Short Fiction
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| Code | Completion | Credits | Range | Language Instruction | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 311SFI | Z | 5 | 75 exercise hours (45 min) of instruction per semester, 69 to 94 hours of self-study | English | summer |
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Learning outcomes of the course unit
With this exercise students will:
-learn how to work with the dramatic structure and how to transform the script into a short film using efficient film language and appropriate performance of actors
-learn how to provide and receive feedback on the work of their peers and their own work
Mode of study
Practical Exercise
Prerequisites and co-requisites
To present a project during pitching, directors treatment delivery 3 days prior pitching (dir. treatment has to contain essential crew members ? DoP and camera crew, production manager, set designer, sound designer).
The execution of the project is preceded by successfully accomplished script (FAMU International).
Equipment list has to be approved by cinematography mentor and provided to FAMU International production office for ordering.
Course contents
Directing student writes and directs a short film of up to 15 minutes. The student is lead in his/her tutorial to develop short fiction, a realistic linear drama based on the 3-act structure, developed by the student and their schoolmates or taken from literature. A non-narrative approach, flashbacks, flash-forwards and dream sequences are not allowed. The artistic initiative comes from the Directing student who is required to actively search for a collaborating Cinematography student. The project must be shot in the Czech Republic.
The artistic initiative comes from Directing student who actively searches for collaborating Cinematography student.
Definition of the exercise: Joint exercise between Master degree student of Cinematography and FAMU International Cinema and Digital Media directing student based on script developed by directing student within the FAMU International directing workshop.
Recommended or required reading
Pavel Jech, Mary Angiolillo: Seven minutes screenplay
Assessment methods and criteria
Public screening; committee, consisting of faculty, evaluates student’s artistic work on the basis of given criteria
The minimum essential criteria of evaluation:
Story and its audiovisual interpretation - 20%
Dramaturgical use of film language and other tools of the audiovisual expression (mise-en-scene, sound, editing…) 30%
Casting and directing actors - 20%
Overall artistic success - 30%
Note
Definition of the exercise: Joint exercise between Master degree student of Cinematography and FAMU International Cinema and Digital Media directing student based on script developed by directing student within the FAMU International directing workshop.
The artistic initiative comes from Directing student who actively searches for collaborating Cinematography student.
- Technical parameters: The camera, light and grip list has to be created according to the script and location possibilities and has to be approved by cinematography mentor of CINKK student. Digital technology is not subject of a change.
- This exercise applies only to Cinematography Master degree students of 2nd year and Cinema and Digital Media directing of 2nd year.
- Production: FAMU International
Further information
No schedule has been prepared for this course
The subject is a part of the following study plans
- Cinema and Digital Media - Directing_1920 (required subject)
- Cinema and Digital Media - Directing 2020 (required subject)