Media Production for the Actor
The Media Production for the Actor Program is where you’ll learn all the aspects of telling your own stories and producing your own content, executing your vision artistically with creative control throughout the entire process. You will be mentored by experienced industry professionals, meet casting directors, make important networking connections, and learn how to build a successful, sustainable career in the business of acting and creating your own content.
Media Production for the Actor Program Options
One–Year Specialized Certificate Program in On-Camera Performance and Content Creation starting every May, September and January
The one-year On-Camera Performance and Content Creation Certificate Program offers a unique blend of training in on-screen performance and media production skills, crafted to prepare students for success in today’s film, television, and digital landscapes. This program emphasizes core acting techniques alongside practical experience in creating and promoting original media content.
Two–Year Associate Degree Program with classes starting every September and January
In the first year, you’ll build solid acting technique through classes in acting, voice, movement, improvisation, and on-camera work. This part of your training focuses on creating a flexible, expressive storyteller and performer. In the second year, you’ll learn to develop scripts from concept to final draft, direct yourself on camera, and produce professional quality video content. You’ll create full-scale video productions in classes taught by successful media entrepreneurs, and complete the second year with a screening of your unique work.
For New York Conservatory Alumni: Earn a Second Associate Degree in Just One Year
Now, more than ever, it’s essential for professional actors to be multifaceted in their training: you’ll want to be ready to sing, dance, act, produce, create, promote, and more. At the New York Conservatory, you can evolve your brand, diversify your training, build your actor’s toolbox and add on to your two-year Associate Degree.
We have designed the Plus One Degree Program to build upon the training in your first two years at The New York Conservatory. Once you complete an initial two-year Associate Degree in any of our programs, you can continue your education to earn a second Associate Degree by adding on one year of Film & Television Performance, Media Production for the Actor or Theatre Performance.
After having completed the full two-year degree program, the Media Production for the Actor Plus One Program is a wonderful way to take the skills you have acquired one step further. You will receive the full scale of the Media Production for the Actor program condensed into a single year. It is an intensive way to take your skills as an actor and transform them into a new creative self. Focusing on finding your voice as a creator, the Plus One Program will teach you essential film-making skills and guide you in generating original work, culminating in the Maker’s Project. It is a great way to take your experience at NYCDA one step further and establish yourself as a creator of your own original content.