| When students study abroad, they receive an unparalleled opportunity to learn about other cultures and themselves. What makes our program so different is that students will deepen and solidify their learning through the creative process of filmmaking or acting for film. The city our students live in becomes more than an exotic locale. Our program challenges students to interact with the people and culture directly and put their knowledge to work by making a series of short 16mm films. As students write, direct, shoot, and edit their own films they will acquire a deep understanding of the culture. Its people will become the characters in their stories. Its traditions and customs will shape their scripts. And its unique locations will provide the genuine environments for our students’ films.
This is not a traditional course of study. Our program is focused, intensive, and extremely hands-on. We expect participants to work with self-discipline, energy, and commitment. We offer outstanding facilities, high standards, professional equipment, and phenomenal instruction.
Samuel Johnson wrote..."When a man is tired of London he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford." Many people find London the most exciting city in Europe today. Students in the study abroad semester will live in their own residential apartments and attend classes at our facility in the Bloomsbury section of central London. More about London>>
The birthplace of motion pictures, Paris is an ideal city to live in, learn, and make films or act in them. The filmmaking curriculum includes classes in screenwriting, directing, acting, cinematography, and editing. Each student will write, shoot, direct, and edit three or four short films during our summer programs in Paris. Students may also participate in a conversational French table during lunch. New York Film Academy students live in their own residential apartments, attend classes and make their films in Paris. Our filmmaking and acting for film programs take at the National Film School of France (La F.E.M.I.S.), which occupies the renovated grounds of Pathé Film Studios in the Montmartre neighborhood. More about Paris>>
Often called the cradle of the Renaissance, Florence's ideas of beauty through architecture have had a worldwide impact, and the city has an impressive artistic legacy, having been the home of such distinguished artists as Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael. For several hundred years it has served as a center of artistic excellence.The city is small but remarkably beautiful. Within the city's limits, sprawled on either side of the river Arno, a visitor can wander from the Cathedral to the famous Uffizi gallery. Mostly pedestrianized, walking is a pleasant way to visit most destinations, and the narrow Mediterranean-styled streets and piazzas are full of locations for film shoots.
New York Film Academy students live in student housing convenient to our classrooms which are held in a renovated palazzo in the most thrilling part of Florence a short walk from the Duomo. More about Florence>>
Interested students should contact the New York Film Academy for a registration package 212-674-4300 or 1-800-611-FILM or email us to
film@nyfa.com |
