Boolaka Welcomes the New York Film Academy
Boolaka would like to welcome our newest blog contributor, Sonny Calderon from The New York Film Academy!
We are very excited to have such a prestigious institution as a regular contributor to Boolaka.
Here is a little bit about NYFA:
The Film School at the New York Film Academy was founded in 1992 on a belief that a top quality education in filmmaking should be accessible to anyone with the drive and ambition to make films. The Academy opened its doors in 1992 in Robert DeNiro's Tribeca Film Center. Since that time we have grown into our own facilities in Manhattan's Union Square and Soho, as well as a degree-granting campus in Los Angeles at Universal Studios. We hold One- and Two-Year and short-term programs throughout the year in these locations, as well as MFA and AFA degree programs at the Universal Studios Campus. During the summer we offer our short-term programs at a number of additional locations, including Harvard University; Disney Studios- Florida; Paris, France; London, England; Abu Dhabi, UAE; and Florence and Rome, Italy.
Each year hundreds of students of all occupations, nationalities, and ages benefit from the extraordinary education offered at the New York Film Academy. Today, the New York Film Academy is considered one of the most prominent fixtures of film education in the world.
The New York Film Academy was designed for a new generation of filmmakers, screenwriters, actors, producers and animators who share a passion for motion pictures and want to learn by making their own projects in a hands-on, intensive program.
Filmmaking demands the integration of many kinds of knowledge. It is the integration of knowledge that distinguishes the New York Film Academy from many other film schools. In our courses students learn not only how to create a screenplay, operate a camera, light a scene, or edit film. They learn how all the aspects of filmmaking relate to, interact with, and depend upon each other.
The many different programs of the New York Film Academy share a philosophy that balances in-class instruction by award-winning filmmakers with an intense exploration of the medium through practical,
hands-on work.
Our goal is to give students the basic tools and practical hands-on experience needed for filmmaking. This lays a solid foundation for future work. The students themselves will apply what they have learned to whichever path they take.