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Event Series: Film Summer Camps

Film Summer Camp

July 28, 2025 – August 1, 2025

Date & Time
M–F, June 23–27, 2025 (9 a.m.–4 p.m.)
M–F, July 28–August 1, 2025 (9 a.m.–4 p.m.)

Ages
14–18

Location
Kenilworth Square East & Mitchell Hall

Contact
Lilly Warren, film-admission@uwm.edu

The Department of Film, Video, Animation & New Genres at UWM’s Peck School of the Arts welcomes young filmmakers to develop their skills at a week-long day camp this summer! This camp, with optional overnight accommodations, includes hands-on workshops and sessions led by practicing artists and professors, so participants gain knowledge from experienced professionals.

Film Summer Camp | June 23–27 or July 28–August 1

Housing & Accommodations
Coming from out of town or want to enrich your UW-Milwaukee experience? Overnight accommodations with evening activities are available by registering for the overnight program. On-campus housing includes a shared double bedroom, bathroom and kitchen as part of a four-bedroom suite. Includes breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, Wifi, air conditioning, linens, shuttle service to program, evening activities and 24-hour secure staffing. Check-in is Sunday and check-out is Friday.

Workshops & Sessions

  • Storytelling & Screenwriting
    Learn how to navigate an idea, structure a story and format a treatment and screenplay. Develop ideas that you will shoot and edit during the week with fellow film camp students.
  • Cinematography & Lighting
    Learn basic techniques of camera operation, exposure control and visual design. Practice professional lighting in our lighting studio and greenscreen studio as well as on-location lighting set-ups. Light and shoot your ideas from your screenplay or treatment!
  • Editing & Postproduction
    Use your footage to learn basic editing techniques with Adobe Premiere Pro in one of our editing labs. Edit your footage into a short project or reel that you can take with you!
  • Film Score Theory & Design or Animation Techniques
    These are optional workshops available during open editing lab.

Instructors

Mike Gibisser
  • Associate Professor, Film, Video, Animation and New Genres
  • Co-Chair, Tech and Facilities Committee
Neil Gravander
  • Lecturer, Film, Video, Animation and New Genres
Owen Klatte
  • Lecturer, Film, Video, Animation and New Genres
Jeffrey Kurz
  • Lecturer, Film, Video, Animation and New Genres
Renato Umali
  • Teaching Faculty I, Film, Video, Animation and New Genres
Lilly Warren
  • Teaching Faculty II, Film, Video, Animation and New Genres
  • Outreach Coordinator, Undergraduate Advisor, Film, Video, Animation and New Genres
  • Chair, Scholarship Committee
  • Co-Chair, Curriculum Committee

Registration

A limited number of seats are available until capacity is reached. Registrations typically open in Mid-January.

RegistrationDeadline*Cost
StandardUntil capacity is reached$750
Standard (with overnight accommodations)Until capacity is reached$1,200
*Lunch and all supplies are provided and included in pricing. A $4 convenience fee is added for payments made online or by phone.
Sorry! Registration for both sessions of Film Summer Camp have reached at capacity.

Kenilworth Square East

2155 N. Prospect Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53202