Course 1: Version 1 and 2: In this course, students further develop skills from earlier instruction and apply this to additional in-class exercises. Students begin to formulate ideas, secure locations, acquire props, develop characters, and write dialogue. Course 2: Version 1 and 2: During the second semester of the one-year Acting for Film program, students are cast in day-long shoots of scenes directed by the one-year Filmmaking students. Students participate in at least one film project and may work in as many as three projects over the course of the workshop. The shoots are set on location, selected by the student director, with a full crew of filmmaking students on hand, and supervised by the Filmmaking program's instructors. Actors receive the script in advance and rehearsal and preparation work are the actor's responsibility and are not included in the course hours. Course 3: Version 1: This course represents the culmination of the first year of the Acting for Film Program. Students are cast in a role in an original short film at the end of their second semester course work. The film is shot on location over four days with a crew comprised of NYFA film staff under the supervision of the Acting for Film instructors. Through earlier study, students have been paired and via improvisation, they create characters and dialogue for the short film, under supervision. The class as a whole develops a narrative thread to link the individual scene-stories. After edits by the instructor for maximum filmic impact, students receive the script and the preparation process of memorization and rehearsal is then undertaken. For the shoot, students are required to arrive camera-ready on each of the shoot days. This workshop is treated as a professional film shoot with the etiquette and expectations implied therein. Course 3: Version 2: Same as Course 1, Version 2.