Digital Cinema Academy

Due to Covid-19 IU Precollege programs for the Media School are being advised to cancel their summer 2020 sessions. We are abiding by this call to action and will no longer be offering the Digital Cinema Academy or Animation Academy during July 2020. All tuitions will be refunded as quickly as possible. Please stay safe and healthy and we hope to see you at IU in the future!

The Digital Cinema Academy is an intensive summer program for high school students interested in creating films.

Spend a week using industry-standard production techniques and equipment, and learning the full process of filmmaking from industry leaders. Take in lectures on cinematic production from some of the most successful names in Hollywood, including prominent executive producers, Emmy Award-winning directors and other professionals who have crewed big-name television and film titles.

The five-day program will introduce you to all the different phases of filmmaking, from pre-production to post-production. You’ll collaborate with fellow high school filmmakers to produce a short film in just one week.

This program is highly selective and limited to 20 students.

Michael Uslan, IU Alum and executive producer of the Batman movie franchise, including “Joker” — nominated for 11 Academy Awards — is one of this year’s lecturers at the Digital Cinema Academy! See a message from him below.