Feature Screenwriting 1

Display Schedule

Code	Completion	Credits	Range	Language Instruction	Semester
311FESC1	credit	2	3 hours (45 min) of instruction per week, 23 to 33 hours of self-study	English	winter

Subject guarantor

Jan FLEISCHER

Name of lecturer(s)

Jan FLEISCHER

Department

Předmět zajišťuje FAMU International

Students will present their ideas for the feature screenplay and analyse their potential. After choosing one for further development, they will write a short Outline (1 – 2 pages) as the basis for their actual project.

All students will also be expected to actively participate in the critical and constructive analysis of the work of their peers.

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course students will:

Learn how to present and develop the original creative idea.
Understand basic elements of dramatic storytelling.
Learn to establish character(s), the world of the story and the point of view that allows them to achieve intended outcome of the story.
Grasp the idea of their Feature Script and elaborate it under the teacher's supervision.

Prerequisites and other requirements

Literature

ARISTOTLE. Poetics. 1st ed. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 1967. 124 s.

HOWARD, David, MABLEY, Edward. The tools of screenwriting : a writer's guide to the craft and elements of a screenplay. New York: St. Martin Griffin, 1993. 298 s. ISBN 0-31211908-9.

GOLDMAN, William. Adventures in the screen trade: a personal view of Hollywood. Reprinted. London: Abacus, 2003. 418 s. ISBN 0 349 10705 X.

MCKEE, Robert. Story: substance, structure, style, and the principles of screenwriting. London: Methuen, 1999. xi, 466 s. ISBN 978-0-413-71560-9.

VOGLER, Christopher. The writer's journey: mythic structure for storytellers and screenwriters. 2nd ed. Studio City: Michael Wiese Production, c1998. xxiii, 326 s. ISBN 0-941188-70-1.

SEGER, Linda. Making a good script great. 3rd ed. Beverly Hills: Silman-James Press, 2010. xix, 252 s. ISBN 978-1-935247-01-2.

FLEISCHER, Jan. Of scripts and life: MFI, 2010. 278 s.

Evaluation methods and criteria

The minimum required attendance in the class in + 70 %.

The assessment is based on the student’s contribution and efforts to the class and their submitted Outline.

The assessment will be calculated as follows:

Attendance of the classes - 20%
Participation in class - 30%
Presentation of the original idea and the necessary re-writes towards a workable project - 50%

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Thu	room 307 Room No. 6 (Lažanský palác) FLEISCHER J. 09:50–12:15 (lecture parallel1)
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Date	Day	Time	Tutor	Location	Notes	No. of paralel
	Thu	09:50–12:15	Jan FLEISCHER	Room No. 6 Lažanský palác		lecture parallel1

Schedule for summer semester 2024/2025:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans

Cinema and Digital Media - Directing (Required subjects with the possibility of repeat registration)