Cooper Union

Film

This course is designed to foster independent student projects made using 16mm film. Alongside practical instruction into working with film, students will be exposed to the multiple and overlapping histories and practices of analog filmmaking. In-class workshops, discussions, and screenings will cover experimental, documentary, and narrative filmmaking strategies, toward providing students with a broad framework from which to make work. Students use Bolex 16mm cameras and black and white film in this course. Editing and post-production instruction includes analog and digital workflows.

Spring 2026. 3 credits. Pre-Req: AV I. May be repeated.

Course Code: FA-272

Founded by inventor, industrialist and philanthropist Peter Cooper in 1859, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art offers education in art, architecture and engineering, as well as courses in the humanities and social sciences.
“My feelings, my desires, my hopes, embrace humanity throughout the world,” Peter Cooper proclaimed in a speech in 1853. He looked forward to a time when, “knowledge shall cover the earth as waters cover the great deep.”
From its beginnings, Cooper Union was a unique institution, dedicated to founder Peter Cooper's proposition that education is the key not only to personal prosperity but to civic virtue and harmony.
Peter Cooper wanted his graduates to acquire the technical mastery and entrepreneurial skills, enrich their intellects and spark their creativity, and develop a sense of social justice that would translate into action.