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Their first film, written, shot and cut by themFrom watching videos to making a filmThey write the AI prompts. They shoot the film.A first film for their portfolioA film shot at home, starring the family
They finish with a 60–90 second film, a poster and an AI-disclosure card.In 5 weeks they write, shoot and edit a 60–90 second film, with the family as the cast.No child's face, voice or photo goes into an AI tool. They finish with a 60–90 second film and an AI-disclosure card.A 60–90 second film they wrote, shot and edited, graded by an industry panel at the Final Review.Your child writes it, directs whoever is at home, shoots it on a phone and edits it. Then an industry panel grades it.
You hear the fee on a 20-minute call, before you decide. Full refund within 7 days of the first session.
The Last Laddoo · a film by Meher, 12
AI Filmmaking is a 5-week live online filmmaking course for ages 11–18 in which each child writes, shoots and edits a 60–90 second short film.
A film asks your child to write, plan every shot, direct people who don’t always listen and finish on a deadline. Then people who make films for a living grade it.
A finished film shows what your child can plan, lead and deliver.
= gradesMIT rates what applicants do outside class “Important”, the same as grades.
MIT Common Data Set, 2025–26
Making one shows them how a video is built to steer the viewer.
75%of all mobile data traffic was video by the end of 2025.
Ericsson Mobility Report, June 2026
They write the prompts, judge the results and say what AI did.
62%higher pay offered in job ads that ask for AI skills.
PwC Global AI Jobs Barometer, 2026
From a one-line idea to a finished film in 5 weeks. Ages 11–13 and 14–18 work in separate pods.
Apply now 2 minutes · no paymentTap the ones you’ve seen. Next to each is the week that builds on it.
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Apply nowWeekend live sessions, plus shooting and editing at home. Each live session runs 60–120 minutes, with a filmmaker and a teaching assistant on the call.
Shot sizes, angles and the five-shot sequence. Watching like a filmmaker.
A logline, a short three-act story and a script, with family as the cast.
Storyboards and AI previs: children write the prompts, an assistant runs them.
Directing people, light and sound on set, and getting enough coverage.
Rhythm, sound, music and titles, then picture lock. A LevelUp editor exports the final file.
The cast is whoever is around: a grandparent, a cousin. A phone is the camera; there is no kit to buy.
The Last Laddoo · shoot day
Up to 10 children in a group. The Final Review follows week 5.
Apply now 2 minutes · no paymentWeek 1 teaches the five-shot sequence. Drag the playhead through a sample 15-second film: The Last Laddoo.
Drag the playhead, throw it, or tap a shot. Arrow keys step through.
Shot 1 of 5 · 3.5 seconds
Shows the audience where they are, and when.
One lit window in a sleeping building. Someone is awake, and the audience wants to know why.
Shot 2 of 5 · 3 seconds
Shows who, and what they are doing.
Meher at the counter, lifting the lid. Close enough to read her face, wide enough to see her hands.
Shot 3 of 5 · 2 seconds
Shows the one detail that matters.
The tin is empty. The audience finds out at the same moment she does.
Shot 4 of 5 · 2 seconds
Shows something else in the room.
The crumbs stop at Nani's chappals. Now the audience knows something Meher doesn't.
Shot 5 of 5 · 4.5 seconds
Shows the answer by widening the frame.
Pull back, and Nani was there all along, eating the last laddoo. Every shot before this one set it up.
A 60–90 second film they wrote, shot and edited, a poster and an AI-disclosure card. The Final Review is their premiere: your child introduces the film and it plays for an industry panel while you watch online. The panel grades it Distinction, Merit or Pass.
LevelUp's masterclass directors may sit on some panels. They don't teach the cohorts.
Your child works with working filmmakers. You still know what happened each week.
You hear the fee on a 20-minute call, before you decide. Full refund within 7 days of the first session.
Your child directs the AI but never holds the account. In week 3, AI helps sketch each shot before filming. No child’s face, voice or photo goes into an AI tool.
“Storyboard frame, wide shot: an apartment block at night, one kitchen window lit.”
A teaching assistant runs the prompt on a LevelUp account, on a shared screen.
An adult checks every result before your child uses it.
Use the frame, rewrite the prompt, or leave it out. Your child’s call.
The Last Laddoo · a film by Meher, 12
Every film carries a card like this one.Every film carries an AI-disclosure card, like the sample at the top of this page.The storyboard frames on this page were made the same way.
Nothing to pay to apply. A counsellor tells you the fee after your child’s profile, before you decide.
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30 minutes · at home · now or later
You hear the fee on a 20-minute call, before you decide. Full refund within 7 days of the first session.
Fees depend on the programme and are shared on your free 20-minute counsellor call, along with any scholarship your child earns. The top 10% of each age band earn a merit scholarship. Nothing is paid to apply.
Tell us within 7 days of the first session and we refund the full fee.
No. There is one call: the 20-minute session, at a time you pick. Everything else comes on WhatsApp, and if you say stop, we stop.
Live sessions run 60–120 minutes, at weekends only. Between them your child writes, shoots and edits at home, mostly off screen. The first batch runs January–February 2027: if that clashes with board exams or pre-boards, tell the counsellor before you take a seat.
No. Week 1 starts with film language: shot sizes, angles and the five-shot sequence. Children learn with others near their age, in 11–13 and 14–18 pods.
Yes. They can stay behind the camera and direct; the cast is the family. In live sessions, cameras are encouraged, never required.
No. Your child writes, directs, shoots and edits it. In week 3, AI helps sketch storyboard frames: your child writes the prompts, a teaching assistant runs them and checks each result. No child's face, voice or photo goes into an AI tool, and every film carries a card that says what AI did.
A phone that records video is enough for the shoot; there is no camera or lighting kit to buy. For the live sessions, a laptop or tablet with a steady internet connection.
It shows where your child is strong, so the counsellor can tell you plainly whether AI Filmmaking fits or another cohort fits better. It takes 30 minutes and it is free. It is not an IQ test.
Industry-grade filmmakers who use AI tools in their own work, background-verified and named here before the first batch. A teaching assistant joins every live session, runs the AI tools on a LevelUp account and checks every result.
Up to 10 children in a group. Ages 11–13 and 14–18 work in separate pods.
No. The cohort starts at 11, and children aged 11–13 work in their own pod. Children write the prompts; a teaching assistant runs them on a LevelUp account and checks the output first. No child's face, voice or photo goes into a generative tool.
Yes. Live sessions are online, at weekends. Your child shoots and edits at home between them, and you watch the Final Review online.
Yes. The panel grades the film Distinction, Merit or Pass against the week-1 rubric. Whatever the grade, your child keeps the film, its poster, the AI-disclosure card and a graded certificate.
Another question? Ask a counsellor on WhatsApp
First batch: January–February 2027, in 11–13 and 14–18 pods. It ends with a premiere your family watches online, graded by an industry panel.
You hear the fee on a 20-minute call, before you decide. Full refund within 7 days of the first session.
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