Film Without Scripts

Catalog description

Films Without Scripts is open to BFA, MFA and Acting Students From Speech and Theater Department. Enrollment is limited to 15 registered filmmaking students and 15 registered acting students. This course (FWOS) offers students three paths working directly with actors to create compelling short films for the short film festival circuit. #1) Make a compelling no-budget short film in one semester and join a NYC/CCNY based team of acting students. #2) Work as a team member to help another film student make their short FWOS film; #3) Workshop a scene in your thesis film using actors to explore a scene in your thesis film. Course Highlights: -Work with actors through structured improvisations to discover a story in a NYC environment -English language is not a barrier in creating a compelling award-winning fictional film, rich with authentic dialogue -No budget, high production value with authentic rehearsed performances in NYC locations -Shoot, direct and edit a short film in one semester -Required pre or co-requisite: at least one script writing course, one directing course for skills in story structure and character development. Acting experience a plus. Now in its sixth year The Improfilm Festival held in May, at the end of the Spring semester, has screened 6 short films each year, and of all those films, one third have made it into festivals and won awards, some of them Best of the Fest.