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Enter by October 31, 2007. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY
Win a week at Film Camp! Grand prize winners will get to go to the New York Film Academy!
(Classes are held in New York City or on the back lot at Universal Studios in Hollywood!)
Win either a one week acting workshop for tweens or a one week filmmaking workshop for tweens** **Film classes courtesy of the New York Film Academy. Flights to camp are courtesy of Atlas Travel.
Maeve on the Red Carpet Sweepstakes!
Lucky winners will go to film camp for a week to celebrate the release of the Beacon Street Girls Adventure: Maeve on the Red Carpet.
Each winner will enjoy:
Roundtrip coach airfare to either New York or Los Angeles AND one week of New York Film Academy classes (either acting class or film making workshop).
Class must be taken within one year of award.
Official Sponsor – New York Film Academy
Travel sponsor – Atlas Travel International/Savvy Travel Shop
Background:
INTRODUCTORY TWEEN FILMMAKING
Filmmaking Camp challenges young people to tell a story with moving images. Film school students begin on the first Saturday working with digital cameras and learning the fundamentals of directing films. Hands-on classes in directing, writing, editing, cinematography, and production cover the creative and technical demands of telling a story with moving images. During the program students will work in small crews to make their films. Students will get the opportunity to fulfill each of the basic crew positions as well as write, direct and edit their short films of up to three minutes. Tween film school students will shoot on digital video cameras and will learn how to compose, direct, and light for quality image and edit using Final-Cut Pro on an Apple editing stations. At the Universal Studios location, students will have the opportunity to shoot their productions on the studio back lot. At the end of the course, the final films are celebrated in a screening open to cast, crew, friends and family.
INTRODUCTORY TWEEN ACTING FOR FILM
This course emphasizes the basic elements of the craft of acting for film using fundamental acting technique 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. Students should be prepared to devote additional hours of their own time for rehearsal and preparation. Every student shares the same curriculum. Some additional time may be scheduled for productions as needed.
Classes encourage students to break down physical and internal inhibitions, and help each child 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. They will apply what they have learned to a series of on camera exercises designed to develop their screen acting ability.
About the NYFA:
The New York Film Academy is honored to be the film School of choice of many Hollywood filmmakers and their families, including the son of Steven Spielberg; the son of Academy Award winning Actors Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins; the son of Academy Award winning Actor Kevin Kline; the son of the former James Bond, Pierce Brosnan; the daughter of director George Romero (Night of the Living Dead); and the son of Academy Award nominated and Golden Globe winning Actress Melanie Griffith.
Other former students include the son of Academy Award winning actor F. Murray Abraham; the sister of director Luc Besson (Fifth Element, La Femme Nikita); daughter of fashion designer Donatella Versace; film and television director, Peter Bogdanovich's daughter; Dan Eisenstein, grandson of one of the fathers of modern cinema; Christian Castro, famous Mexican singer; son of director David Carson (Star Trek, Beverly Hills 90210); and Asian cinema star, Takeshi Kaneshiro (Chungking Express)."
Each year hundreds of students from around the world benefit from the extraordinary education offered at the New York Film Academy. The Academy is a learning center for individuals who want to explore film and video arts or performance for the screen and stage.
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