Summer precollege programs
We are excited to announce our 2022 Cinema Academy Precollege Programs! The Digital Cinema Academy will happen on campus June 13-17, 2022. The Screenwriting Academy will return in a virtual setting the week of June 20-24, 2022.
Are you a high school student and aspiring filmmaker? Perfect your filmmaker skills in one of our precollege summer programs.
Both Academies are five-day programs:
June 13-17, 2022 held at the Indiana University Bloomington campus. This is a filmmaking camp for top filmmakers around the country. We have a capacity of 25 students, thus there is an application process that will be made available in early 2022.
June 20-24, 2022 held virtually. No matter your skill level in writing or developing movies, this program is for you. While the Digital Cinema Academy program is highly selective, the Screenwriting program is open to any high school student.
Help fund student production grants, student travel experiences, and summer camp scholarships by donating to the Cinema Academy!
Get the college experience
With our Digital Cinema Academy you will spend a week on IU’s beautiful Bloomington campus learning from our faculty and alumni in our classrooms and staying in our residence halls. For the Screenwriting Academy, although online, you will still get a virtual tour of our state of the art facilities and work with our award-winning faculty!
Questions?
Contact academy staff abehring@indiana.edu or 812-856-8083.
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- Digital Cinema Academy students prepare to begin filming their thriller short film. (Ty Vinson | The Media School)
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- Sudents work in groups of four and five to assemble camera equipment for their collaborative film project. (Ty Vinson | The Media School)
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- The first-ever Digital Cinema Academy took place June 17-22, 2018, in the Radio-Television Building. (Ty Vinson | The Media School)
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- Students listen to instructions on how to assemble camera equipment for their upcoming video projects. (Ty Vinson | The Media School)
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- 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)
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- 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)
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- Members of the inaugural Digital Cinema Academy cohort pose for a photo at the end of the program.
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- 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)
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- Group members edit their film together. (Ty Vinson | The Media School)
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- Ben Richards holds the boom microphone while his crewmates act out a fighting scene for their short film. (Ty Vinson | The Media School)
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- 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)
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- 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)