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BACHELOR OF ARTS THREE-YEAR ACCELERATED PROGRAM IN ACTING FOR FILM
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ABU DHABI, UAE
$12,500 (USD)/Semester
€8,429 (EURO)/Semester
€8,429 (EURO)/Semester
Three Year Accelerated Degree Program
Our goal was to create a super-intensive Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree program that would combine the best of a broad liberal arts curriculum with a conservatory approach to acting for film. The curriculum was developed by a team of New York Film Academy educators who trained at the nation’s foremost universities.
They include:
Michael Young,
BA, Harvard University;
MFA, New York University
David Klein, BA, Tufts University; MFA, New York University
Michael Unger, BA, Brown University; MFA, New York University
Paul Warner, BA, Harvard University; MFA, The American Film Institute
Dan Mackler, BA, Dartmouth College; MFA, New York University
Benjamin Morgan, BA, Stanford University; MFA, University of Southern California
John Sammon, BA, Wesleyan University; MFA, American Film Institute
Our B.A. offers a well-rounded collegiate education in the Arts and Humanities, and Social and Natural Sciences, with a comprehensive study of and practice in the art and craft of acting for film.
During their three-year's of study each student will perform in films, television, and live theater. They will develop professional skills and a graduate with a reel that displays their on-camera work.
B.A. graduates will complete the program with a solid academic foundation in the arts and sciences with an in-depth understanding of and experience in the craft of acting.
They will enter the field with critical thinking and research skills developed in their academic classes as well as essential knowledge from the study of literature, art history, psychology, and philosophy. This specialized degree will prepare them to pursue their own paths as actors in film, television, and related fields as creative professionals.
David Klein, BA, Tufts University; MFA, New York University
Michael Unger, BA, Brown University; MFA, New York University
Paul Warner, BA, Harvard University; MFA, The American Film Institute
Dan Mackler, BA, Dartmouth College; MFA, New York University
Benjamin Morgan, BA, Stanford University; MFA, University of Southern California
John Sammon, BA, Wesleyan University; MFA, American Film Institute
Our B.A. offers a well-rounded collegiate education in the Arts and Humanities, and Social and Natural Sciences, with a comprehensive study of and practice in the art and craft of acting for film.
During their three-year's of study each student will perform in films, television, and live theater. They will develop professional skills and a graduate with a reel that displays their on-camera work.
B.A. graduates will complete the program with a solid academic foundation in the arts and sciences with an in-depth understanding of and experience in the craft of acting.
They will enter the field with critical thinking and research skills developed in their academic classes as well as essential knowledge from the study of literature, art history, psychology, and philosophy. This specialized degree will prepare them to pursue their own paths as actors in film, television, and related fields as creative professionals.
Degree Program Overview
The program is divided into six intensive semesters.
Semester One: Foundation in acting:
The first semester concentrates on building a foundation in the craft of acting, using training techniques rooted in the theater but applicable to screen acting. Students participate in a broad array of core classes that introduce them to finding the actor within, while simultaneously training their instrument to do the kind of technical, emotional, and physical work necessary for film acting.
Semester Two: Core liberal arts & sciences curiculum
A broad distribution of foundational courses in Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences and Natural Sciences. Course offerings include Classics, Literature, Renaissance Art and Architecture, Economics, Psychology, and Physics. Courses emphasize critical thinking and college-level writing skills.
Semester Thre: Intermediate Acting
The acting foundation classes continue as the students’ focus intensifies on applying the techniques they have learned to more elaborate scene work, on camera exercises, and film shoots—all designed to develop and hone their screen-acting ability. All students perform in film or video shoots, and original work that was created and developed by the students in collaboration with their instructors. The third semester culminates in public presentations of student work in live performances and film screenings.
Semester Four: Intermediate liberal studies
Students choose from a range of upper level courses in subjects including Shakespeare, Semiotics, Anthropology, Politics, and Environmental Studies. Courses emphasize research and the analysis and synthesis of diverse sources of information.
Semester Five: Advanced Acting
Students deepen their knowledge of the craft through advanced scene work and production experience in fifth semester. Courses include Advanced Scene Study-Production of a One Act Play, Television Production Workshop, Advanced Movement, Physical Theatre- Alternative Approaches, Advanced Acting Technique: The Method, Character Study, Voice-Over Acting, Critical studies and aesthetics courses provide students with the theoretical complement to their craft classes.
Semester Six: Thesis Acting Production
The primary focus of the final semester is the development, production, and completion of thesis work, including a film production based on an adaptation of the one-act play that was produced in the fifth semester. Advanced classes continue in Acting Technique: The Method, Improvisation; Television Production Workshop II, Advanced Movement: Mask, Clown and Dance, Combat for Film, Voice/Speech: Dialects and Accents, and Audition Technique/ The Business of Acting.
The B.A. in Acting for Film is planned for launch in January 31, 2010. You may apply here
Semester One: Foundation in acting:
The first semester concentrates on building a foundation in the craft of acting, using training techniques rooted in the theater but applicable to screen acting. Students participate in a broad array of core classes that introduce them to finding the actor within, while simultaneously training their instrument to do the kind of technical, emotional, and physical work necessary for film acting.
Semester Two: Core liberal arts & sciences curiculum
A broad distribution of foundational courses in Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences and Natural Sciences. Course offerings include Classics, Literature, Renaissance Art and Architecture, Economics, Psychology, and Physics. Courses emphasize critical thinking and college-level writing skills.
Semester Thre: Intermediate Acting
The acting foundation classes continue as the students’ focus intensifies on applying the techniques they have learned to more elaborate scene work, on camera exercises, and film shoots—all designed to develop and hone their screen-acting ability. All students perform in film or video shoots, and original work that was created and developed by the students in collaboration with their instructors. The third semester culminates in public presentations of student work in live performances and film screenings.
Semester Four: Intermediate liberal studies
Students choose from a range of upper level courses in subjects including Shakespeare, Semiotics, Anthropology, Politics, and Environmental Studies. Courses emphasize research and the analysis and synthesis of diverse sources of information.
Semester Five: Advanced Acting
Students deepen their knowledge of the craft through advanced scene work and production experience in fifth semester. Courses include Advanced Scene Study-Production of a One Act Play, Television Production Workshop, Advanced Movement, Physical Theatre- Alternative Approaches, Advanced Acting Technique: The Method, Character Study, Voice-Over Acting, Critical studies and aesthetics courses provide students with the theoretical complement to their craft classes.
Semester Six: Thesis Acting Production
The primary focus of the final semester is the development, production, and completion of thesis work, including a film production based on an adaptation of the one-act play that was produced in the fifth semester. Advanced classes continue in Acting Technique: The Method, Improvisation; Television Production Workshop II, Advanced Movement: Mask, Clown and Dance, Combat for Film, Voice/Speech: Dialects and Accents, and Audition Technique/ The Business of Acting.
The B.A. in Acting for Film is planned for launch in January 31, 2010. You may apply here
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