WHYY Summer

Do you want to make movies? Are you a creative storyteller? Do you have dreams of going to Hollywood? Whether you’re a TikTok superstar or the next J.J. Abrams, take your skills to the next level during this three-week intensive filmmaking experience. You’ll join other imaginative high school students in learning how to script, shoot, act and edit movies using WHYY’s filmmaking equipment. By the end of this three-week session, you’ll already have one credit to your name.

Course fee: $1260

Are you a high school student who has dreamed about being a reporter? Can you see yourself working for NPR or CNN? During this two-week hands-on journalism program, you’ll develop real-world experience in 21st-century reporting. Working with expert staff at WHYY and a small team of other students, you’ll be out on the streets and in the student newsroom, shooting and editing video, producing audio content, and telling great stories.

Course fee: $900

Want to be the next big Hollywood director? In this in-person middle school students will work in small groups to create their very own short films. Students will learn the fundamentals of narrative filmmaking- story structure, script writing, storyboarding, video editing, and camera operation. Students will also have the opportunity to learn the basic principles of animation to produce their own stop motion film.

Course fee: $800