Workshop in Dramaturgy

Course unit code:

311WD

Course unit title:

Mode of delivery:

zápočet

Range:

2/T

Type of course unit:

Study plan Cinema and Digital Media - Cinematography – compulsory subject
Study plan Cinema and Digital Media - Screenwriting – compulsory subject
Study plan Cinema and Digital Media - Directing – compulsory subject

Level of course unit:

Year of study

Study plan Cinema and Digital Media - Cinematography – 2nd year
Study plan Cinema and Digital Media - Screenwriting – 2nd year
Study plan Cinema and Digital Media - Directing – 2nd year

Semester when the course unit is delivered

letní

Number of ECTS credits allocated:

Garant předmětu:

Pavel JECH

Name of lecturer(s):

Pavel JECH

Study Objectives:

Students will learn how to provide practical dramaturgical feedback, how to create a standard script readers report, ane will deepen their practical understanding of the dramaturgical principles studied in previous seminars.

Mode of delivery:

Lecture, discussion, presentation

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

Script Analysis I, Script Analysis II

Recommended optional programme components

None

Course contents:

This seminar continues with the principles studies in Script Analysis I and II, applying these concepts as practical tools in dramaturgical work on either short films of other students or of a professional feature project. Students will also learn how to create a script report on a professional feature length script that is prepared for pre-production.

Study materials:

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

McKee, Robert. Story. New York:Regan Books, 1997

Roemer, Michael. Telling Stories. London: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 1995.

Additional reading material will be selected together with the instructor.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Assessment methods and criteria

Assessment and the Final Grade:

Attendance and participation - 10%

Dramaturgical consultation - 30%

Book report and presentation - 30%

Script report - 30%

Language of instruction:

English

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:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

Cinema and Digital Media - Cinematography (qualification subject)
Cinema and Digital Media - Screenwriting (qualification subject)
Cinema and Digital Media - Directing (qualification subject)