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 New York Film Academy:
Our Philosophy
THE NEW YORK FILM ACADEMY
“Film is thePHILOSOPHY
literature of the
21st century”
“Film is the literature of the 21st Century”
• Intensity is our hallmark

• • Learnschool
International by doing,
with from day one,
programs by
all over
the world and a diverse
making your ownstudent population
projects in a
hands-on, immersion program
• Learn by doing from day one by making
your•own
Weprojects
balancein the
hands-on,
study ofintensive
the art
programs
form with technical training

• Unparalleled programs in Filmmaking,

• Students will write, produce,
Acting for Film, Documentary Filmmaking,
direct,
Producing, and edit their
Screenwriting, andown
3-D films
Animation
• Small class sizes that encourage
and nurture our students’
individual creativity
What Makes Us Different?
WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT?
• American school with prestigious locations all over the world
• Intensive, full immersion, hands-on
experience
• Accredited by NASAD (National Association of Schools of Art and
Design), the only accrediting body for
• Balance theArt & Design
study of theSchools
art form with
approved by the US Dept. of Education
practical experience

• Multi-lingual staff • Write, produce, direct, and edit

• Average of 16 students per class

• Diverse international student population
• Large equipment inventory accessible
• Gain immediate productiontoexperience in a crew
all students

• How we teach: hands-on, practical

• Own full rights to the films experience,
you producetrial and error, feedback,
and correction
 NEW YORK FILM ACADEMY LOCATIONS

SUMMER: YEAR ROUND:

New York City New York City
Universal Studios, Hollywood
Universal Studios, LA
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Harvard University
Disney-MGM, Florida
London, England
Florence, Milan & Rome, Italy
Bilbao & Madrid, Spain
Paris, France
Seoul, Korea
Shanghai & Beijing, China
Tokyo, Japan
 THE NEW YORK FILM ACADEMY PROGRAMS
• Filmmaking
• Acting for Film
• Screenwriting
• Digital Filmmaking
• Documentary Filmmaking
• 3D Animation
• Producing
• Cinematography
• Photography
• Cinema Studies
• Editing
• Broadcast Journalism
• Continuing Education
 Program Length
• Two Year MFA Degree*
•
PROGRAM
Two Year Conservatory programs
LENGTH
• • Two
TwoYear
YearAFA
MFA Degree**
Degree*
• • Two YearDegree
Bachelor Conservatory programs
Program***
• Two Year AFA Degree**
• One Year
• Bachelor Degree Program***
• • 8 One
Weeks
Year
• • 6 8Weeks
Weeks
• • 4 6Weeks
Weeks
• 4 Weeks
• 3 Weeks
• 3 Weeks
• • 1 1Week
Week
• • 1212Week
WeekEvening
Evening
*MFA offered at Universal Studios, California location only.
*MFA
**AFA offered
program at Universal
- first year can Studios,
be in NY,California
Universal location
Studios,only.
California or Abu Dhabi, 2nd year must be completed at
Universal Studios.
**AFA program - first year can be in NY, Universal Studios, California or Abu Dhabi, 2nd year must be completed at
***BA program offered through New School (NY), St. John’s University (NY), Antioch University (CA), Farleigh Dickinson
Universal Studios.
University (NJ), Nova Southeastern University (FL), Lynn University (FL), Charter Oak State College (CT).
***BA program offered through New School (NY), St. John’s University (NY), Antioch University (CA), Farleigh
Dickinson University (NJ), Nova Southeastern University (FL), Lynn University (FL), Charter Oak State College
(CT).
 Master of Fine Arts - Filmmaking
Semester One
• Write, direct and edit four short non-sync 16 mm films
• Be a cinematographer, gaffer and assistant camera on your
crew’s films
• Write a short script with dialogue (for 2nd semester production)
• Learn visual storytelling, including directing, cinematography,
editing and post-production
• Fundamental training in acting craft and directing actors
• Immersion in screenwriting craft

Semester Two
• Direct and edit a sync-sound narrative film of up to 15 minutes
• Participate as a crew member on fellow students’ films
• Shoot and edit 35 mm film using Panavision cameras and HD
digital video
 Master of Fine Arts - Filmmaking
Semesters Three & Four
• Feature Screenwriting
• Advanced Directing
• Line Producing
• Sound Stage Workshop
• Critical Film Studies
• Master’s Seminar: Industry Perspectives
• Documentary Filmmaking
• High Definition Workshop
• New Media
• Business of Filmmaking
• Production Design
• Advanced Cinematography
 Master of Fine Arts - Screenwriting
Semester One
• WGA format and copyright law
• In depth study of classic screenplay structure, character arcs, theme, conflict,
flashbacks, voice-over, subtext, style, tone, visualization, discipline and genre
• Critical concepts in film history
• Write a treatment and outline for a feature length film
• Write a first draft of a “spec” feature length screenplay

Semester Two
• Fundamentals of film directing
• In depth look at treatment writing
• In depth study of the pitch
• Standard conventions of TV writing
• Revise draft of spec script from semester one
• Direct a short film or scene
• Write and perform a pitch
 Master of Fine Arts - Screenwriting
Semester Three
• Examine principles theories of film
• Standard conventions of TV writing
• Write and polish a TV spec
• Write a short script
• Direct original short script
• Write an outline and first draft of thesis

Semester Four
• Lecture series with cross-section of Industry professionals
• Challenges of writing and producing independent cinema
• Survey of studio system history
• Intense examination of scene writing
• Revise, rewrite and polish thesis project
• Revise and polish TV writing project
 Master of Fine Arts - Producing

Semester One
• Introduction to roles, tasks and obstacles faced by film and television producers:
optioning, developing material, film festivals, networks and ratings, pilot season,
studio distribution and marketing, independent film financing and pitching
• Gain understanding of the entire physical process of pre-production: scouting,
securing locations, permits, casting, budgets and scheduling
• Master concepts of storytelling: elements, conventions, structure, style and forms
• Basic principles of Entertainment Law
• Understand filmmaking from the perspective of director and screenwriter
• Develop a feature film project for Year-one final project
• Perform a pitch to audience of peers
• Direct a scene with actors on digital video and edit
• Break down a short script into shooting plan
• Prepare a budget and schedule from scratch
 Master of Fine Arts - Producing
Semester Two
• Continue mastering key elements of producer’s craft
• Produce a reality show pilot
• Produce a news segment or short documentary
• Line-produce a short film
• Develop a feature film project
 Master of Fine Arts - Producing
Semester Three
• In depth analysis of the television sitcom industry
• Explore story and storytelling through study of elements, conventions,
structure and style of the art
• Analyze budgets and schedules of films and TV shows
• Overview of contract law and how it impacts the Entertainment
Industry
• Survey of negotiations and drafting
• Explore the evolution of new media

Semester Four
• Learn post-production workflow
• Further study of the strategies of financing, marketing and distribution
• Historical analysis of entertainment law
• In depth study of documentary production
• Produce thesis project
 Master of Fine Arts - Acting
Semester One
- Explore and learn principles of acting technique
- Learn the vocabulary of filmmaking for actors
- Recognize differences between film acting and stage performance
- Understand how to break down a scene and analyze a character
- Rehearse and tape film scenes to be analyzed and critiqued

Semester Two
- Learn to work for directors with varying styles on live film sets
- Learn differences and demands on actors on film vs. TV production
- Learn how to prepare for and present yourself for auditions
- Understand the business side of the acting craft
- Perform scenes and workshop exercises developed and rehearsed
through instruction in the Meisner Technique
- Develop, rehearse and perform in a fully-realized film scene shot in the
studio or on location.
- Break down, analyze & rehearse stage scenes and perform for invited audience
 Master of Fine Arts - Acting

Semesters Three & Four

- Advanced Scene Study - Stage to Screen
- Acting for Camera Television Workshop I & II
- Advanced Movement I & II
- Physical Theatre
- Advanced Acting Technique: The Method
- Character Study
- Voice-over Acting
- Combat for Film
- Voice/Speech: Dialects and Accents
- Advanced Audition Technique & The Business of Acting
- Putting together a reel
 Associate of Fine Arts - Acting

Semester One Semester Two

- Scene Study - Scene Study II
- Meisner - Meisner II
- Acting for the Camera - Voice II: Speech
- Theatre to Film - Acting for Camera II
- Art History - Film Craft
- Monologues - Art History II
- Improvisation - Movement II
- Audition Technique - Shakespeare
- Movement - Editing
- Production Workshop - Stage Combat
- Special Lecture: The Profession - Performances
 Associate of Fine Arts - Acting
Semester Three Semester Four
- Scene Study III - Scene Study IV
- Movement III - Comedy Workshop
- Playwrights - Playwrights II
- New Media for Actors - Advanced Audition Technique
- Critical Film Studies - Entertainment Industry
- Production Workshop II: Acting for TV Seminar
- Advanced Acting Projects - Advanced Acting Projects II
- Dialect Workshop - Final Portfolio
 Associate of Fine Arts - Filmmaking
Semester One Semester Two
- Director’s Craft I - Director’s Craft II
- Hands-on Camera & Lighting - Advanced Hands-on 16 mm
Camera & Lighting
- Screenwriting I - Screenwriting II
- Student Producing I - Student Producing II
- Editing - Sync Sound Editing
- Directing Actors I: Acting for Directors - Directing Actors II: Casting
- Production Workshop I - Production Workshop II: Sync
Sound
- First Semester Film Projects - Year One Final Film
- Art History - Art History II
- Script Supervision: Efficient Shooting - Cinematography I
- Digital Video Projects - 35 mm Filmmaking
- Hands-on Digital Camera & Lighting
 Associate of Fine Arts - Filmmaking
Semester Three Semester Four
- Aesthetics - Entertainment Industry Seminar
- Screenwriting III - Screenwriting IV
- Entertainment Business Affairs I - Entertainment Business Affairs II
- Advanced Editing I - Advanced Editing II
- Critical Film Studies - Cinematography II
- Production Workshop III - Thesis Project
- Advanced Film Projects
 Short-term Filmmaking Workshops
• One-Week
• One Film

• Three-Week
• Two Films

• Four and Six-Week

• Three Films

• Eight Week
• Four Films

• 12-Week Evening
• Three Films
 Filmmaking
Curriculum
All Filmmaking Programs learn the following:
Director’s Craft
Camera & Cinematography
Screenwriting
Editing
Producing
Directing the Actor

One and Two Year Programs will also study:

Documentary Filmmaking
Advanced Directing
Lighting
Advanced Cinematography (including 35 mm)
Sync-Sound Recording and Editing
Sound Design
Life after New York Film Academy
 Screenwriting Curriculum
All Screenwriting Programs learn the following:
Elements of Screenwriting
Screenplay Analysis
Screenwriting Workshop
Cinema Studies
Acting for Writers
Filmmaking for Writers
Treatment Writing

One and Two Year Programs will also study:

Advanced Elements, Analysis and Workshop
TV Writing: Sitcoms and One-hour dramas
Pitching Class
Special Lectures and Guest Speakers
Completion of one or more feature length screenplays
Life after New York Film Academy
 Acting Curriculum
All Acting Programs learn the following:
Acting for Film and Television
Acting Technique
Audition Technique
Film Craft
Voice and Movement
Scene Study
Monologues

One and Two Year Programs will also study:

Comedy and Improvisation
Shakespeare
Meisner Technique
Speech, Dialects, Accents and Voice-Overs
Text Analysis
Special Lectures and Guest Speakers
Life after New York Film Academy
 Producing Curriculum
All Producing Programs learn the following:
Producer’s Craft
Producer’s Roundtable
Pitch Meetings
Industry Speaker Series
Directing for Producers
Film Craft
Entertainment Law
Screenwriting Fundamentals
Hands-on Producing: Reality Television
Documentary and News Magazine Workshops
Pre-Production of a Short Film
Short Film Production
One-Year Final Project
Special Lectures
Life after New York Film Academy
 One Year Broadcast Journalism
Semester One
• Digital Journalism
• Hands-on Camera
• Hands-on Audio
• Production Workshop
• Editing
• Sound Design
• Production Meetings
• Special Topics

Semester Two
• Broadcast Journalism
• Hands-on Broadcasting and Reporting Techniques
• Broadcast Production Workshop
• Live Communications and Sound Mixing
• Advanced Editing, Sound Design
• New Media Production
• Business of Broadcast Journalism
4 & 8-Week Broadcast Journalism Workshops

Curriculum
• Digital Journalism
• Hands-on Camera
• Hands-on Audio
• Production Workshop
• Editing
• Sound Design
• Production Meetings

Projects
• Field Report
• The Interview
• News Segment (8-Week Only)
 3-D Animation Workshops
Locations:
- New York & Abu Dhabi (year-round)
- Harvard University (summer only)
Workshop Lengths: 1, 3 or 4 Weeks, One- Year
One Week Programs (one topic per week):
- Lip Sync 101
- Character Animation
- Animating Quadrupeds
- Modeling the Human Face
- Modeling the Torso
- Rigging Intensive
Three or Four Week Programs:
- Modeling
- Introduction to Shaders
- Rigging
- Lighting and Cameras
- Introduction to Animation
- Rendering, Editing and
Compositing
 One Year 3-D Animation
Semester One Semester Two
- Visual Development - Nurbs Modeling
- Writing and Storyboarding - Mental Ray
- 3D Modeling - Advanced Rigging
- Texturing - Particle Dynamics
- Rigging - Visual Effects
- Animation - Apple Shake
- Lighting - ZBrush
- Rendering
 One Year Documentary Filmmaking
Curriculum:
- Documentary Craft
- Film Dynamics
- Camera and Lighting
- Selling the Documentary
- Editing
- Writing

Projects:
- Observational Film
- Character Film
- New Media
- Semester One Film: Social issue or topic
- Reality Program
- Thesis Film
 Summer Tween Programs (ages 10-13)
1 & 2 week Programs from July - August in:
- Digital Filmmaking
- Acting for Film
- Intermediate Filmmaking (returning NYFA students only)
- Intermediate Acting (returning NYFA students only)

Courses taught at:

- Universal Studios, Hollywood
- New York, NY
 Summer High School Programs (ages 14-17)
1, 3, 4 and 6 week Programs from June - August in:
- Filmmaking (16 mm)
- Digital Filmmaking
- Acting for Film
- Screenwriting
- Music Video
- Broadcast Journalism

Courses taught at:

- Universal Studios, Hollywood
- New York, NY
- Disney-MGM Studios, Florida
- Harvard University
- Paris, France
- Florence, Italy
- London, England
 NEW YORK FILM ACADEMY STUDENTS
40% of our student body is international (Brazil, Mexico, France,
Italy, Spain, Japan, England, Chile, Turkey, United Arab Emirates,
China, New Zealand, Australia, Belgium, Switzerland, Russia,
Germany, Poland, Philippines, South Korea, Greece, Canada,
Ireland, India, South Africa, The Netherlands, etc…)
 Hollywood Chooses
The New York Film Academy
HOLLYWOOD
The Academy is pleased CHOOSES
to be the film schoolNYFA
of choice among many
Hollywood
The Academy is pleased filmmakers
to be the and
film school of their
choicefamilies:
among many Hollywood
Filmmakers, actors and their families:
• Steven Spielberg (son)
• •Steven Spielberg
Mark O’Keefe, (son)
writer of Bruce Almighty and Click
• •Mark
PierceO’Keefe,
Brosnan,writer
James Bruce(son)
of Bond Almighty and Click
• •Pierce Brosnan, James
Susan Sarandon Bond (son)
& Tim Robbins (son)
• •Susan Sarandon
Gary Ross, & Tim Pleasantville
Seabiscuit, Robbins (son)(son)
• •Gary Ross, Seabiscuit,
Ron Underwood, Pleasantville
City Slickers, (son)
Tremors, Mighty Joe Young
•Ron Underwood, City Slickers, Tremors, Mighty Joe Young (daughter)
(daughter)
• •Actor F. Murray Abraham, Amadeus, Scarface (son)
Actor F.
• •Director Peter Bogdanovich,
Director Peter Mask, The
Bogdanovich, Mask, The Sopranos
Sopranos (daughter)
(daughter)
• •Director The Fifth
Besson, The
Luc Besson,
Director Luc Fifth Element,
Element, La
La Femme
Femme Nikita
Nikita (sister)
(sister) Sheridan, Oscar Nominated writer of In America
•Naomi
• Naomi Sheridan,
•George Romero, Oscar Nominated
Night of the Livingwriter
Deadof In America
(daughter)
• George Romero, Night of the Living Dead (daughter)
However, most of the best films to come out of the New York Film
Academy are from students with no connections to the film
However,industry.
most of the best films to come out of the New York Film
Academy are from students with no connections to the film
industry.
 Internationally, The Choice is:
The New York Film Academy
INTERNATIONALLY THE CHOICE IS NYFA
• Kyeong-Lim Park, aka“Katy Park” (TV Actress,
“Nonstop”) South Korea
• Kyung Lim Park (Emcee), South Korea
• Min Kim (Actress, “Love Story in Harvard”) South Korea
•
• Osvaldo Benavides (Soap Opera Star)
Osvaldo Benavides (Actor & Soap Opera star, “Daniela,”
Mexico
“Locura de Amor”) Mexico
•• Karolina
Karolina Kakova
Kakova (Model)(Model) Czech Republic
Czech Republic
•• Denise
Denise Quinones
Quinones (Ms. Universe)
(Ms. Universe) Puerto RicoPuerto Rico
•• Josh
Nao Leonard
Matsushita (Actor
(Actress, Zankokuna Asa, Jiyu Renai aka
& Director)
• “Free
DavidLove” ) Japan (Actor) USA
Faustino
•• Gonzalo
KyokoMiro (Actor, son(Actress)
Hasegawa of Pilar Miro, “Corazon de…,”
Japan
• “Maracana 05”) Spain(Actress) Japan
Nao Matsushita
• Kim Chapiron (Actor & Director, Sheitan, La Barbichette)
• Gonzalo Miro (son of Pilar Miro) Spain
France
•• Kim
Max Chapiron
Fercondini (Actor
(Actor, “Um &SoDirector) France
Corazao,” “Malhacao,”
• “Comecar de Novo,”) (Actor)
Max Fercondini Brazil Brazil
• Josh Leonard (Actor & Director, Blair Witch) USA
• David Faustino (Actor, Married with Children) USA
New York Film Academy Faculty
THE NEW YORK FILM ACADEMY FACULTY
All of our instructors are
• professionals
All of our instructors are professionals who who
workwork
in thein the
industry
industry as:
• They are working Directors, Actors, Producers, Cinematographers,
- Directors, Actors, Producers,
Screenwriters, Editors, and Animators, etc.
Cinematographers,
Screenwriters, Editors,
Animators, etc.
• Our faculty hold MFAs from the most impressive and elite
universities in the country, such
Our as:
faculty hold MFAs from the most
impressive and elite universities in
 New York University the country, such as:
 Columbia University - New York University
 Yale University - Columbia University
Academy award winning actor  University Southern California - Yale University
Kevin ofKline - University of Southern
speaking at the New York Film Princeton University
Academy. California
 University of California Los Angeles
- Princeton University
 American Film Institute - University of California
 California Institute for the Arts Los Angeles
- American Film Institute
- California Institute for the
Arts
Guest Speakers
ACTORS: DIRECTORS:
- Kevin Kline - Paul Haggis (Crash, Million Dollar Baby)
- Ben Stiller - Brett Ratner (Rush Hour 1, 2 & 3, X-Men 3)
- Matthew Modine - Joel Schumacher (Flatliners, Batman Forever)
- Jon Voigt
- Janeane Garofalo WRITERS:
- Dennis Hopper - Steve Faber & Bob Fisher (Wedding Crashers)
- Gabriel Byrne
- Anthony Quinn CINEMATOGRAPHERS:
- John Favreau - Bill Fraker (Tombstone, Rosemary’s Baby)
- Laszlo Kovaks (Easy Rider, Ghostbusters,
PRODUCERS: Five Easy Pieces)
- Paul Zaentz (Talented Mr. Ripley)
- Hardy Justice (About a Boy)
- Rene Bastian (Transamerica)
 Admissions
• Rolling Admissions
• Start-dates for programs are offered throughout the year
ADMISSIONS
• Open Enrollment How to Apply
• No Experience Necessary
• Online at www.nyfa.edu
• High-School Diploma or its Equivalent, or College Degree
• You may apply directly online
• For the
• BFA program,
You may please
also download contact Michael Young or David Klein at
an application
ba@nyfa.edu
• By mail or fax
• For the MFA please contact John Nodilo at mfa@nyfa.edu
• Application can be found in brochure or online

International Students
• Conversational EnglishInternational
Required Students
• For BAwill
NYFA and issue
MFA - TOEFL
an I-20orCertificate
equivalent is
ofnecessary
Eligibility to qualified students.
• The New York Film Academy will issue an I-20 Certificate of Eligibility to qualified
students How to Apply
• Online at www.nyfa.edu
•For info on the
By mail BA or AFA program,
(application please contact:
inside brochure)
• By fax• (download
Michael Young or David Klein
application fromat BA@nyfa.edu
website)
For info on the MFA program, please contact:
• Brad Ben-Hain at MFA@nyfa.edu
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