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NEW YORK CITY The New York Film Academy s classes for high school students are located at the beautiful Battery Park campus in downtown Manhattan. The school is easily accessible to the rest of the city, and steps away from the heart of the bustling financial district. High school students reside at the John Street Residence located on John Street in lower Manhattan. The John Street Residence is monitored 24/7 by doorman security. Students live in fully-furnished rooms. Rooms include LCD-TV/DVD units with cable, refrigerator, microwave, internet line, air-conditioning and private bathroom. The John Street Residence is a large facility, and the Film Academy makes every attempt to keep all of our students on the same floors. Counselors live on each floor with our students and enforce a strict curfew. The housing arrangement is something parents may want to discuss with their child before the summer, as it requires a certain level of maturity and responsibility on the student s part to be accountable for obeying all the rules set forth. Students must purchase meals at restaurants or markets in the surrounding environs of the housing and school facilities. Therefore, students do have the ability to roam freely to patronize establishments in these areas. Students are escorted on foot or via public transportation to and from the John Street Residence/NYFA classroom facilities for class and/or shooting. Students shoot on location in New York City in crews of 3-4 students and are always supervised by Teaching Assistants during these productions. Saturday activities are mandatory for housed students in programs longer than 1 week and include daylong trips within the five boroughs typically to New York City attractions, outdoor screenings, museums, and amusement parks. New York Film Academy counselors living at the John Street Residence plan and supervise these outings. In case of medical emergency, students are taken to the nearest hospital. Please note: Parents who wish to allow their children to leave the residence or campus without supervision must submit a written authorization to the New York Film Academy. However, even with permission, excursions without supervision may still be limited as determined by NYFA staff. IN NEW YORK CITY 6-Week HD Filmmaking 6-Week Adv. HD Filmmaking 4-Week Adv. HD Filmmaking 3-Week Adv. HD Filmmaking 1-Week Music Video 6-Week Advanced Acting 4-Week Advanced Acting 3-Week Advanced Acting 4-Week Photography 3-Week Photography 4-Week Screenwriting 4-Week Musical Theatre 4-Week 3D Animation 4-Week Broadcast Journalism 12 Weekend HD Filmmaking 12 Weekend Adv. HD Filmmaking 12 Weekend Acting 12 Weekend Adv. Acting KIDS CAMPS: 2-Week HD Filmmaking 2-Week Adv. HD Filmmaking 1-Week Adv. HD Filmmaking 2-Week Acting for Film 2-Week Adv. Acting for Film for Film 1-Week Adv. Acting for Film 2-Week 3D Animation 1-Week 3D Animation 12-Weekend HD Filmmaking 12-Weekend Adv. HD Filmmaking 12-Weekend Acting for Film 12-Weekend Adv. Acting for Film *Housing location is subject to change **Kids Camps are day programs only. No housing will be offered for these programs. 63
IN LOS ANGELES 6-Week 16mm & HD Filmmaking 6-Week Adv. HD Filmmaking 4-Week 16mm Filmmaking 4-Week Adv. HD Filmmaking 3-Week Adv. HD Filmmaking 1-Week Music Video 6-Week Adv. Acting 4-Week Adv. Acting 3-Week Adv. Acting 4-Week Screenwriting 4-Week 3D Animation 1-Week Game Design 4-Week Photography 3-Week Photography 2-Week Photography 1-Week Photography 12-Weekend HD Filmmaking 12-Weekend Adv. HD Filmmaking 12-Weekend HD Acting 12-Weekend Adv. HD Acting KIDS CAMPS: 2-Week HD Filmmaking 2-Week Adv. HD Filmmaking 1-Week Adv. HD Filmmaking 2-Week Acting for Film 2-Week Adv. Acting for Film for Film 1-Week Adv. Acting for Film 2-Week 3D Animation 1-Week 3D Animation 12-Weekend HD Filmmaking 12-Weekend Adv. HD Filmmaking 12-Weekend Acting for Film 12-Weekend Adv. Acting for Film LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA SHOOTING ON THE BACKLOT OF UNIVERSAL STUDIOS All camps and workshops are solely owned and operated by the New York Film Academy and are not affiliated with Universal Studios. Universal Studios sprawls over 415 acres of offices, interior sound stages and outside movie sets. Arrangements have been made with Universal Studios to shoot our in-class production exercises on their prestigious and widely used backlot. Students reside at the Oakwood Corporate Housing complex. The entire property is gated and there is a 24-hour guard at the entrance to the property. For a virtual tour of this Oakwood property: www.oakwoodtoluca.com While our students are supervised, please note that Oakwood is a very large property and a certain amount of maturity is required of resident campers. Students and the counselors who supervise them are spread out across the property. This is not a dormitory arrangement where everyone resides on the same hall or floor. NYFA staff perform nightly curfew checks in person and maintain a 24-hour counselor hotline number. Oakwood housing has 24- hour security on foot and golf cart. Students are required to commit to and follow the rules and regulations sent out in advance and reviewed at Orientation. Violation of these rules can result in expulsion from housing and the program. Counselors live at Oakwood, supervise the students, plan activities and do nightly curfew checks at 10:00 p.m. Counselors are 21 years of age and older and often have previous camp experience and/ or residential education experience from college. We do extensive background checks on all counselors, using the nation s largest employee screening service. Saturday and most Sunday activities are mandatory for housed students and include daylong trips typically to Universal Studios Amusement Park, Magic Mountain, Santa Monica/Venice Beach and sometimes Disneyland. Counselors attend and supervise these outings. Activities take place nearly every weeknight. In case of medical emergency, students are taken either to an Urgent Care facility in the Burbank area or St. Joseph s Hospital, depending on the severity of their condition. We require all students submit their medical insurance information prior to the start of the workshop. TRANSPORTATION By request, NYFA staff will meet students at the Los Angeles International Airport. Students are also free to make their way to the campus by car. Please note students who drive on and off campus, are not permitted to transport other students in their vehicles. FOOD/MEALS A catering service provides lunches and dinners. For breakfast, counselors stock each apartment with continental breakfast items. Commuting students can bring their own lunch, go off campus with parental permission or they can purchase a lunch and/or dinner plan using our caterer. 64
HARVARD UNIVERSITY CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS All camps and workshops are solely owned and operated by the New York Film Academy and are not affiliated with Harvard University or its Department of Visual and Environmental Studies. The New York Film Academy is proud to return to Harvard in June of 2016 to conduct its internationally acclaimed filmmaking workshops. Harvard is a prestigious Ivy League university, perhaps the most famous learning institution in the world. New York Film Academy Filmmaking, Acting for Film, 3D Animation, Photography, and Musical Theatre programs are held primarily in Memorial Hall and Lowell Hall, (and Lowell Hall), a Ruskinian Gothic memorial to Harvard s Union casualties from the Civil War, built in 1878. This majestic structure is conveniently located to Harvard Square s historical, commercial, and academic resources. Students reside in Harvard dormitories which are a short walk from their dining and classroom facilities in the Memorial/Lowell Hall Complex. Students spend the majority of their day in class and/ or on shoots on campus with their instructors or teaching assistants. Following class, when time allows, students have the ability to roam freely on campus and patronize establishments in Harvard Square and the surrounding urban environment. Students must inform their counselor of their destinations in Harvard Square and they must adhere to our Buddy System no student is allowed to roam alone. Although students may explore the Square they must stay within a certain radius of Harvard Campus property. That radius is clearly outlined at the onset of the program. AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY 6-Week HD Filmmaking 4-Week 3D Animation 3-Week 3D Animation 4-Week Photography 4-Week Musical Theatre If any parent requires that their child not be permitted to explore Harvard Square without a counselor, please contact the Film Academy and we will make the necessary arrangements. Saturday activities are mandatory for housed students in programs longer than 1 week and include daylong trips. Counselors attend and supervise these outings. Additional activities take place nearly every weeknight and on Sundays as well. In case of medical emergency, students are taken to Cambridge or Auburn Hospital. We require that all students submit their medical insurance information prior to the workshop. 65
WALT DISNEY WORLD AT WALT DISNEY WORLD RESORT *All camps and workshops are solely owned and operated by the New York Film Academy and are not affiliated with Walt Disney World Resort. RESORT, FLORIDA In June 2016, the New York Film Academy returns for its 16th consecutive summer at Walt Disney World Resort, Florida. As in all of our summer camps, each filmmaking student will write, direct and edit his or her own films and acting students will participate in these films. In preparation for daily shoots, classes occur at Celebration Hotel. Shoots take place nearly every day in the early morning at Disney Studios and at EPCOT. All shoots are done in the presence of a teaching assistant. Students reside at Celebration Hotel and attend classes at the hotel s convention center. Students may use the hotel s various recreation facilities. Counselors and staff live in the hotel with the students. Weekends for students in programs longer than 1 week are set aside for the them to enjoy the Walt Disney World Theme Parks. The students are driven to a pre-determined park by the New York Film Academy staff and given a time and location at which to meet back for transportation back to the hotel. Students must adhere to the Buddy System at all times in the park. No student is allowed to roam the parks alone. For medical attention, staff will escort students to Celebration Hospital or Celebration Urgent Care. We require all students submit their medical insurance information prior to the start of the workshop. Please note: Parents who wish to allow their children to leave the camp site without supervision must submit a written authorization to the New York Film Academy. SOUTH BEACH AT SOUTH BEACH *All South Beach Camps are COMMUTER ONLY PRE-COLLEGE ENRICHMENT THROUGH FILM AND ACTING In June 2016, the New York Film Academy will begin courses at our beautiful location in sunny South Florida at our South Beach campus. As in all our summer camps, each student writes, directs, shoots and edits his or her own short films. SHOOT AT SOUTH BEACH AND THE MIAMI DADE AREA Students in the New York Film Academy program will gain great experience shooting on location throughout South Beach, including the beautiful scenic beaches and art deco buildings that surround it. 66
PARIS, FRANCE New York Film Academy summer programs in Paris are held at La Femis, one of the most acclaimed international film schools. La Fémis is located in the historic Pathé Studios in the 18th arrondissement (district). It provides us with spacious classrooms, meeting spaces, shooting space, state of the art screening rooms, and a student lounge. The High School student residence, La Residence Montmartre is a short walk from our school. It is a three-star hotel which offers comfortable apartments with cable, internet, maid service, and daily continental breakfast delivered to the room. The other great neighborhoods, museums, and sites of Paris are easily accessible from Montmartre. New York Film Academy counselors live in the Residence, generally one counselor on each floor, as does the Director of the Program. Counselors do a nightly room-check, and enforce a strict nightly curfew. No one other than New York Film Academy High School staff and students are allowed in the students hotel rooms, and students are forbidden to go into rooms occupied by anyone other than NYFA high school students. These rules are strictly monitored and enforced for students safety. Keys are left at the front desk when students leave the Residence, and are given out only to the students occupying the rooms. With prior written permission from parents, students are permitted to leave the residence or the campus of La Fémis in groups of two or more. Additionally, students are required to sign in and out with their counselors and must indicate where they will be and when they will return. We highly recommend students purchase or rent a French mobile telephone or chip card in order to be in contact with family and staff at all times. If any parent requires that their child not be permitted to walk between the residence and the classrooms without a chaperone, please contact the Film Academy and we will make the necessary arrangements. Counselors lead the students to and from the classrooms the first week; however, they generally travel to and from class in groups without a staff member after the first week. Though France is renowned for its fine wine, we strictly enforce our no alcohol, no drugs policy. Should the need arise for medical care, arrangements can be made for an English speaking doctor to come to the Residence, and The American Hospital is staffed with top rate English speaking medical staff. Student productions take place throughout Paris and are done in the presence of a teaching assistant. Evening & weekend activities in and around Paris are organized and supervised by the Film Academy staff. FOOD While continental breakfast is served to our students rooms at the Montmartre residence, a conventional meal plan would be blasphemous in our Paris location. Finding your favorite crêperie or the best steak au poivre in your neighborhood is one of the great pleasures and learning experiences of living in Paris. Students should budget $20 $35 a day for lunch, dinner, and pastries. IN PARIS 6-Week HD Filmmaking Please note: All classes are taught in English. 67
FLORENCE ITALY IN FLORENCE 6-Week HD Filmmaking Please note: All classes are taught in English. In Florence, the New York Film Academy workshops provide a stimulating educational experience that draws upon the rich cultural resources of both past and present Italy. The New York Film Academy has been invited by the government of Tuscany to hold our summer workshops in a renovated Renaissance Era building in the center of the city, moments away from the Duomo itself. High School students in our Florence program reside in the quiet, 3-star Hotel Liana, in the heart of Florence. Qualified counselors who reside in the hotel with the students carefully supervise students. Transportation to and from school is arranged in advance and students travel in pairs or groups morning and afternoon, which is also arranged by the counselors. Parents have the option of signing a permission waiver, which allows students to explore the city of Florence without adult supervision. However, even if students have such permission, they must still report to a counselor with their destination and scheduled time of return. This is very important, otherwise the parental permission is not considered valid. A strict curfew is enforced at Hotel Liana and each room is checked every night by counselors who are always available and minutes away at all times. On weekends students partake in organized activities. With staff and counselors, students may visit an off-site location such as the Uffizi museum or the nearby Fiesole, a ruined Roman town. Some out of town excursions, completely supervised and lasting no more than one day, are also arranged, such as a day trip to see the highlights of Rome. If medical attention becomes necessary, there are a number of hospitals and emergency clinics in Florence with practitioners and specialists who speak English, German and French, and our counselors will escort a student immediately to one of these facilities. We require all students submit their medical insurance information prior to the start of the workshop. In Florence, NYFA students visit sights such as the Duomo, where many of Michelangelo s most wondrous works are housed. The Cathedral Museum also includes in its collection some of the finest examples of Renaissance art found anywhere in the world, including work by Donatello and Leonardo da Vinci. FOOD A school cafeteria allows students to eat inexpensively. The streets of Florence are dotted with restaurants and cafés, so everyone should find something to their taste. You can reasonably expect to spend under $30 per day on food. Eating in restaurants can be more expensive. 68
AUSTRALIA GOLD COAST & SYDNEY Australia is a natural wonderland of beautiful beaches, crystal blue waters, amazing ancient rock formations and pristine rainforests. An international hub of film production, from The Matrix to The Great Gatsby, many blockbusters have been filmed in this Hollywood Down-Under. IN GOLD COAST & SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA GOLD COAST The Gold Coast based Village Roadshow Studios have been locations for Scooby Doo, House of Wax, Pitch Black, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Daybreakers, Fools Gold and San Andreas amongst many others. Student productions take place throughout the Gold Coast s beautiful locations and are done in the presence of a teaching assistant. Evening and weekend activities in and around the Gold Coast are organized and supervised by the Film Academy staff. EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES A unique mix of natural beauty and thrilling attractions, the Gold Coast provides the best Australia has to offer. SYDNEY With a beautiful harbour at its heart, Sydney is one of the most vibrant cities in the world. Surrounded by nature, you will find plenty of ways to explore this beautiful city. Walking along the Bondi to Bronte coastal track, students will find a multitude of locations for their film shoots. EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES You will never be short of things to do in and around Sydney from shopping in local markets in the historical Rocks area or at any one of the major shopping centres. If you prefer the great outdoors, there are more than 70 beaches in Sydney including famous Bondi, as well as the scenic Blue Mountains. Other attractions such as the Sydney Aquarium, Darling Harbour, Taronga Zoo and visiting the iconic Opera House or climbing the Sydney Harbour Bridge offer a variety of activities sure to satisfy all students. GOLD COAST SYDNEY 69