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From day one, you will be behind the camera, setting up lights, creating 3-D models,
perhaps performing a scene. The pace of the course is feverish. For six harried days, you will
eat, drink, and breathe the movie business. Besides operating your own camera, you will crew
on the films of your fellow classmates as well.
STAR SEARCH
Okay, so you've got your movie. You need a star. A good place to look (besides
William Morris which may not be ready to field your calls just yet) is New York's
Mandarin Oriental, the hip five-star hotel where many of the hottest stars hang out.
Located on the 35th through 54th floors of the Time-Warner Building over-
looking Central Park, this stunning hotel has a 14,500-square-foot, Asian-inspired
spa where many stars take “Time Rituals.” Here you'll find amethyst steam baths,
stone Jacuzzis with built-in chaise-lounges, a Spa Suite with a built-in fireplace, a
75-foot lap pool with one heck of a view of the New York skyline, an Oriental-style
tea lounge, and Chinese, Ayurvedic, Balinese and Thai healing therapies. Although
the spa's bamboo flooring, color therapy lighting, gold leaf millwork and Japan-
ese rice paper treatments are meant to create serenity and a respite from New York
City streets, it could never hurt to slip a star a script or a tape of your new film.
80 Columbus Circle at 60th Street, New York, New York 10023, 212-805-8800,
www.mandarinoriental.com.
The New York Film Academy opened its doors in 1992 with the idea that education in
filmmaking should be accessible to everyone. The first classes were held in Robert DeNiro's
Tribeca Film Center, a commercial office building dedicated to housing film, television, and
entertainment companies. Since then, they've moved into larger facilities in Union Square
