Script Analysis
- Course unit code:
- 311SCA
- Course unit title:
- Script Analysis
- Mode of delivery:
- zkouška
- Range:
- 2/T
- Type of course unit:
- Level of course unit:
- Year of study
- předmět nemá určen ročník studia
- Semester when the course unit is delivered
- zimní i letní
- Number of ECTS credits allocated:
- 3
- Garant předmětu:
- Pavel JECH
- Name of lecturer(s):
- Pavel JECH
- Study Objectives:
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Students will learn to analyze fiction feature films from a screenwriter´s and script editor´s perspective, and learn a methodology and vocabulary for dramaturgy.
- Mode of delivery:
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lecture, discussion
- Prerequisites and co-requisites:
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No requirements.
- Recommended optional programme components
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No recommendations.
- Course contents:
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The purpose of this course is to study films from a dramaturgical perspective, to demonstrate diverse narrative techniques, dramatic structures and genre forms, and to closely examine the craft of screenwriting. Each film is screened twice: first, in its entirety with an introduction about the film and its creators; the second time, in sequences and scenes accompanied by detailed analysis.
- Study materials:
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Films:
Closely Watched Trains (1967)
La Strada (1954)
Kolya (1996)
Some Like it Hot (1959)
Stagecoach (1936)
Screenplays published in book form:
Bondanella, Peter and Manuela Gieri, ed. La Strada. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1991.
Menzel, Jiri and Bohumil Hrabal. Closely Watched Trains. Translated by Josef Holzbecher. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1971.
Sverak, Zdenek. Kolya. Translated by Ewald Osers. London: Headline Book Publishers, 1997.
Books:
Aristotle. Poetics. Translated by Gerald Else. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan
Press, 1967.
Bordwell, David. Narration in Fiction Film. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1985.
Field, Syd. Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting. New York: Dell Publishing, 1994.
Howard, David and Edward Mabley. The Tools of Screenwriting. New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 1995
Hrabal, Bohumil. Closely Observed Trains. Translated by Edith Prageter. London: Abacus, 1990.
Skvorecky, Josef. Jiri Menzel and the History of Closely Watched Trains. New York: Columbia University Press, 1982.
- Planned learning activities and teaching methods
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No planned activites in relation to instruction.
- Assessment methods and criteria
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Students will be expected to recognize the dramatic and narrative elements explained in class, and to present a cogent analysis of a film selected for a mid-term exam and for a final paper.
40% mid-term examination
60%take-home final
- Language of instruction:
- English
- Work placement(s):
- Pracovní stáž není u tohoto předmětu zavedena.
- Course web page:
- Note:
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No comments.
- Schedule for winter 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 - 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: