ARTSVIS 775S · also CINE 775S, DOCST 776S, VMS 775S
Archival Filmmaking
Jason Keith Sudak
Description from DukeHub
Found footage filmmaking, cinematic appropriation, the use of archival materials in documentaries, and current day internet mashups. Covering early cinema, experimental and documentary cinema, television, and the internet. Key emphasis on practice based assignments with a concurrent focus on the historical impact of the field from seminal moments to the contemporary moment through films and readings on the subject. Graduate students in this course will be required to work on an additional final project at a higher level of complexity based on a proposal created in consultation with, and approved by the faculty.
Skills
- research methodstitle: "archival"
- makingtitle: "filmmaking"
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 · "filmmaking"
- Yes: Small, in-person format · seminar, 3 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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