colleagues direct, students rotate in each crew among the key crew positions (director of photography, assistant camera, and editor).

At the end of the course, the final films are celebrated in a screening open to cast, crew, friends and family. All students who successfully complete the workshop will receive a New York Film Academy diploma.

Students
The Four Week Camp attracts a diverse, international group of students who share a passion for telling stories through moving images. (One entering class included students from Germany, Denmark, France, Brazil, Japan, Canada, and Mexico, Russia, Australia, South Africa, UAE, Egypt, Poland, England, Chile as well as students from every region of the United States.)

Each class is limited in size. The compressed length of the course and the subsequent, focused level of collaboration required inevitably brings classes and crews close together. Students must rely on each other’s skills to complete these films in four weeks. The experience is sometimes exhausting, but always rewarding.

The combination of non-stop collaborative work, the mix of diverse cultures and experiences, a shared passion for film, and the opportunities afforded by the various summer locales make the workshop an intensely enriching experience.

Please note: curriculum, camera format, dates, and prices subject to change.