Project Bluelight

Project Bluelight is a professional motion picture production company within the School of Cinematic Arts where students get hands-on experience producing a film or television script written by SCA students or faculty. Students crew the film under the supervision of faculty members heading each of the various production areas, creating a completed work suitable for festivals or distribution.

Project Bluelight was founded in 2004 as a professional, educational, and community outreach program with a dual goal of creating high-quality independent films and providing an intensive, practical, film production experience for DePaul students.

Virtual Production

The Lagoon (2025), Directed by Brian Andrews

<div class="ck-content"><p>A a virtual production stage housed at <a href="/school-of-cinematic-arts/production-resources/cinespace-studios">DePaul Cinespace Studios</a>, SCA students and faculty are embracing cutting-edge technology to combine on-set performances and virtual computer graphics live on camera in real-time. </p><p>The 2025 Project Bluelight short <i>The</i> <i>Lagoon </i>was shot in a virtual production environment.</p></div>

Inferno

Directed by Wendy Roderweiss

A mistake leaves an altruistic law school grad desperate for a job, so he interviews at a firm of morally depraved divorce lawyers. Ultimately, he must decide if he’s willing to sacrifice every principle he lives by in order to save his future.

Read an interview with Roderweiss where she gives a behind-the-scenes look at the Project Bluelight course that empowered 26 DePaul students to shape the project and gain professional experience to launch their careers.