Register Now for Summer Course: One-Week Doc Filmmaking Boot Camp
This summer CDS will offer its tenth annual Documentary Video Institute, our one-week video boot camp that has turned out over two hundred full-fledged documentarians. From June 15 through June 22, with expert guidance from multiple instructors, students will learn all aspects of video production: pre-production and scouting locations, camera operation, lighting and sound, editing [...]
Register Now: Multimedia Storytelling Workshop and Short-Doc Class Anytown, USA
There are a few spots left in two upcoming CDS Continuing Education classes: Multimedia Storytelling Workshop Thursday, March 7: 6–9 p.m. Friday and Saturday, March 8–9: 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Sunday, March 10: 10 a.m.–2 p.m. Instructors Catherine Orr and Elena Rue, founders of the visual storytelling company StoryMineMedia, use a combination of critiques, hands-on learning, [...]
Final Projects by Fall 2012 Certificate in Documentary Arts Graduates
Throughout the year, the Center for Documentary Studies offers Continuing Education courses in the documentary arts. Some students choose to enroll in the Certificate in Documentary Arts program, which offers a more structured sequence of courses culminating in the Final Seminar in Documentary Studies, where students finish and present a substantial documentary work—projects that often move [...]
Student Work From Harvey Stein’s Documentary Street Photography Workshop
Acclaimed documentary photographer Harvey Stein visited the Center for Documentary Studies in the fall of 2012 to give a talk related to an exhibit of his photographs then on view, Coney Island 40 Years, and to teach a documentary street photography workshop in our Continuing Education program. The nineteen fortunate participants—the class was wait-listed in [...]
Graduation and Final Project Presentations by Fall 2012 Certificate in Documentary Arts Students
Five continuing education students in the Certificate in Documentary Arts program at the Center for Documentary Studies will present their final projects and receive their certificates at an event that is free and open to the public. A reception will follow at the Center for Documentary Studies. The students and their projects are listed below. Final Documentary [...]
Listen: Student Documentary Projects from the 2012 Summer Audio Institute
Hearing is Believing I: An Audio Documentary Institute is an annual weeklong immersion in making audio documentaries offered by the CDS Continuing Education program. Students learn hands-on skills in recording and digital audio mixing, discuss issues like the ethics of documentary work, hear accomplished producers talk about their work, and create a short piece. The 2012 institute [...]
Register Now: Acclaimed Audio Institute, “Hearing Is Believing II: Making It Sing,” Starts August 6
The second CDS summer audio institute, Hearing is Believing II: Making it Sing, starts August 6; click on the link to register. An intensive six-day workshop for students who’ve recorded interviews and gathered sound and are ready to construct a six-to twelve-minute audio documentary. This course is designed for those who have a basic grasp [...]
Watch Student Films from the 2012 Summer Video Institute
Every summer the Center for Documentary Studies holds a series of Documentary Institutes. The Documentary Video Institute is an eight-day intensive where students are fully immersed in the process of documentary filmmaking. Working in small production teams (one instructor for every four students) led by experienced documentary filmmakers, students are introduced to an array of [...]
Watch Films: “Anytown USA” Student Video Projects on Star, North Carolina
Anytown USA is a documentary video production and editing class at the Center for Documentary Studies, in which continuing education students produce and edit videos related to a small town in North Carolina. This year’s class, taught by filmmaker Randolph Benson, focused on the town of Star, and each of the eleven students created a [...]
Look and Listen: Final Projects of Spring 2012 Certificate in Documentary Arts Grads
Throughout the year, CDS offers continuing education courses in the documentary arts to people of all ages and backgrounds. Some choose to enroll in the Certificate in Documentary Arts program, which offers a more structured sequence of courses culminating in the Final Seminar in Documentary Studies, where students finish and present a substantial documentary work—photography, [...]
Certificate in Documentary Arts Graduates, Spring 2012: Final Project Presentations, Friday, May 18, Nasher Museum of Art
Ten continuing education students in the Certificate in Documentary Arts program at the Center for Documentary Studies will present their final projects and receive their certificates starting at 6 p.m. on May 18 at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University. The event is free and open to the public. A reception will follow [...]
“Anytown USA”: Screening of Student Documentary Video Projects on Star, North Carolina Thursday, May 24
Anytown, USA is a documentary video production and editing class at the Center for Documentary Studies, in which continuing education students produce and edit videos related to a small town in North Carolina. This year’s class, taught by filmmaker Randolph Benson, focused on the town of Star, and each of the eleven students created a [...]
Register Now for the 2012 Summer Documentary Video Institute, and Watch Last Summer’s Projects
Every summer the Center for Documentary Studies holds a series of Documentary Institutes. The Documentary Video Institute is an eight-day intensive where students are fully immersed in the process of documentary filmmaking. Working in small production teams (one instructor for every four students) led by experienced documentary filmmakers, students will be introduced to an array [...]
New CDS Weekend Class for Photographers Interested in Stories of Social Significance, with Instructor Misha Friedman, March 10–11
Photographer Misha Friedman—whose series Donbass Romanticism, documenting the health effects of coal mines and factories in the Ukraine, was recently featured on the New Yorker’s Photo Booth blog—will lead a new CDS continuing education class intended for photographers interested in working on stories of social significance. Participants in the class, Successful Collaboration with NGOs, will look into how the nonprofit [...]
Watch Videos: Final Projects of Fall 2011 Certificate in Documentary Arts Graduates
Throughout the year, CDS offers continuing education courses in the documentary arts to people of all ages and backgrounds. Some choose to enroll in the Certificate in Documentary Arts program, which offers a more structured sequence of courses culminating in the Final Seminar in Documentary Studies, where students finish and present a substantial documentary work—photography, [...]
Certificate in Documentary Arts Graduates, Fall 2011: Final Project Presentations, December 9, Nasher Museum of Art
Nine graduating students in the Certificate in Documentary Arts program at the Center for Documentary Studies will present their final projects at 6 p.m. on December 9 at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University. The event is free and open to the public. The Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University offers continuing [...]
Podcasts Available: Projects from the 2011 Summer Audio Institute
“Hearing Is Believing” is a one-week continuing-education course offered every summer at the Center for Documentary Studies. Each July, 24 people come from across the country to learn the basics of audio documentary-making and to collaborate with a fellow participant in producing a short piece. This year the stories emerged from a collaboration between CDS [...]
Register Now for “Photography Kickstarter” Workshop October 22 and 29 with Ava Johnson
Photography Kickstarter: Darkroom Basics is a two-day workshop (Saturdays, October 22 and 29, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., lunch break on your own) that will give beginning photographers as well as more advanced students a chance to practice and enhance their darkroom skills. This workshop provides an opportunity to develop that black-and-white film sitting around in the [...]
Continuing Education Certificate Projects Spring 2011
View the final projects of the graduates in the Certificate in Documentary Arts program in spring 2011: John Crane, Paul Deblinger, Eric Douglas, Chelsea Flowers, Conrad Fulkerson, Paige Greason, Jeremy Helton, Eileen Heyes, and Kurney Ramsey, Jr. Videos are available to watch here and on CDS Vimeo. Read more about the spring 2011 Certificate in [...]
Kelvin De’Marcus Allen, W. Calvin Anderson, Jaisun McMillian, and Victor Stone: Work by Fall 2011 Continuing Education Instructors
Kelvin De’Marcus Allen, W. Calvin Anderson, Jaisun McMillian, and Victor Stone will be teaching Then and Now: A Hayti Civics Course in the fall 2011 term for the Continuing Education program at the Center for Documentary Studies. To learn more about the course and to register, please visit the Continuing Education registration site. Kelvin De’Marcus [...]
Abigail Blosser: Work by Fall 2011 Continuing Education Instructor
Abigail Blosser will be teaching Documentary Portraiture: A View from Two Sides in the fall 2011 term for the Continuing Education program at the Center for Documentary Studies. To learn more about the course and to register, please visit the Continuing Education registration site. Abigail Blosser is a practicing artist and photographer. Her art has [...]
“Southern Slices” CDS Audio Projects Being Aired on Radio Stations Nationwide
A collection of student pieces from the summer Audio Institute at CDS have been broadcast on radio stations nationwide. The collection, “Southern Slices,” features student work from 2003–2007, and is hosted by CDS audio program director John Biewen. “Southern Slices” was featured on a summer playlist on the Public Radio Exchange, and has recently aired [...]
Watch Videos from the 2011 Video Institute
Each summer the continuing education program at the Center for Documentary Studies (CDS) at Duke University develops an intensive video institute around a specific theme. In previous years topics have included democracy, environmental issues, and life a variety of Durham neighborhoods. This year CDS partnered with DurhamCares, a local faith-based nonprofit that helps to fund [...]
