The is a representative list of courses offered by the department and should not be used for schedule planning. For accurate and up-to-date course listings and information, Duke students should log into ACES.
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AMI 89S |
First Year Seminar | Adamson, Morgan M | 01 | W 04:40 PM-07:40 PM | Carr 106 |
Course DescriptionTopics vary each semester offered. Instructor: Staff |
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AMI 101 |
Intro Arts Of The Moving Image | Gatten, David | 01 | W 06:15 PM-09:45 PM | Carr 103 |
Course DescriptionExamination of critical concepts in arts of the moving image from various perspectives. Spanning both traditional cinema and emergent fields. Emphasis on technology in relation to history and viewership. Exercises in film and digital production as well as theoretical writing. Instructor: Gatten |
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AMI 201 |
History & Concepts Of Cinema | Hadjioannou, Markos | 01 |
Tu 04:40 PM-08:30 PM Th 04:40 PM-05:55 PM |
Carr 103 |
Course DescriptionBasic film theory and history of motion picture technology. Introduction to experimental, documentary, and narrative forms of Third World, European, and United States cinemas. Basic film theory and history of motion picture technology. Introduction to experimental, documentary, and narrative forms of Third World, European, and United States cinemas. Economics and aesthetics. Not open to students who have taken Theater Studies 236 or who have taken this course as FVD 130. Instructor: Hadjioannou |
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AMI 202 |
History Of Documentary Film | Harris, Laura | 01 | M 04:40 PM-07:40 PM | Carr 103 |
Course DescriptionIntroduction to the history, theory, and styles of nonfiction film and video. Transformation in technologies and their influence on form, from actuality films to contemporary digital documentaries. Documentary's marginal status and surprising commercial appeal; the mixing of fiction and nonfiction strategies in cultural construction. Use of documentary as a tool for exploring individual identity, filmmaker/subject relationships, and fomenting political change. Instructor: Staff |
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AMI 210 |
Film Genres | Hadjioannou, Markos | 01 |
M 04:40 PM-08:30 PM W 04:40 PM-05:55 PM |
Friedl Bdg 240 |
Course DescriptionA historical survey of motion picture genre as a stylistic and narrative device, including comedy, horror, the musical, the western, and science fiction. Instructor: Hadjioannou |
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AMI 246S |
Social Movements/social Media | Mottahedeh, Negar | 02 | Tu 10:05 AM-12:30 PM | Friedl Bdg 102 |
Course DescriptionPolitical and ethical uses of technologies in social uprisings for civil liberties and human rights particularly: Algeria, Palestine, Iran, Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Iraq, Bahrain, Venezuela, Brazil, Cuba, and the global Occupy mobilization. . Comparative analyses of movements. Impact of technologies on social movements. Social transformations of technologies in history. Student driven case studies highlight engagement with technologies as tools of resistance. Instructor: Mottahedeh |
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AMI 247S |
Pol. Economies Of Global Image | Chow, Rey | 01 | MW 11:45 AM-01:00 PM | Friedl Bdg 102 |
Course DescriptionIn the contemporary world we are inundated with images and with announcements of the global, yet what is a global image? What makes images global, and how might a set of global events become images? How do global images create their audiences with implicit identity markers such as race, class, and sexual preference, or the absence of them? In this course, we will study a variety of image-texts drawn from art, photography, film, advertising, science, and digital media in order to understand the cultural processes by which images communicate, give pleasure, cause anxiety, provoke controversy, and/or attain global status. Instructor: Chow |
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AMI 248 |
Movie Worlds | Geil, Abraham Morrow | 01 | MW 11:45 AM-01:00 PM | Carr 103 |
Course DescriptionHistory and theory of film and video technology across nations; postcolonial patterns and their electronic and mechanical transmission; economics of distribution, reception, exhibition, and their relation to aesthetics. The first world defined against the second and third by means of cultural product. Instructor: Mottahedeh |
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AMI 250 |
Modern Chinese Cinema | Hong, Guo-Juin | 01 | W 03:05 PM-05:35 PM | Friedl Bdg 204 |
Course DescriptionFilms, documentaries, television series, and soap operas produced in Mainland China in the post-Mao era, modern and contemporary Taiwan, and Hong Kong. Topics include the history and aesthetics of the new wave cinema, soap operas as the new forum for public debate o popular culture, and debate over the relationship between Euro-American modernist and the national cinema. C-L Film Video. Instructor: Hong |
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AMI 250 |
Modern Chinese Cinema | Hong, Guo-Juin | 01D | Tu 07:30 PM-09:30 PM | Friedl Bdg 204 |
Course DescriptionFilms, documentaries, television series, and soap operas produced in Mainland China in the post-Mao era, modern and contemporary Taiwan, and Hong Kong. Topics include the history and aesthetics of the new wave cinema, soap operas as the new forum for public debate o popular culture, and debate over the relationship between Euro-American modernist and the national cinema. C-L Film Video. Instructor: Hong |
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AMI 253 |
Indian Cinema | Khanna, Satendra | 01 | TuTh 03:05 PM-04:20 PM | Carr 240 |
Course DescriptionSources of vitality in twentieth-century Indian cinema. The resilience of popular cinema in the face of Hollywood. Narrative and non-narrative expressive forms in folk and high culture in India. The work of Guru Dutt, Satyajit Ray, G. Aravindan, and Mani Kaul. Instructor: Khanna |
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AMI 260 |
Anime: Forms And Mutations | Chow, Eileen | 01 | W 03:05 PM-05:35 PM | West Duke 202 |
Course DescriptionHistorical origins of Japanese anime, as well as its status as art, narrative, genre. Ways in which anime mutates: formally (literature, manga, live action), culturally (fashion, otaku, fan communities), geographically. No prior knowledge of subject matter or Japanese language required. Instructor: Yoda |
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AMI 263 |
Screening The Holocaust | Ginsburg, Shai | 01 | TuTh 11:45 AM-01:00 PM | Nasher 105 |
Course DescriptionSurveys representations of the Jewish Holocaust in World Cinema Explores different filmic strategies employed to represent what is commonly deemed as |
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AMI 264 |
Russian Revolu Cinema | Miller, Martin | 01 | Tu 06:15 PM-08:45 PM | Carr 240 |
Course DescriptionThe origins and development of the revolutionary and experimental cinema in Russia during the last years of the Empire and after the seizure of power by the Bolsheviks in 1917. Films include the classics of the silent Soviet cinema directed by Eisenstein as well as other films by other influential directors. The transition into the Stalinist cinema of the 1930s and comparisons with Hollywood films of that era. Instructor: M. Miller |
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AMI 267 |
Existentialist Cinema | Morton, Michael | 01 | TuTh 03:05 PM-04:20 PM | Allen 326 |
Course DescriptionDistinctively cinematic engagements with principal themes in the existentialist tradition: isolation and alienation, identity and commitment, perception and reality, communication and contact, madness and sanity. In-depth exploration of culturally specific filmic modes of capturing, processing, and transmitting images of human life and the myriad issues, moral conflicts, and dilemmas that inform it. Films to be considered will vary with different offerings of the course, but may include works of directors such as Herzog, Schloendorff, Fassbinder, Wenders, Bergman, Antonioni, Kurosawa, and Godard, among others. Instructor: Morton |
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AMI 271 |
Classics Of Page And Screen | Janan, Micaela | 01 | MW 01:25 PM-02:40 PM | Allen 304I |
Course DescriptionExploration of ancient, medieval and modern conceptualizations of good and evil as found in the iconic heroes, villains, and buffoons of literature and film; film and literature as windows onto their contemporary historical contexts, and as indicators of social values, debates, and limits. Instructor: Janan |
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AMI 290S |
Special Topics In Film Studies | Naderi, Navid | 01 | TuTh 01:25 PM-02:40 PM | Trent 038B |
Course DescriptionSeminar version of Arts of the Moving Image 290. Instructor: Staff |
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AMI 290S |
Special Topics In Film Studies | Foster, Daniel | 02 | TuTh 11:45 AM-01:00 PM | Page 106 |
Course DescriptionSeminar version of Arts of the Moving Image 290. Instructor: Staff |
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AMI 301S |
Moving Image Practice | Hawkins, Gary | 01 | Tu 04:40 PM-07:40 PM | East Duke 209 |
Course DescriptionFilm and digital video production in conjunction with the history and theory of these technologies. Students may produce work in 8mm, 16mm film and digital video and learn the basics of non-linear digital editing on Final Cut Pro. Not open to students who have taken this course as Film/Video/Digital 100S. Instructor: Staff |
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AMI 301S |
Moving Image Practice | Hawkins, Gary | 02 | Th 06:15 PM-09:15 PM | Art 102 |
Course DescriptionFilm and digital video production in conjunction with the history and theory of these technologies. Students may produce work in 8mm, 16mm film and digital video and learn the basics of non-linear digital editing on Final Cut Pro. Not open to students who have taken this course as Film/Video/Digital 100S. Instructor: Staff |
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AMI 302S |
Trans Fiction Stage/scr | Malone, Michael | 01 | W 03:05 PM-05:35 PM | Page 106 |
Course DescriptionTheory and practice of the process of adaptation of serious literary works of fiction to screenplay or play form. Reading and analysis of literary works adapted as screenplays and plays. Project in writing an adaptation. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Malone |
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AMI 305S |
Screenwriting | Bell, Neal | 01 | W 03:05 PM-05:25 PM | Bryan Center 128 |
Course DescriptionAdvanced writing projects for feature film. Study of existing scripts and videos, application of techniques. Instructor: Bell |
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AMI 306S |
Writing The Movie | Benfey, Elisabeth | 01 | Tu 03:05 PM-05:35 PM | Keohane 4B 402 SEM |
Course DescriptionWriting the Movie Theory and practice of the process of writing for the screen. Exploration of visual storytelling; analysis of screenplays and movies; developing original stories into screenplay format. Projects: writing and presenting treatments, outlines and scenes, and the first 60 pages of a feature script. Weekly writing |
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AMI 306S |
Writing The Movie | Benfey, Elisabeth | 02 | Th 03:05 PM-05:35 PM | Keohane 4B 402 SEM |
Course DescriptionWriting the Movie Theory and practice of the process of writing for the screen. Exploration of visual storytelling; analysis of screenplays and movies; developing original stories into screenplay format. Projects: writing and presenting treatments, outlines and scenes, and the first 60 pages of a feature script. Weekly writing |
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AMI 310S |
Acting For The Camera | Hohn, Greg | 01 | WF 03:05 PM-04:20 PM | Bivins 210 |
Course DescriptionIntroduction to film and television acting. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Staff |
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AMI 320S |
Film Animation Production | Burns, Fred | 01 | MW 10:05 AM-11:20 AM | Smith 12S101 |
Course DescriptionExperimentation with various media; mastering animation techniques such as metamorphosis, timing, articulation, storytelling, sound design, special effects, and camera. Each student to produce a one-minute animated film on the Oxberry 16mm film animation stand. Not open to students who have taken this course as Film/Video/Digital 102S. Instructor: Burns |
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AMI 322S |
Motion Graphics Film And Video | Herrera, Joel | 02 | W 07:30 PM-10:00 PM | Social Sciences 229 |
Course DescriptionAn advanced post-production course designed to explore the history, theory, and practice of motion graphics techniques in film and video. Students produce digital motion sequences out of still images and create multiple motion paths through exposure to applications such as Adobe After Effects, Final Cut Pro, iMovie. Not open to students who have taken this course as Film/Video/Digital 109S. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Staff |
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AMI 325 |
Web-based Multimedia Communic | Olson, Mark | 01 | Th 10:05 AM-12:35 PM | Smith 12S228 |
Course DescriptionMultimedia information systems, including presentation media, hypermedia, graphics, animation, sound, video, and integrated authoring techniques; underlying technologies that make them possible. Practice in the design innovation, programming, and assessment of web-based digital multimedia information systems. Intended for students in non-technical disciplines. Engineering or Computer Science students should take Engineering 206 or Computer Science 290. Instructor: Lucic or Szabo |
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AMI 325 |
Web-based Multimedia Communic | Wiencek, Florian H | 02 | Tu 01:40 PM-04:10 PM | Social Sciences 229 |
Course DescriptionMultimedia information systems, including presentation media, hypermedia, graphics, animation, sound, video, and integrated authoring techniques; underlying technologies that make them possible. Practice in the design innovation, programming, and assessment of web-based digital multimedia information systems. Intended for students in non-technical disciplines. Engineering or Computer Science students should take Engineering 206 or Computer Science 290. Instructor: Lucic or Szabo |
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AMI 325 |
Web-based Multimedia Communic | Szabo, Victoria | 03 | M 10:05 AM-12:35 PM | Social Sciences 229 |
Course DescriptionMultimedia information systems, including presentation media, hypermedia, graphics, animation, sound, video, and integrated authoring techniques; underlying technologies that make them possible. Practice in the design innovation, programming, and assessment of web-based digital multimedia information systems. Intended for students in non-technical disciplines. Engineering or Computer Science students should take Engineering 206 or Computer Science 290. Instructor: Lucic or Szabo |
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AMI 331S |
Doc Exper: A Video Appr | Hawkins, Gary | 01 |
W 10:05 AM-12:35 PM F 10:05 AM-12:35 PM |
Bridges 104 |
Course DescriptionA documentary approach to the study of local communities through video production projects assigned by the course instructor. Working closely with these groups, students explore issues or topics of concern to the community. Students complete an edited video as their final project. Not open to students who have taken this course as Film/Video/Digital 105S. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Hawkins |
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AMI 334S |
Producing Docu-fiction | Gibson, Josh | 01 | WF 11:45 AM-01:00 PM | Smith 12S101 |
Course DescriptionInvestigation of hybrid, genre-defying films that question traditional definitions of documentary and fiction. Emphasis on experimental forms, documentary reenactment, mockumentary and dramatized "true stories." Exploration of both documentary and fiction production techniques, culminating in the production of a final video project. Instructor: Gibson |
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AMI 335S |
Video For Social Change | Orenstein, Bruce S | 01 | M 11:45 AM-02:15 PM | Bridges 113 |
Course DescriptionDocumentary film course focusing on the production of advocacy videos for social change. Covers methods and traditions of community organizing, introduces knowledge and skill sets needed to make effective videos for grassroots organizations, and explores how video is integrated into organizing strategies to achieve better results. Includes instructor-supervised fieldwork with community partner organization; student groups will research, write, direct, and produce a class video for a campaign to improve educational and economic opportunities in Durham's low-income communities. Instructor: Orenstein |
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AMI 340S |
Experimental Filmmaking | Kaul, Shambhavi | 01 | W 06:15 PM-09:15 PM | Smith 12S101 |
Course DescriptionThe history of avant-garde in film and video combined with production exercises. Instructor: Staff |
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AMI 343S |
Dance For The Camera | Woods Valdés, Andrea | 01 | TuTh 03:05 PM-04:35 PM | Hull St. 104 |
Course DescriptionThe choreographic and bodily experience essential to dance for the camera. Hands on experience in videodance production through the exploration/production of several short individual and group videodance projects. Issues in creative and conceptual thinking, experimentation, pre/post video production, camera techniques, non-linear editing (Final Cut Pro), choreography for the camera. Viewings of seminal as well as experimental videodance works; discussions; readings; internet site visits; computer lab and dance studio/shooting location time; gallery/museum or video installation site visits. Instructor: Woods Valdes |
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AMI 350S |
Sound For Film And Video | Brown, Bill | 01 | Tu 06:15 PM-09:15 PM | Smith 12S228 |
Course DescriptionTopics focusing on technical basis and aesthetic motivation of sound recording and sound exploitation. Technical demonstration and student exercises explore the mechanics and dramatic and psychological implications of formats, microphone placement, mixing, acoustic signature, digital recording, double system, and sound editing, leading to an individually produced sound design for live action or animation film/video. Not open to students who have taken this course as Film/Video/Digital 103S. Instructor: Staff |
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AMI 356S |
16mm Film Production | Burns, Fred | 01 | MW 01:25 PM-02:40 PM | Smith 12S101 |
Course DescriptionHands-on experience with 16mm motion picture film and photography. In-depth exploration of the techniques and aesthetics of film production, including basic screen writing, lighting, story telling, and editing. Each student will produce an individual 16mm film. Instructor: Burns |
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AMI 357S |
Editing For Film And Video | Haverkamp, James | 01 |
Tu 10:05 AM-11:20 AM Th 10:05 AM-11:20 AM |
Smith 12S228 |
Course DescriptionTheory and practice of film and video editing techniques. Exploration of traditional film cutting as well as digital non-linear editing. Exercises in narrative, documentary and experimental approaches to structuring moving image materials. Instructor: Staff |
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AMI 385S |
Visiting Filmmaker Master Crs | Brown, Bill | 01 | Th 06:15 PM-09:15 PM | Smith 12S101 |
Course DescriptionIntensive production courses with visiting filmmaker. Topics vary by semester. May be taken twice. Instructor: Staff |
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AMI 490S |
Special Topics In Ami | Hansen, Mark | 01 | Tu 03:05 PM-05:35 PM | Friedl Bdg 216 |
Course DescriptionAdvanced special topics investigation of major concepts and principles in arts of the moving image. Content varies with instructors. Instructor: Staff |
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AMI 490S |
Special Topics In Ami | Saliot, Anne-Gaelle | 02 | MW 03:05 PM-04:20 PM | Perkins 2-087 |
Course DescriptionAdvanced special topics investigation of major concepts and principles in arts of the moving image. Content varies with instructors. Instructor: Staff |
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AMI 499S |
Capstone: Arts Of Moving Image | Gatten, David | 01 | Th 06:15 PM-09:45 PM | Carr 103 |
Course DescriptionCulminating seminar for Arts of the Moving Image Program certificate students. Designed to allow students to complete their certificate with a finished project or advanced research in the field. Instructor: Staff |
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