Tools of Directing

Course unit code:

311TD

Course unit title:

Tools of Directing

Mode of delivery:

zkouška

Range:

Type of course unit:

Study plan Fotografie EN - bakalář – optional subject
Study plan Fotografie EN - magistr – optional subject
Study plan Cinema and Digital Media - Cinematography – optional subject
Study plan Cinema and Digital Media - Screenwriting – optional subject
Study plan Cinema and Digital Media - Directing – 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 i letní

Number of ECTS credits allocated:

Garant předmětu:

Petr MAREK

Name of lecturer(s):

Petr MAREK

Study Objectives:

Students will recognize that directing is a complex and multifaceted craft that involves working with several factors, which, as a whole create meaning in drama and images. By approaching film through an analytical lens, students will learn to ask, ?How and why did a director do this? and why or why not was it successful?? Directing is more than following a script and instructing actors; through this course we will realize why.

Mode of delivery:

Screening, discussion

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

Recommended optional programme components

Course contents:

This course will explore the basics of the „directable“ elements of cinematic language. Although conventional aspects of cinema such as storytelling and acting are crucial to a quality film, this course will examine why more subtle elements such as image and sound (and how they are constructed together) embody a role of equal importance. Each session we will watch and analyze films (or excerpts of films) and discuss how cinematic language has been employed to either a positive or negative aspect. We will visit exceptional instances of cinematic construction as well as examples from „bad movies“, for although we need to know what „to do“, sometimes it is more important to know what „not to do“.

Study materials:

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Assessment methods and criteria

Each student will present a short analysis on a movie sequence from the perspective of directing. In addition, students must attend class and participate in discussions; if they don´t participate od classes actively this will afect the final grade.

Language of instruction:

English

Work placement(s):

Pracovní stáž není u tohoto předmětu zavedena.

Course web page:

Note:

No.

Further information:

No schedule has been prepared for this course

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

Fotografie EN - bakalář (optional subject)
Fotografie EN - magistr (optional subject)
Cinema and Digital Media - Cinematography (optional subject)
Cinema and Digital Media - Screenwriting (optional subject)
Cinema and Digital Media - Directing (optional subject)
Fotografie EN - magistr: restaurování (optional subject)