Directing 8
- Course unit code:
- 204RE8
- Course unit title:
- Directing 8
- Mode of delivery:
- zkouška
- Range:
- 1/T
- Type of course unit:
- compulsory subject
- Level of course unit:
- magisterský
- Year of study
- 1st year
- Semester when the course unit is delivered
- letní
- Number of ECTS credits allocated:
- 3
- Garant předmětu:
- Josef KROFTA, Jan SCHMID
- Name of lecturer(s):
- Josef KROFTA, Jan SCHMID
- Study Objectives:
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MA program leader - teacher chosen by the student
1. Familiarising students with the basic concepts of direction as a field of study.
2. Developing and formulating students? creative authorship potential.
3. Developing the ability for practical directorial work(space, orchestrating different elements, the rehearsal process, theoretical preparation).
4. Learning to work with and direct a team. Ability to work in a team.
5. Developing and teaching theoretical reflection on the student?s own work.
- Mode of delivery:
- Prerequisites and co-requisites:
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1. Creativity
2. Capacity for reflection
3. Ability to communicate and a sense for team work
4. Capacity for analysis and synthesis
5. Spontaneity
6. Creative gifts
7. Organisational abilities
- Recommended optional programme components
- Course contents:
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Curriculum:
1. Dramatic situation. Working in the situation.
2. Plot, motive, theme. Building the situation.
3. Acting. The actor?s role in the situation. The work of acting.
4. Team collaboration with the dramaturg, set designer, composer. Theoretical preparation of the production.
5. Practical directing work and its reflection.
6. The direction itself. The whole of the production
Syllabus:
From the beginning the study process is built around the dual practical and theoretical elements of teaching. Emphasis is placed on students? authorial, creative and authentic approach to the study subject. The first year emphasises research into the possibilities of theatrical direction from literary authorial creation and its transfer to a theatrical form. At a theoretical level this involves the designation and development of a situation as the basic component of a stage production. Another phase of study focuses on searching for stage devices and their orchestration. At this stage it is essential to study and research acting possibilities, especially in a practical situation. From the beginning, students learn team collaboration with a dramaturg, fine-artist, and musician; in the third year this will lead to an ability to realise a theatrical production. Study shall include regular reflection on practical direction with an emphasis on the ability to precisely formulate and analyse individual phases of work on productions and study assignments.
- Study materials:
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K.S.Stanislavskij: My Life in Art.
S. Ejzenštejn: The Art of mise-en-scene.
Peter Brook : Empty Space.
Jan Císař : Theory of Puppet Theatre Acting.
Bertolt Brecht : Myšlenky o divadle
Denis Diderot: Herecký paradox
Jan Hyvnar: The Actor in Modern Theatre
E.G.Craig : The Actor and Uber-Marionette
Otakar Zich: Aesthetics of Dramatic Art
Jiří Veltruský: A Contribution to Theatre Theory
Anatolij Efros : Theatre My Love
Jindřich Honzl: Mimický znak a mimický příznak
And others
- Planned learning activities and teaching methods
- Assessment methods and criteria
- Language of instruction:
- Czech
- Work placement(s):
- Pracovní stáž není u tohoto předmětu zavedena.
- Course web page:
- Note:
- Schedule for winter semester 2010/2011:
- The schedule has not yet been prepared
- Schedule for summer semester 2010/2011:
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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 - The subject is a part of the following study plans:
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- Režie alternativního a loutkového divadla (Mgr.) (main subject)