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Filmmaking Courses for Ages 5-18

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Youth Film Courses for Ages 5-18

Sparks film courses ignite imagination, build confidence and encourage a host of new skills.

Young filmmakers learn all about the different aspects of filmmaking in our fun and friendly filmmaking courses.

All our film courses offer practical, hands on activities and include making real film productions. 

Crew members explore all the different crew roles you find on a real film set, explore and develop their own creative ideas and work on real-life film making projects to boost their skills. 

Specialist Film Courses

Hands-on training in filmmaking and media for young filmmakers

Project Based Learning

Our unique film courses use real-world projects to boost skills

Expert Film instructors

Our team of expert film instructors are all recruited from the industry and thoroughly vetted, including DBS checks

Commitment to wellbeing

We promote positive wellbeing for all our filmmakers. We celebrate individuality and nurture personal strengths

Learn all about filmmaking

Film Courses for Ages 5-18

Our film courses are practical and cover the entire process of filmmaking, from start to finish.

We explore the three phases – pre-production, production and post-production – with filmmakers taking away a wide variety of new skills.

Activities and disciplines within Sparks youth film courses include…

Directing

A young director at Sparks Film School is sharing an idea from behind the camera. He is pointing excitedly. Crew members are working in their film crew roles in the background, along with a Sparks Film School instructor.

Learn Directing Skills

Young filmmakers learn how to express their ideas. They develop confidence and creativity as film directors.

Camera

Two young filmmakers stand behind a DSLR camera smiling. They are outdoors in summer, there are plants in the background. They are both looking at the camera.

Learn Camera & Photography

Filmmakers develop their photographic skills. They learn how to work as part of a camera crew to make a film.

Acting

Two young actors at a Sparks Film School course are rehearsing in front of a greenscreen. They both hold scripts. One in reading and one is speaking.

Learn Acting for Film & TV

Young actors learn screen acting technique as well as how to perform for camera.

Screenwriting

A young actor holds a film script at a Sparks Film School filmmaking course

Learn Screenwriting Skills

Students taking part develop their skills, confidence and technique as young screenwriters.

Editing

Two young filmmakers are working on a laptop, editing using Final Cut Pro. They are both wearing headphones and we can see the screen they are looking at. They are editing a shot in which we can see fingers on the laptop screen.

Learn Video Editing Skills

Young filmmakers develop their awareness of video editing using professional platforms.

Production

A group of young filmmakers stand together around a clipboard, laughing and smiling. There is a DSLR camera in the foreground.

Learn Film Production Skills

Students learn all about film production, including how to produce and manage their projects.

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