Digital Planet: Creatures of the Watery Abyss!

APPLICATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED FOR SUMMER 2013.

Did you miss the Summer application deadline? Apply for the Youth Design Team School-Year Academic Course.

Epic filmmaking. Darkest ocean depths. Secrets of the Museum revealed. Your best summer yet.

Join the Digital Planet crew and embark on an epic filmmaking adventure in Summer 2013! We’ll explore the most remote part of the planet: the ocean floor. Travel (virtually) to depths rarely seen, learn the secrets of bioluminescent fishes, and get an insider’s view behind this summer’s exhibition, Creatures of Light. Then, make your own movie magic! You’ll meet with scientists and see the specimens that are not only changing science but also changing the future of your world. You’ll also get to work with real-world filmmakers who can help you improve your cinematic skills.

Learn film techniques like storyboarding and movie production basics
See amazing, logic-defying underwater creatures that will blow your mind
Meet scientists who go on expeditions in underwater submersibles
Meet and work with real film professionals who make movies for a living
Go behind-the-scenes at the Museum
Produce your own movie that will be seen by Museum visitors and be posted on the Museum’s web site
Make new friends with awesome teens like you!