FELLOW POLICIES AND PROCEDURES HANDBOOK 2021-2023 Updated August 2021 WELCOME The AFI Conservatory is dedicated to training and nurturing tomorrow’s storytellers in the global film and television professions. Talented people from all over the world come together to train with master filmmakers who are dedicated to passing along their expertise and the highest professional standards of excellence. The program is all-consuming, at times exhausting and often exhilarating. Lives are changed at the AFI Conservatory. Skills and talents are tested, weaknesses and strengths identified, and young artists are pushed to heights they never Your best work imagined. starts here. Vision and responsibility are key components of the experience. The AFI Conservatory expects excellence in all endeavors; it depends on the artists engaged in its programs to recognize their responsibility both to collaborators and the audience. The moving image arts are powerful means of human expression. AFI Fellows learn to wield their skills and talents with humanity and global consciousness. All of us here at AFI look to the Fellows as the best and brightest hope for the future of the art and profession to which we have all dedicated our lives. Welcome to the AFI Conservatory. FELLOW POLICIES AND PROCEDURES HANDBOOK | 1 PROVISIONAL ADMISSION .........................................................................................................................20 TABLE OF CONTENTS WAIT LIST ......................................................................................................................................................... 21 FELLOW/MASTER OF FINE ARTS ................................................................................................................ 21 ASSOCIATE FELLOW/ CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION.......................................................................... 21 CONTENTS NOTIFICATION OF ADMISSIONS DECISIONS AND INFORMATION ...............................................21 AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE- AN OVERVIEW .................................... 9 APPEAL OF ADMISSIONS DECISION ........................................................................................................ 21 DEFERMENT OF ADMISSION ...................................................................................................................... 21 ABOUT THE AFI CONSERVATORY ..................................................... 10 APPLICATION RECORD ........................................................................................................................ 22 MISSION STATEMENT ...........................................................................................................................10 VETERANS ADMINISTRATION (“VA”) EDUCATION BENEFITS ......................................................... 22 VISION ...................................................................................................................................................10 AFI VALUES ............................................................................................................................................10 THE CAMPUS .......................................................................................25 THE AFI CONSERVATORY OBJECTIVES ................................................................................................10 HOURS OF OPERATION ...................................................................................................................... 25 THE AFI CONSERVATORY METHODOLOGY ........................................................................................ 11 THE AFI CAMPUS IS COMPOSED OF FOUR PRIMARY BUILDINGS: .................................................. 25 ARTISTIC AND ACADEMIC FREEDOM ................................................................................................. 11 WARNER BROS. BUILDING ..........................................................................................................................26 DIVERSITY AND NON-DISCRIMINATION ........................................................................................... 11 LOUIS B. MAYER LIBRARY .............................................................................................................................26 ACCREDITATION ................................................................................................................................... 11 SONY DIGITAL ARTS CENTER ......................................................................................................................26 MANOR HOUSE ............................................................................................................................................26 AFI CONSERVATORY ORGANIZATION AND STRUCTURE ............. 12 AFI SECURITY ........................................................................................................................................ 26 PRESIDENT & CEO .................................................................................................................................12 BASIC RULES REGARDING CAMPUS ACCESS AND USE: .................................................................. 27 OFFICE OF THE DEAN ...........................................................................................................................12 CAMPUS HEALTH AND SAFETY ........................................................................................................... 28 OFFICE OF THE VICE DEANS ................................................................................................................12 CAMPUS WILDLIFE.........................................................................................................................................28 DISCIPLINE HEADS ................................................................................................................................12 ANIMALS ON CAMPUS ...............................................................................................................................28 STAFF ......................................................................................................................................................13 SMOKE-FREE WORK ENVIRONMENT ......................................................................................................28 AFI CONSERVATORY PHYSICAL PRODUCTION AND POST-PRODUCTION ......................................14 SMOKING ON SET .......................................................................................................................................28 PHYSICAL PRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................. 14 FIREARMS/ WEAPONS ................................................................................................................................29 FINANCE & DISTRIBUTION .......................................................................................................................... 14 PROP WEAPONS ON SET ............................................................................................................................29 CONSERVATORY CAMERA DEPARTMENT (CCD) VIOLENT THREATS ..........................................................................................................................................29 AND CONSERVATORY LIGHTING SERVICES (CLS) ................................................................................. 14 EARTHQUAKE .................................................................................................................................................29 SET CONSTRUCTION .................................................................................................................................... 14 POLICY ON PROTECTION OF MINORS FROM SEXUAL ABUSE ........................................................ 29 LOUIS B. MAYER LIBRARY AND COMPUTER LABS ..............................................................................15 PARKING ............................................................................................................................................... 30 AFI SONY DIGITAL ARTS CENTER ........................................................................................................15 MOVING VIOLATIONS ................................................................................................................................. 31 AFI DIRECTING WORKSHOP FOR WOMEN ........................................................................................15 FACILITIES USE AND SCHEDULING GUIDELINES FOR ALL FELLOWS ............................................... 32 AFI CONSERVATORY COMMITTEES ................................................. 16 FIRST-YEAR TEAMS HAVE SCHEDULING PRIORITY .................................................................................32 SCHEDULING MUST BE DONE BY THE PROJECT PRODUCER OR DIRECTOR ....................................33 ACADEMIC COMMITTEE ............................................................................................................................. 16 FILMING ON CAMPUS .................................................................................................................................33 CONSERVATORY POLICIES COMMITTEE.................................................................................................. 16 VISITOR POLICY ...................................................................................................................................