Summer precollege programs

Are you a high school student and aspiring filmmaker? Perfect your moviemaking skills in one of our precollege summer programs.

Choose from two hands-on, five-day programs:

No matter your skill level, there’s a program for you. While the Digital Cinema Academy program is highly selective, the Animation program is open to any high school student. Preferred sign-up deadline is 4/5 at 11:59pm EST.

Help fund student production grants, student travel experiences, and summer camp scholarships by donating to the Cinema Academy!

Get the college experience

Spend a week on IU’s beautiful Bloomington campus learning in our classrooms and staying in our residence halls.

Questions?

Contact academy staff mschdca@iu.edu or 812-856-8083.

: Digital Cinema Academy students prepare to begin filming their thriller short film. (Ty Vinson | The Media School)

: Sudents work in groups of four and five to assemble camera equipment for their collaborative film project. (Ty Vinson | The Media School)

: The first-ever Digital Cinema Academy took place June 17-22, 2018, in the Radio-Television Building. (Ty Vinson | The Media School)

: Students listen to instructions on how to assemble camera equipment for their upcoming video projects. (Ty Vinson | The Media School)

: Tessa Haag points out unnecessary shadows on the walls before she starts recording a fight scene. The students had two days to record for their short films. (Ty Vinson | The Media School)

: Jaicey Bledsoe takes a turn at the camera and records Ben Richards walking down the hallway with a trash can. The students produced a short film for the Digital Cinema Academy. (Ty Vinson | The Media School)

: Members of the inaugural Digital Cinema Academy cohort pose for a photo at the end of the program.

: Oscar Kingsley, Tessa Haag and Jaicey Bledsoe talk through their next scene, in which Kingsley and Bledsoe are fighting. In the scene, Kingsley hits the wall after he is pushed, and he dies. (Ty Vinson | The Media School)

: Group members edit their film together. (Ty Vinson | The Media School)

: Ben Richards holds the boom microphone while his crewmates act out a fighting scene for their short film. (Ty Vinson | The Media School)

: The Dark Knight executive producer Michael Uslan, BA’73, MS’75, JD’76, a Media School professor of practice, explains how he went from a blue collar upbringing in New Jersey to producing films in Hollywood. Uslan then answered questions from students on how to get a career in the film industry. (Ty Vinson | The Media School)

: Students set up the equipment for the establishing shot of their film. The students chose the woods near the Rose Well House as the setting for their film. (Ty Vinson | The Media School)