Fundamentals of FIlm Grammar

Display Schedule

Code	Completion	Credits	Range	Language Instruction	Semester
311FFG	credit	2	2 hours (45 min) of instruction per week, 32 to 42 hours of self-study	English	winter

Subject guarantor

Name of lecturer(s)

Marguerite FARAG

Department

Předmět zajišťuje FAMU International

Through exercises and lectures students will immerse themselves in the film grammar, equipping themselves with film terminology, as well as technical tools such as storyboards, script breakdowns and floorplans, they are expected to present and be able to communicate clearly and efficiently their visual ideas.

Class 1: Art as a Technique - Overview of the syllabus and assignment
Class 2: Film as Language - Saussure - Metz
Class 3: Script Breakdown, Floorplan & Storyboard - Case Study: Inglourious Basterds
Class 4: Exercise 1 & 2 : Script Breakdown, Floorplan & Shot by Shot Analysis
Class 5: Every Frame is a Painting - Case Study: Visualizing Comedy in Edgar Wright’s films
Class 6: Camera in Action - Case Study: Action Films: Bruce Lee vs. John Wick
Class 7: Exercise 3: Storyboard
Class 8: Understanding & Manipulating Time - Case Study: Tension in The Bear
Class 9: Understanding & Manipulating Space - Excerpt from Maus by Art Spiegleman
Class 10: Exercise 4: Storyboard
Class 11: Dialogue in a Nutshell
Class 12: Viewer’s Attention & Rhythm - Curve of attention

Learning outcomes

Acquired skills to analyze technically and aesthetically films.
Understanding of how film grammar operates to achieve a filmmaker’s goal.
Enhanced critical thinking and visual literacy skills.

Prerequisites and other requirements

Students will present their assignments in class for a discussion and a review.
Students are expected to actively participate in class discussions.
Students are encouraged to show their work in progress to the class for feedback.

Literature

Evaluation methods and criteria

Professionalism and participation: 20 %
Exercises: 20 % each exercise

Total: 100 %

Note

	06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
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Tue
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Thu	room 207 Room No. 2 (Lažanský palác) FARAG M. 14:50–16:25 (lecture parallel1)
Fri

Date	Day	Time	Tutor	Location	Notes	No. of paralel
	Thu	14:50–16:25	Marguerite FARAG	Room No. 2 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

Montage_2020 (Required elective subjects)