CINE 152S
Crew-Based Film Production
Stephen A. Milligan II
Description from DukeHub
Crew-Based Film Production introduces students to the collaborative model of filmmaking that evolved in the American film industry and continues to shape contemporary film production. Students work in rotating crew roles, like producer, director, assistant director, assistant camera, gaffer, and boom operator, and develop fluency with the division of labor that underlies this form of filmmaking. The course foregrounds the practical, logistical, and creative challenges of making films as a team. Students learn to schedule, block, stage, and coordinate camera, light, and sound. Alongside production exercises and a final project, students engage with screenings, readings, and reflections that place crew-based filmmaking in its aesthetic and historical context. No prior experience is required.
Skills
- makingdescription: "film production" and 6 more
AI-resilient: 3 of 5
- No: Physical, lab or field work
- Yes: Live work with people · "collaborative"
- No: Judgment someone is accountable for
- Yes: A craft you practice with your hands or body · "film production"
- Yes: Small, in-person format · seminar, 10 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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