Mark Travis - Director´s Workshop

Course unit code:

311MMT

Course unit title:

Mode of delivery:

zápočet

Range:

3/D

Type of course unit:

Study plan Animovaná tvorba - bakalář – optional subject
Study plan Dokumentární tvorba - magistr – compulsory optional subject
Study plan Dokumentární tvorba - bakalář – optional subject
Study plan Animovaná tvorba - magistr – compulsory optional subject
Study plan Scenáristika a dramaturgie - bakalář – optional subject
Study plan Scenáristika a dramaturgie - magistr – compulsory optional subject
Study plan Režie - bakalář – optional subject
Study plan Režie - magistr – compulsory optional subject
Study plan Kamera - bakalář – optional subject
Study plan Kamera - magistr – compulsory optional subject
Study plan Produkce - bakalář – optional subject
Study plan Produkce - magistr – compulsory optional subject
Study plan Audiovizuální studia - bakalář – optional subject
Study plan Střihová skladba - bakalář – optional subject
Study plan Střihová skladba - magistr – compulsory optional subject
Study plan Zvuková tvorba - bakalář – optional subject
Study plan Zvuková tvorba - magistr – compulsory optional subject
Study plan Fotografie CZ - bakalář – optional subject
Study plan Fotografie CZ - magistr – compulsory optional subject
Study plan Fotografie EN - bakalář – optional subject
Study plan Fotografie EN - magistr – optional subject
Study plan Audiovizuální studia - magistr – compulsory optional subject
Study plan Cinema and Digital Media - Cinematography – compulsory optional subject
Study plan Cinema and Digital Media - Screenwriting – compulsory optional subject
Study plan Fotografie CZ - magistr: restaurování – compulsory optional subject
Study plan Cinema and Digital Media - Directing – compulsory optional subject
Study plan Fotografie EN - magistr: restaurování – optional subject

Level of course unit:

Year of study

předmět nemá určen ročník studia

Semester when the course unit is delivered

zimní

Number of ECTS credits allocated:

Garant předmětu:

Jitka HEJTMANOVÁ

Name of lecturer(s):

Jitka HEJTMANOVÁ

Study Objectives:

To learn directors how to lead actors - an intensive workshop designed for producers and editors, exploring the creative collaboration of the director and the actors in their interpretation and realization of the script.

Mode of delivery:

Workshop

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

Recommended optional programme components

Course contents:

Instructor: Mark Travis (coordinator Jitka Hejtmanová)

Date and Time: October 22-24, 10:00-13:00 + 14:00-17:00, FAMU, Room 1

There is often a world of difference between what you hear or imagine when you read a script and what you may see on the screen after those words have been interpreted and brought to life by the director and the actors. And within that gap (between expectation and result) there can often be confusion, disappointment, bewilderment or anger.

In this Master Class we will be exploring that gap; how and why it occurs; what can be done about it; and, most importantly, how it can be avoided. Mark Travis will be directing scenes from various materials and employing professional actors.

It´s important to understand that there is a significant difference between the work of the writer, the imagination of the reader or editor, the vision of the director and finally the work of the actor. Writer, editor, director and actor - they all have the same words on the page - they all have the same story in the script, but the way they „see“ and „hear“ is vastly different and needs to be understood and appreciated by all involved in order to ensure a creative collaboration.

In this three-day Master Class we will be exploring:

* Script Analysis (the director´s POV)

* The Actor/Director Relationship

* What is the story really about?

* The director´s personal connection with the story.

* The Rehearsal Process

* Character Development

* Character Arcs

* Relationship Arcs

* Objectives and Obstacles

* The Emotional Graph of each character Staging

* The Audience´s Journey

* Closure and resolution

* Working with Non-actors

* Directing Comedy

* Visualizing the Scene

Study materials:

All participants will get the script via e-mail. Please read it.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Assessment methods and criteria

Assignment: 3 credit for 100% participation

Language of instruction:

English

Work placement(s):

Pracovní stáž není u tohoto předmětu zavedena.

Course web page:

Note:

Maximum 12 students!

To learn more about Mark Travis: http://www.markwtravis.com/

Schedule for winter semester 2010/2011:

	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 2010/2011:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

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)