Summer Clubs
Join us weekdays
9am-3:30pm
for the Levels summer clubs
Each week is packed!
Learn exciting new Skills, enjoy VR Gaming and board gaming sessions.
Sign up for each week separately.
[Limited Spaces available, discounted to £30 per day for members]
A typical day is
Arrive [9am]
90 mins VR Gaming & 90 mins Skills Workshop
Lunch [12-1pm]
Board Games & RPGs [1-3:30pm]
Future-facing skills, hands-on experience, and a finished credit that looks great on a CV.
Sign up for a single week, or follow the full journey across the summer.
IMMERSIVE CONTENT CREATOR WORKSHOPS
[Immersive Content Creators (the main thread — Weeks 1, 2, 4 & 6)]
This summer, young people in Whitehaven can become Immersive Content Creators at Levels. Across four linked weeks, our film-makers take a real production from first idea to finished piece: planning and pre-production (Week 1), a hands-on filming week with a day out on location capturing 360° footage (Week 2), voice and narration in Voice Acting 101 (Week 4), and post-production to pull it all together (Week 6). Participants get involved in every stage — planning, capture, storytelling, narration and editing — and the result is a genuine, showcase-quality immersive 360° film celebrating a local heritage site, a piece that will be shared and used well beyond the summer.
We’ve teamed up with Keith Myers of AVimmerse, a creative technology studio specialising in immersive storytelling, 360° video, XR and digital heritage, who has taught immersive production at the University of Manchester, Liverpool John Moores University and the UK’s first Unity Centre of Excellence at MediaCity.
From September, Phase 2 adds augmented reality and VR elements
Please note, the 360′ Immersive Content Summer Club involves a trip, and filming on location on 8th and 29th of August!
Board Game Design & Build
[Weeks 3 & 5]
Running alongside is our Board Game Design and Build strand.
Learners design their own games from the ground up — concept, rules, mechanics and play-testing (Week 3) — then bring their ideas to life by 3D printing their own pieces and components (Week 5).
It’s a creative, hands-on route into design thinking, problem-solving and digital making, with a finished game to take home and be proud of.
Video Editing
Dates: 24th August -28th August
Time: 9am- 3:30pm
Age Groups: 14-18
- Day 1 Review and Organise the Footage
- Import, organise and review the captured 360 material, learning how to manage files and identify usable shots.
- Day 2 Build the Story Edit
- Select key moments, arrange scenes, and begin shaping the viewer journey through the footage.
- Day 3 Sound, Voice and Atmosphere
- Add narration, ambient sound, music and audio layers to strengthen the immersive experience.
- Day 4 Prepare for VR and Showcase
- Explore export settings, headset testing, subtitles, captions and preparing content for public viewing.
- Day 5 Final Review and Public Output
- Review the final piece, gather feedback, add credits, and prepare the work for showcase or future development.
3d Printing
Dates: 17th August – 21st August
Time: 9am- 3:30pm
Age Groups: 10-14 / 14-18
- Day 1
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- Day 2
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- Day 3
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- Day 4
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- Day 5
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Voice Acting 101
Dates: 10th August -14th August
Time: 9am- 3:30pm
Age Groups: 10-14 / 14-18
- Day 1 Intro and explainations
- What is voice acting and how do we start?
- Day 2 Auditon Mockups
- Practice techniques and good form. Talk about rejection, the ups-n-downs and what to expect getting started.
- Day 3 Hardware
- Where to get it, what to look for and what does what. Which equipment is good for which projects.
- Day 4 Character delve
- Set out to help understanding: processes to go through & truly get into the shoes of a role.
- Day 5 Recording
- Recording the narration for the Immersive Content Workshop!.
Board Game Design
Dates: 3rd August 7th August
Time: 9am- 3:30pm
Age Groups: 10-14 / 14-18
- Day 1 Concept
- Game analysis, pair formation, individual concept development,
- Day 2 Design
- Independent pair working — board design, rulebook, visual identity
- Day 3 Game play
- Cross-team playtesting, structured iteration, final board artwork sign-off
- Day 4 3D planning
- Each team designs their own tokens, characters and playing pieces
- Day 5 Testing and Showcase
- Assembly, packaging, filmed pitches and handover — up to 4 games, every minute counts
Immersive Content Creators
Dates: 27th July – 31st July
Time: 9am- 3:30pm
Age Groups: 14-18
- Day 1 Step Inside the Story
- Discover how 360 video and immersive media can place audiences inside real-world stories, locations and experiences.
- Day 2 Build the Creative Brief
- Plan an immersive story by developing ideas, storyboards, shot lists and production roles for a real location-based project.
- Day 3 Film in 360
- Use 360 cameras to learn immersive filming techniques, camera placement, movement, safety and practical capture skills.
- Day 4 Add Sound and Story
- Explore how narration, atmosphere, interviews and production planning help bring immersive content to life.
- Day 5 Shape the Final Experience
- Learn how captured footage can be edited, prepared for VR, developed in Unity and shared as part of a final showcase experience
8th August & 29th August (provisional). Head out on location to film and put your skills to use!
Pre-Production – Animatics
Dates: 20th July – 24th July
Time: 9am- 3:30pm
Age Groups: 10-14 / 14-18
- Day 1 Intro Animatics
- Overview of the coming week! Talk of aims and itinerary
- Day 2 Demographics
- Target audience, theme and tone
- Day 3 Scripting
- Narrative structure and interviews/interviewees
- Day 4 Storyboarding
- Translating from sheet to screen, Timed animatic
- Day 5 Polishing
- Polishing, exporting and reviewing