Join us as we work to grow talent and create sustainable jobs in media arts in Southwestern Ontario
Proudly, we are a volunteer-driven and community-based non-profit organization working with its charity partner, the Media Arts Community Centre & Museum, on the creation of a much-needed community-based media arts facility in downtown Windsor. Thanks to government grants and community support, the facility opened in summer 2023. Programs for adults include ongoing seminars by more than 20 instructors, networking, the MasterShot Summit, private mentoring on career goals, paid and unpaid internships, and more – for all ages and in all stages of life. Local filmmaker regularly use our facility for shoots and screenings. Collections and displays for a film museum are underway, with hopes of opening a museum within this same facility that will host exhibitions. Since 2022, we helped to produce and fund numerous local film projects. Our mandate is to grow talent and jobs in film digital media through education, hands-on training, and special filmmaking projects.
About Us
The Windsor Centre for Film, Digital Media & the Creative Arts is an emergent hub for media production serving greater Windsor, Detroit, and the Southwestern Ontario region. Building upon the foundational principles, theories, and cutting-edge trends of current media practices, the Centre collaborates with local practitioners, academic communities, downtown residents, businesses, non-profit organizations, high schools, community leaders, academia, senior groups, and global artists to develop and sustain a vibrant film and media arts community in the region.
We are also a major influencer on youth. Many teen participants later enrol in media post-secondary programs and return as staff. We began as a summer job training program and expanded into so much more! We continue to hire young adults full-time in the summer, as well as part-time for freelance film camp teaching contracts throughout the year.
Film Camp for Kids & Youth
The ever-popular Film Camp for Kids & Youth is a year-round educational program that grows talent through education and experiential learning. The program teaches children and teens how to excel in a variety of creative fields, including filmmaking, animation, creative writing, photography, and visual arts.
We teach skills through week-long camps or as 1-3-hour tutorial classes in small, private groups. In the past, we have had both English and French programs, as well as day and overnight camps. As an example, our week-long filmmaking camps place participants into mini production teams wherein they learn the fundamentals of screenwriting, storytelling, acting, cinematography, and editing over the course of five days through creating a 5-minute short film.
We also offer a variety of 1-3-hour classes that allow students to expand their skills in focus areas. Some of our most popular classes include Drawing for Animation, Introduction to Storyboarding, Photo Retouching using Adobe Photoshop, Screenwriting for Short Films, and much more. These tutorials are offered year-round during evening and on weekends.
Along with live camps and classes, the Film Camp for Kids & Youth has also created an on-demand video tutorial library, which contains over 30 2-5-minute videos on a variety of different aspects of filmmaking and visual arts. This tutorial library is used to further expand learning outside the classroom.