STUDENT- Cinema & Photo courses (CNPH) Teaching Assistant Positions

Student•Ithaca, NY

4h•$16 - $16

About The Position

CNPH 11100 (Sections 01, 02, & 03) Cinema Production 1 – Professor Alaric Rocha The TA will work with students to make sure they are handling the equipment properly and support the instructor by advising on IC policies. CNPH 11100-05 Cinema Production 1 – Professor Mireille Heidbreder A teaching assistant for Section 5 of Cinema Production 1 during the Spring 2026 semester will be actively helping and assisting the professor during the class period, as well as aiding with equipment pick up and drop off during hands-on production-based class sessions. It is also expected that the TA will also help students in the course during small group discussions and/or hands-on practicum. As part of not only this position helping with manual and technological tasks, students considering this position should be prepared to actively engage with critiques and discuss their own perspective being a Film BFA, TPDM BS, or Doc Studies & Production BA major to aid students in this course, whom are typically first-year students and gain value information from the perspective of TAs and not solely the professor's perspective. Film BFA students will be given priority. Finally, teaching assistants in this course also have the opportunity to demonstrate their skillsets as well alongside be prepared to answer questions about the material being taught, once again to not only aid the professor but also so the student can gain the most out of their experience being a teaching assistant for this course. CNPH 11100 (Sections 06 & 07) Cinema Production 1 – Professor Daïchi Saïto The TA will assist with checking out equipment from PPECS before class and returning it after class; assisting students during hands-on exercises and demos; assisting students during editing sessions; participating in critique sessions; collecting and organizing project files for presentations and screenings. CNPH 22400 (Sections 1 & 2) Cinema Production 2 – Professor Stephen St. Francis Decky The TA will assist in equipment and application presentations, provide experiential knowledge and advice for students who have minimal experience working on films, assist with the transport, maintenance, and care of equipment used in class, and prepare one or two (supervised) tutorials per semester. CNPH 22400 (Sections 3 & 4) Cinema Production 2 – Professor Ryan Somelofske The TA will pick-up and return equipment to PPECS, be an extra set of hands during in class demonstrations and our multiple in class shoots, provide feedback and criticism during critique screenings, and provide peer to peer support during the frustrating process of film production. CNPH 32100-01 Advanced Cinema Production: Fiction – Professor Ryan Somelofske The TA will pick-up and return equipment to PPECS, be an extra set of hands during in class demonstrations and our multiple in class shoots, provide feedback and criticism during critique screenings, and provide peer to peer support during the frustrating process of film production.

Requirements

Student must have taken the course before and received an A.
Student must have taken the course before and received at least a B.
First-year students will not be considered for this position - only sophomore through senior standing students having already taken Cinema Production 1 within the above specified degrees
A minimum grade of B in the course is a requirement
Student must have taken the course before and received at least an A–.

Nice To Haves

Film BFA students will be given priority.
previous TA experience would be preferred

Responsibilities

work with students to make sure they are handling the equipment properly
support the instructor by advising on IC policies
actively helping and assisting the professor during the class period
aiding with equipment pick up and drop off during hands-on production-based class sessions
help students in the course during small group discussions and/or hands-on practicum
actively engage with critiques and discuss their own perspective being a Film BFA, TPDM BS, or Doc Studies & Production BA major to aid students in this course
demonstrate their skillsets as well alongside be prepared to answer questions about the material being taught
assist with checking out equipment from PPECS before class and returning it after class
assisting students during hands-on exercises and demos
assisting students during editing sessions
participating in critique sessions
collecting and organizing project files for presentations and screenings
assist in equipment and application presentations
provide experiential knowledge and advice for students who have minimal experience working on films
assist with the transport, maintenance, and care of equipment used in class
prepare one or two (supervised) tutorials per semester
pick-up and return equipment to PPECS
be an extra set of hands during in class demonstrations and our multiple in class shoots
provide feedback and criticism during critique screenings
provide peer to peer support during the frustrating process of film production