Developing Screenplays 2
| Code | Completion | Credits | Range | Language Instruction |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 300MSC | Z | 3 | 6/S |
- Tutor:
- Kateřina KLARICOVÁ
- Synopsis:
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Coordinator Kateřina Klaricová
Assignment: 3 credit for 100% participation and written essay 1-2 pages, please email to katerina.klaricova@famu.cz
Date and Time: 14-16.10. 2009, FAMU, room 1
14. 10. 2009 14:30-18 pitching
15. 10. 2009 17:15 - 21 lecture by Dick Ross
16. 10. 2009 17 -20 lecture by Pavel Jech
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INVITATION TO
Developing Screenplays II
Discussion and Open Pitching Forum
October 14, 2009, 14:30-18:00
FAMU, Smetanovo nábř. 2, Prague 1 / room U1
Due to its success in March 2009 FAMU is organizing the ?Developing Screenplays? Discussion and Pitching Forum for the second time.
Discussion will be covering the following topics:
Story traditions, and film as a narrative vessel. Furthermore the oral, visual and dramatic traditions which are at the foundation of today?s narrative film will be discussed.
Next, students of FAMU, students from other schools and film professionals will have the opportunity to pitch their own ideas for film projects, and receive immediate reactions from the panel members.
If you are interested in presenting your film project, contact katerina.klaricova@famu.cz by October 5, 2009!
If you want to participate without a project, confirm your attendance at katerina.klaricova@famu.cz by October 8, 2009!
You can find more information including the program of the event in the attachment.
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Developing Screenplays II
Discussion and Open Pitching Forum
October 14, 2009, 14:30-18:00 at FAMU, Smetanovo nábř. 2, Prague 1 / room U1
FAMU is organizing the „Developing Screenplays“ Discussion and Pitching Forum for the second time. Its success in March 2009 was caused by spontaneous reactions and inspiring atmosphere created both by general public and panel members. This encouraged students and professionals to open to public and liberally discuss their fresh projects.
We hope the second edition of the „Developing screenplays“ will help the authors to „kick“ their projects forward by obtaining feedback both from international professionals and their local counterparts.
To open, a panel consisting of international script doctors: Dick Ross, David Wingate, Gabriel Auer, Gaby Prekop and Czech filmmaker Pavel Marek will conduct a brief discussion on:
- Story traditions, and film as a narrative vessel. Members will be asked about the oral, visual and dramatic traditions which are at the foundation of today´s narrative film.
- Pitching: what is the role and what are the benefits of pitching in the story development process.
Next, students of FAMU, students from other schools, and film professionals (scriptwriters, directors) will have the opportunity to verbally present their own ideas for film projects, and receive immediate reactions from the panel members. Since the presentations must be brief, and the panel will be diverse in its opinions, the overall feedback should prove to be intense and exhilarating - maybe not providing definitive answers, but hopefully, opening new perspectives on the developing projects.
Attending students and members of the audience will also be encouraged to add their thoughts and opinions, thus contributing to brainstorming, and to an environment which should be both challenging and inspirational.
In conclusion, the panel members will provide their brief reflections on the discussions provoked by the presentations and the feedback.
Program:
14:30 - 15:00 opening discussion
15:00 - 16:15 pitching
16:15 - 16:30 coffee break
16:30 - 18:00 pitching (continues)
20:30 opening cocktail of SOURCES2 - participants of „Developing Screenplays“ are invited! Krásný Ztráty (Náprstkova 10, Prague 1)
11 authors (6 professionals and 5 students) will have 15 minutes to discuss their projects.
The discussion and project presentations (pitching) will be simultaneously translated (Czech/English).
Moderator: Pavel Jech, Dean of FAMU
STUDENTS OF FAMU: If you are interested in presenting your film project (feature, animation and documentary film) send a short pitch (few sentences in English) and your contacts to Kateřina Klaricová ? katerina.klaricova@famu.cz by October 5, 2009!
If you want to participate at the event without presenting your project, confirm your attendance with Kateřina Klaricová by October 8, 2009!
Students: NO PARTICIPATION FEE!
Contact:
Kateřina Klaricová
katerina.klaricova@famu.cz
Partners: Sources2, Ministry of Culture Czech Republic, MEDIA Desk Czech Republic, Czech Film Center and FAMU.
October 15, 2009, 18:00 ?19:30 at FAMU, Smetanovo nábř. 2, Prague 1 / room U1
Mentor ? or Master?
by Dick Ross - script doctor and tutor at SOURCES2 workshops
„Mentoring“ as an occupation is very much in fashion these days, with increasing numbers of professionals making themselves available as mentors for the next generation of film makers. They have an invaluable role to fill, but how many of them have actually considered the implications of this appellation „mentor“? From the original Mentor in Ancient Greece to the present day, systems of mentorship have marked every great civilisation and all share dominant characteristics, enabling the mentor's protege to move from dependence to gradual autonomy.
Dick Ross has been looking at this long evolution and the unique contribution made by these trusted and experienced guides, and compares their role today to that of teachers as efficient communicators of transferrable knowledge.
October 16, 2009, 18:00 ?19:30 at FAMU, Smetanovo nábř. 2, Prague 1 / room U1
Beyond Creativity: The role of Mentors in developing original screenplays
by Pavel Jech - Dean of FAMU
Behind any great screenplay lies the work of a talented and inspired writer. But in the work of screenwriting, talent and passion -- though absolutely indispensable -- are usually not enough to ensure that a script works, or that a story powerfully engages an audience.
Besides the writer?s vision, the art of screenwriting also includes a rational component: tools and strategies necessary for creating and communicating great stories. Skilled writers know how to incorporate these rational aspects into their work as they navigate towards the completion of a successful script. But beginning writers often compound the challenges of screenwriting by misdirecting their powers of creativity -- creating obstacles that frustrate their aims. Fortunately, sensitive mentors can provide help.
This lecture will discuss the work between mentors and talented but inexperienced writers, exploring the symptoms of undeveloped scripts, and addressing how mentors can communicate with writers in helping them to identify problems, find solutions, and develop their natural talents for creating original screenplays.
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- Further information:
- This course is an elective for all students of this school
- Schedule for winter semester 2009/2010:
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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
Mon Tue Fri Thu Fri - Schedule for summer semester 2009/2010:
- The schedule has not yet been prepared
- The subject is a part of the following study plans:
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- Animovaná tvorba - bakalář (optional subject)
- Dokumentární tvorba - magistr (faculty subject, optional subject)
- Dokumentární tvorba - bakalář (optional subject)
- Animovaná tvorba - magistr (faculty subject, optional subject)
- Scenáristika a dramaturgie - bakalář (optional subject)
- Scenáristika a dramaturgie - magistr (faculty subject, optional subject)
- Režie - bakalář (optional subject)
- Režie - magistr (faculty subject, optional subject)
- Kamera - bakalář (optional subject)
- Kamera - magistr (faculty subject, optional subject)
- Produkce - bakalář (optional subject)
- Produkce - magistr (faculty subject, optional subject)
- Audiovizuální studia - bakalář (optional subject)
- Střihová skladba - bakalář (optional subject)
- Střihová skladba - magistr (faculty subject, optional subject)
- Zvuková tvorba - bakalář (optional subject)
- Zvuková tvorba - magistr (faculty subject, optional subject)
- Fotografie CZ - bakalář (optional subject)
- Fotografie CZ - magistr (faculty subject, optional subject)
- Fotografie EN - bakalář (optional subject)
- Fotografie EN - magistr (optional subject)
- Audiovizuální studia - magistr (faculty subject, optional subject)
- Cinema and Digital Media - Cinematography (qualification subject, optional subject)
- Cinema and Digital Media - Screenwriting (qualification subject, optional subject)
- Fotografie CZ - magistr: restaurování (faculty subject, optional subject)
- Cinema and Digital Media - Directing (qualification subject, optional subject)
- Fotografie EN - magistr: restaurování (optional subject)