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START DATES FOR
NEW YORK CITY & UNIVERSAL STUDIOS:
September 9, 2010 • January 10, 2011 • September 19, 2011
New York Film Academy's Evening Documentary Program offers the same intensive, hands-on immersion into Documentary filmmaking as our full-time program, but allows students to participate in the program part-time and spread their study over two-years. The first year of the One Year Evening Documentary Program covers the same ground as the first semester of the full-time program, and the One Year Advanced Evening Documentary Program offers the equivalent of the full-time program's second semester.
The Evening Program assumes no previous Documentary or filmmaking experience, yet all students begin to develop their own projects in the first week. (This practical immersion experience can also be an equally effective learning environment for people with some experience.)
Working in small crews, each student completes 6 short documentaries of increasing complexity over the course of two years. In addition, each student fulfills the key crew roles of Cinematographer, Sound Recordist, Assistant Camera Operator and Boom Operator on the films of his/her crew-mates. This way, everyone has extensive hands-on experience on over 15 documentary films in the evening programs.
The course meets three evenings a week (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday) from 7:00 - 9:30pm. Films are shot on the weekends. In addition, a significant time commitment is required on weekends for classes and production. The weekend schedule will vary throughout the program.
CLASSES
DOCUMENTARY CRAFTFILM DYNAMICS
CAMERA, LIGHTING AND SOUND
PRODUCING
EDITING
WRITING
MASTER CLASS SERIES
For a detailed description of classes and curriculums, please consult the first and second semester descriptions of the One-Year Documentary Program.
PROJECTS
Evening Documentary students complete the following projects over the course of two years:
- Observational film: Each student produces a visual portrait of a place or activity. Students are challenged to observe the subject closely and find the most effective shots to reveal it. (Each student directs, shoots, and edits a 16mm film of up to 2 minutes.)
- Character Film: Students are challenged to reveal an extraordinary or extremely ordinary person using image and sound to build a "direct cinema" style portrait. (Each student directs, shoots, and edits a film of up to 5 minutes.)
- New Media: Each student creates a series of v-logs (or Video Blogs) for distribution on the internet. Students are challenged to utilize the intimate dimensions of the player window to their advantage and attract the interest of the web-surfing audience. (Each student directs, shoots, and edits four DV films of up to 90 seconds.)
- Social issue film: Extensive use of research, interview, and narration are the building blocks for this project. Students may provide a fresh perspective on a political issue or document a local story that has larger implications. (Each student writes, shoots, and directs a film of up to 10 minutes.)
- Television Series - Students conceive and develop an idea for a documentary or reality TV series, then develop and polish a written and verbal pitch for it. In teams, they go on to produce a "sizzle reel" or "taster tape" for at least two of the series. Using documentary techniques learned throughout the first semester students are challenged to structure a show that obeys classical story conventions. Team projects may be up to 10 minutes in length.
- Thesis Film - Independent Documentary: The culmination of the one-year documentary program is a thesis film of the student's own choosing. Through extensive research, writing, and planning, each student develops, produces, directs, and digitally edits a thesis film of up to 30 minutes in length.
QUICK FACTS:
Start Dates: For New York City:
Sep 9, 2010 , Jan 10, 2011, Sep 19, 2011For Universal Studios:
Sep 9, 2010 , Jan 10, 2011, Sep 19, 2011
Program Requirements: High School Diploma, GED
tuition: $13,000* (USD)
€9,078 (EURO)
You Graduate With: Diploma/Certificate, DVD Film Reel
*Additional Equipment Fee: $2,000 (€1,397). Students will also incur additional expenses on their own productions. This varies depending on how much film they shoot and scale of the projects.
Sep 9, 2010 , Jan 10, 2011, Sep 19, 2011For Universal Studios:
Sep 9, 2010 , Jan 10, 2011, Sep 19, 2011
Program Requirements: High School Diploma, GED
tuition: $13,000* (USD)
€9,078 (EURO)
You Graduate With: Diploma/Certificate, DVD Film Reel
*Additional Equipment Fee: $2,000 (€1,397). Students will also incur additional expenses on their own productions. This varies depending on how much film they shoot and scale of the projects.
