嗨，大家好，我是Mark杨天益，这个暑假我去了纽约电影学院洛杉矶校区，参加了为其三周的电影制作课程夏校，以下简称NYFA。
Hi, This is Mark, during the holiday, I went to New York Film Academy LA campus to attend a 3 week film making program.(I will call it as NYFA in rest of the article)
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这是我第一次去美国，在父母没有陪同的情况下，独自一人还是稍微有些紧张。至于为什么选洛杉矶校区，纯粹是觉得洛杉矶的电影行业与设备领先于世界。进入正题，全长三周的课程，令我收获了很多新知识。当我第一次进入NYFA的校区时，给我的感觉不太一样，它坐落在一座办公楼里，一共有5层，我们电影制作主要在1层和5层。第一周大部分时间都是在教相机的使用，镜头布置的含义，如何让演员更加透彻了解故事以及如何将故事中的人物变得更加具体。从早上9点开始到下午五点结束，可以说是相当忙碌的一天。在NYFA的老师大多都是在电影行业工作许久，在业余时间来校区教学生，其中还带有他们自己的个人经验。学到好多冷知识…….
This is my first time to go to the United States. I feel a little nervous when I am alone without my parents. As for why we chose Los Angeles Campus, I simply feel that Los Angeles has the advanced technology and resources in film industry. Back to the topic, the three-week course, I have learned a lot of new knowledge. When I first entered NYFA"s campus, I felt different. It was located in a building with five floors. Our film production group was mainly on the 1st and 5th floors. Most of the first week was spent in teaching the use of cameras, the meaning of shots arrangement, how to make actors understand the story more thoroughly and how to make the characters in the story more specific. Starting at 9 a.m. and ending at 5 p.m.It is quite a busy day. Most of the teachers have worked in the film industry for a long time and come to teach students in their spare time. They also have their own personal experience. I learned some interesting fact and rules in film industry.
这次课程中的中国人比较少，大部分都是来自西方国家，因此交流便全部是用英语完成。这里提一下，我觉得我自己的英语水平是略高于平均水平，但在英语为母语的国家里，有时候交流起来会有些累，其中包括超快的语速，几个同学和老师比说唱还要快。以及一些当地才有的梗（上着上着课大家突然都笑了，只有我不知道发生了什么事情）,但除此之外，日常交流还是比较欢乐的，很多外国人对中国感兴趣，包括语言，食物，文化，每次向外国人科普时看他们惊讶的表情还是很爽的。
There are fewer Chinese in this course, most of them come from western countries, so all the communication is done in English. I think my English level is slightly higher than the average, but in Native English speaking countries, sometimes I can not understand what they said, including fast speaking (several students and teachers speak faster than rap:(((() and some local memes. Besides those,I am happy to talk to them. Many foreigners are interested in China, including language, food and culture. Every time I told them the fact about China, their reaction is very funny.
作为三周课程的学生，我需要完成2部短片，第一部需要在2分钟以内，第二部则需5分钟以内。想故事其实是比较痛苦的，因为一想到隔几天就要开机了，脑子里却空空如也（但不知道为什么，每次睡觉前思绪是最清晰的）,慢慢的，第一部片子的剧本便诞生了，关于两个人为了争夺一瓶水而展开的心理战。在开拍那天，我们来到了好莱坞的外景，有拍过《回到未来》的街道，以及一座很典型的西部小镇。当我进入片场时，这些场地令我似曾相识，一想到我也要在这里拍摄时，心情很是激动。拍摄分为上下午，剧组一共分为四个人，跟我一组的是2个美国人以及一个墨西哥人。在拍摄现场，学到了很多片场的规矩，拍摄的过程也是比较顺利（除了中间有十分钟相机过热）。第一部片子的拍摄结束后，便来到了NYFA的剪辑室，是真的见到了世面，所有的电脑都是业界顶尖的配置（CPU是最新的I9-9900，比我自己家的CPU领先几倍的效率）。这次我是真真切切的体会到了科技的力量，在NYFA剪辑，从来没有卡顿以及闪退的风险，所有的界面都是流畅无比，花了4个小时剪辑完我的短片后，感觉还是有点意犹未尽。
As a student of the three-week course, I need to complete two short films. The first one needs to be less than 2 minutes and the second one needs to be less than 5 minutes. Thinking about the story is actually painful, because there is only few days before the set, but my mind is still empty (but I do not know why, every time before I went to bed, I can think many ideas). Then, the first film script was born, about two people in order to fight for a bottle of water and launched a psychological conflict. On the shooting day, we arrived at the Hollywood backlot, the streets of Back to the Future, and a typical Western town. When I entered the backlot, these buildings seem familiar, and I was very excited to think that I was going to shoot here too. The shooting was divided into morning and afternoon, and my group has four people, two Americans and one Mexican and me. In the scene, I learned a lot about the rules of the film set, and the shooting process was relatively smooth (except for the 10 minutes overheating of the camera in the middle). After the first film was finished, I went to NYFA"s editing room. I surprised. All the computers were top-tier in the industry (CPU is the latest I9-9900, several times more efficient than my own CPU). This time I really appreciated the power of technology.Editing in NYFA, there was no risk of crash and flicker. All the functions were very smooth. After four hours of editing my short film, I still felt a little overwhelmed.
第二星期,像往常一样，相机课，导演课，剧本课。同时也要产出第二部片子。第二部片子我早早就开始了准备，因为第一部拍出来的成果没有我想象中的那么完美，因此我花了很多心思在第二部片子《生命游戏》上。片子全长4分钟，讲述了一名穷苦潦倒的人被一名神秘人邀请参加一个游戏，胜者获得一切，而败者则会失去生命。像上次一样，在好莱坞的外景场地拍摄，我也做足了充分准备，一天下来，所有的镜头都达到了我想要的效果，同时花费了一天时间完成了剪辑，在课程结束前要在总部放映。
The next week, as usual, camera class, director class, script writing class. And I also made second film. I started preparing for the second film early, because the first film was not good as I expected, so I spent a lot of time on the second film "Life Game". The film lasts four minutes and tells the story of a poor man who is invited by a mysterious man to participate in a game. The winner gets everything and the loser loses his life. As last time, I was shooting on Hollywood"s backlot. All the shots were good, and it took me a day to complete the editing and show them at the main building before the end of the course.
第三星期，主要是一些讲座，有些业界工作人员将自己的经验与行业规矩告诉给我们听，知道了一些平时无法获取的信息，收获还是挺丰富的。其中包括对剧本的划分，对演员的要求，制片需要的注意事项以及灯光的处理。
The third week, it is mainly lectures, some industry staff told us their experience and industry rules and some information that is not usually available, I learned a lot from them. It includes the breakdown of scripts, the requirements for actors, tips in the production stage and the lighting technique.
在最后一天时，我们进行了放映会，将自己最后的影片放在大屏幕上向家长以及学生展示，场地十分有气氛，像真的电影的放映会。第一次看到自己的作品在公共场合播放，还是比较有成就感的。接下来便是发放证书以及合影，与同学们交换了联系方式，便在房间收拾收拾，准备第二天回国了。我写这个的时候正好收到了航班取消的信息，因此还要在美国多待一天(实际上呆了二天,这二天晚上我是在老师宿舍的沙发上度过的)。
On the last day, NYFA held final screening, and put our last film on the big screen to show to parents and students. The room was very big, like a real film screening. The first time I saw my works playing in public, I still felt a sense of accomplishment. Next is the certificates and photo taking,and I exchanged my instagram with other students, then I started to pack up my things and ready to back to China the next day. I was writing this when I received the information about cancel of my flight, so I had to spend an extra day LA XD (actually two days, two nights I spent on the sofa in my teacher"s room).
总结来说，三星期过得很充实，学到了平时学不到的知识，交到了许多外国朋友，体验了真正的电影制作的流程。虽然饮食方面不太习惯，但除此之外的一切，还是相当不错的。
In conclusion, the 3 weeks of film making is really fruitful, I learned some knowledge that is not usually available in school, and I made some foreign friends, except the food, everything there is fine....
杨天益
二O一九年八月十日 写于洛杉矶
