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The latest News from The Academy of Cinema
Completion of 2006 Fall and 2007 Spring Semester Program |
AOC has completed its first 2006 fall and 2007 spring twelve week film/video program semesters. Both college undergraduate and graduate students attended these programs.
The courses included; video production of a student project, production set experience, whereby a student was placed on a location production as an observer, creative writing with George Crane, a well known American novelist, and a historical sites tour of Athens and the Aegean. This course included a ten day tour of Delos, Mykonos, Paros, Santorini and Crete. This course concentrated on the ancient civilizations of the Athenians in Delos, Cycladic in Paros and the Minoans in Crete and Santorini. The historical tour in Athens included visits with an instructor to the Acropolis, Greek & Roman Agoras, National Archeological Museum, the Cycladic Museum, the Byzantine Museum plus a two day trip to the ancient site of Delphi and the monasteries of Meteora. |
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Master Workshop 2006 |
| In September 2006, George Crane, the critically acclaimed American author conducted a creative writing workshop at the University of Indianapolis’ Athens campus. In addition, Mr. Crane held a lecture on “ The Creative Spirit: Travels with Monks, Nomads and Outlaws at the Tao Center on the island of Paros. Mr. Crane will be conducting both a writing workshop and a series of lectures during the 2007 spring semester in Athens. |
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ACADEMY OF CINEMA STAGECRAFT PRODUCTION |
AOC’s Stagecraft Production Program is located in West Palm Beach, Florida.
In the fall of 2007, AOC will begin a pilot program in stagecraft production, which will allow qualified students to be trained to work on union productions earning $15 per hour.
The training program uses the same curriculum and instructors that has been used by the International Alliance of Stage and Theatrical Employees, (IASTE or IA), the largest motion picture and stage union in the United States.
AOC will guarantee students who have successfully completed the program the opportunity to be employed on six union productions. The student must enroll in a twenty-four hour course and pass five examinations, to receive an AOC certificate.
The program is divided into five segments: a free four hour orientation course, where a student will be evaluated as to their capabilities. If the student passes a written examination and is selected by AOC, they can in enroll in AOC’s basic stagecraft program and proceed to a five hour course. They will be required to pass each five hour course, in order to proceed to the next level of instruction. There are four courses of five hours each. The tuition for the full program is $750.00. The student will receive an AOC Certification of Completion in Basic Stagecraft, if they successfully complete the program. This certificate and an application must be submitted to the union of Stagehands, local #500 of the IA, to be considered for a temporary permit to be employed on six union productions. Students must be eighteen years of age and receive a “port pass” from Homeland Security to work on union productions. If the student is not hired by the union, AOC will refund the tuition.
Once the student has completed working on six union productions, they will return to AOC for further training, in order for them to be placed on the union’s availability C list.
This arrangement will allow students who qualify to continue their education in AOC’s basic stagecraft production and at the same time to work on union productions.
If the student successfully completes the above training, they can elect to enroll in the AOC’s Apprentice Stagecraft Program, which will give them the necessary instruction to apply for the IA program. If the student is selected into the IA’s three year stagecraft program, they will be eligible to apply for full IA union membership. If they are accepted into the IA, this would allow them to work on IA union productions anywhere in the United States.
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