ARTSVIS 753S · also CINE 753S, DOCST 753S, VMS 753S
Crew-Based Film Production
Stephen A. Milligan II
Description from DukeHub
Course explores the approaches, strategies, motivations, and creative processes that inform cinematography. Elements of cinematic style, visual imagination, and storytelling are discussed and explored through exercises. Students learn the relationships and responsibilities involved in the art, and are guided in the execution of the various canonical and extraordinary working methods involved in traditional, experimental, and modern cinematography. Graduate students will be required to complete summary written and production work befitting their experience. Suggested prerequisite: CINE 749S.
Skills
AI-resilient: 2 of 5
- No: Physical, lab or field work
- No: Live work with people
- No: Judgment someone is accountable for
- Yes: A craft you practice with your hands or body · "film production"
- Yes: Small, in-person format · seminar, 4 seats per section
The checks lean on Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025), which found generative AI applies least to physical work and hands-on work with people. A signal, not a promise. How the score works
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