They rotate in the other basic production positions when fellow crew members direct. All instruction during the week is geared to give students the tools needed to complete the next production. The Four and Eight-Week Workshops draw an incredibly diverse, international group of students who share a passion for telling stories with moving images. One recent class included three students from New York City, two from Spain, one from Mexico, Brazil, and England, three from Japan, two from Switzerland, and one each from Atlanta, California, and Israel. The combination of non-stop collaborative work, diverse cultures and experiences, and a shared passion for film make the workshop an intensely enriching experience.
Students forge bonds, both professional and personal, that often extend beyond the workshop.
Students often say that the New York Film Academy's Four and Eight-Week Workshops are the most exciting, difficult, and rewarding creative experience they have ever had. At the end of the course, the final films are celebrated in a screening open to cast, crew, friends and family. All students who successfully complete the workshop will receive a New York Film Academy Diploma and the 16mm originals of their films.