ADVENTURES BROOKLYN | barefeetadventures

Dates: Sept 1st -Sept 12th or 26th, 2014

CROOKLYN. You've heard all about it, you've vicariously lived in these mean streets much of your life... whether you're a Woody Allen, Scorsese, Spike Lee, Sex in The City or Law & Order afiicionado, New York has something for everyone. Film in Manhattan and Brooklyn, meet some interesting characters, study acting with some well known teachers, or learn more about urban gardening and vegan living.

Brooklyn, USA

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Spend a month in this vibrant city, with accomodation, classes and local transport all taken care of. At the end of your adventure, you will walk away with a new set of skills, a film or a photography project to be viewed at festivals or at an art gallery opening. Mumbai is a wonderfully creative city where you will get to mingle with local filmmakers, and learn Bollywood dancing!

Students must be at least 18 years old.

All forms and paperwork must be submitted by the application deadline, 10th April, 2014. In some cases, there may be an extension to the deadline.

All ages and levels of actors and filmmakers are accepted into the program. Programs will be tailored to each individual and the group.

Walk away from this adventure with a film credit, both for actors and filmmakers.

Dancers and photographers will walk away with an online gallery of their work, and a live performance or gallery showing.

Photography

Do you love photography? Do you long to photograph places faraway, and intensively dedicate yourself to a project? Perhaps you long for a gallery showing of your work? Join us and make your photography dreams come true!

MORNING: You will attend morning photography workshops, and work side-by-side with the photography facilitator to create a unique and themed project. Once you have completed it, there will be a gallery showing of your work, as well as an online gallery for you to show your work to your friends around the globe.

AFTERNOONS: Afternoons will be spent either volunteering or discovering the city, while working on your project. Volunteer opportunities are available in many areas.

Are you an acting student? A working actor? Do you dreams of acting in a film with a foreign backdrop? Do you long to spice up your "boring" showreel? Then acting in one of our films, could be just what you need. Think of it as a productive holiday!

MORNINGS: In the first week, the mornings will be reserved for discovering the wonders and intricacies that make up Brooklyn, and the familiar and non-familar sites of Manhattan. After the first week, mornings will be reserved for rehearsal time, and any spare time will be left for participants to work on monologues and scenes for their showreels.

AFTERNOON: Actors will attend afternoon workshops where they will learn various acting techniques, from Strasberg and Stanislavski, to Meisner, Chekhov and Adler acting methods. Actors who would like to focus on one technique in particular, can request this upon application to the program. In these afternoon workshops actors will also have the opportunity to rehearse scenes or monogues for their showreel. However once production gets underway, these workshops will focus on the acting work to be performed for the films at hand.

Costs

Program Cost: US $9250

Deposit: US $750

Tuition
Accommodation
Local transport
Weekly Excursions
Workshops / Classes
Rehearsal space
Use of film cameras and equipment
Film festival, gallery showing, performace, online portfolio.
Celebration dinner.

The following is not included in the program:

Travel insurance (reduced rate)
Airfare
Food
Costs of passports and visas (if needed)
Any immunizations

Accomodation will be shared between 2-3 participants, in secure apartment-style housing in central Brooklyn, and close to the program HQ and the subway. Individuals seeking private rooms will be required to pay an additional surcharge.

Acting

Are you novice filmmaker or actor? Or have you already worked on a few films? Do you crave the backdrop of a foreign and exotic location where you can make an original film or documentary? Somewhere new, where you can tell an original story? Then this is likely what you are looking for! This filmmaking adventure is for both pros and novices, and is tailored to individuals and groups. Filmmakers will be in groups of 5 maximum, and each group will make a short film, or in some cases work towards a feature film, and have their turn at several roles in front and/or behind the camera.

MORNING: Participants will attend morning workshops where they will learn filmmaking skills, and how to use the cameras and equipment on hand. Screenplays are written and come to life in these morning workshops, as does the filmmaking process.

AFTERNOON: Afternoons will be reserved for visiting Brooklyn and Manhattan, most especially to film-inspired locations. After the first week, the afternoons will be reserved for pre production, production and post production.

Filmmaking

Join our Urban Happiness Retreat, and work on your inner and outer happiness and wellbeing. Learn vegan and vegetarian cooking, take yoga and pilates classes, learn about organic foods and urban gardening, meet with a life coach, get a few quality shiatsu massages each week, and drink an organic green juice daily. This holistic (inside and out) approach to happiness and wellbeing is topped off with a creative activity of your choosing or a volunteer project.

MORNING: Mornings will begin with a yoga or pilates session and a healthy organic green juice. Some mornings participants will meet with a life coach or get a massage, while other mornings they will work on a creative project of their choosing, or perhaps dig around in an urban garden, or even volunteer in a local community organization.

AFTERNOON: Participants will spend the afternoon learning vegan and vegetarian recipes and skills.

* Massages must be scheduled-in at the beginning of each week.

* Some schedules or activities may vary.

* Lunch and dinner included in the Urban Happiness Retreat program.

* Volunteer projects available with a number of local Brooklyn organizations.

* Local participants are able to join the afternoon and evening cooking classes separately to the rest of the program.