Directing 9

Course unit code:

204RE9

Course unit title:

Directing 9

Mode of delivery:

zápočet

Range:

1/T

Type of course unit:

compulsory subject

Level of course unit:

magisterský

Year of study

2nd year

Semester when the course unit is delivered

zimní

Number of ECTS credits allocated:

3

Garant předmětu:

Jan SCHMID, Josef KROFTA

Name of lecturer(s):

Jan SCHMID, Josef KROFTA

Study Objectives:

Senior MA program - teacher as chosen by the student

1. Basics of theatre direction.

2. Directing from the perspective of genre variety.

3. The general alphabet of a director; alphabet of a director in the sense of an authorial position and statement.

4. Working with the production team and ultimate theatrical synthesis. General idea.

5. Working with the actor

Mode of delivery:

Classes, consultations, exams, reviews.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

Creativity and reflection, ability to analyse and synthesise, ability to communicate.

Recommended optional programme components

Monitor of contemporary cultural events in the Czech Republic and abroad. Exchange internship abroad. Guest in a extra-curricular organization.

Course contents:

Curriculum:

1. Basic pre-requisites for directorial work.

2. The director in theatre; musical, artistic and physical theatre, focusing on alternative and puppet theatre.

3. Textual analysis. Personal vision of the world and a personal statement on the world.

4. Theme and story.

5. Integrational mode of thinking.

6. Time and rhythm.

7. Detail and the whole.

8. Editing and montage.

9. Working with the actor. Situation. The character and actor's personality.

10. Improvisational method.

11. Specific production practice.

Syllabus:

Direction in synthetic and authorial theatre.

Contemporary direction has access to all possibilities of expression; it is open and seeks unity in quantity. It develops a principle of theatre with its own eyes and speaks to the present in a dialectic. We see everything from our own creative method governed by improvisation.

Study materials:

1. Peter Brook Prázdný prostor

2. Peter Brook Pohyblivý bod

3. Zdeněk Hořínek Divadlo jako hra

4. Jaroslav Vostrý Režie je umění

5. Vsevolod Mejerchold Rekonstrukce divadla

6. Josef Kovalčuk Autorské divadlo

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Participation in events according to the character of the master's study.

Assessment methods and criteria

On-going consultations, supervision in rehearsals, review. Grading reflects the creative results themselves as well as reviews them and the clarity of student's future profile.

Language of instruction:

Czech

Work placement(s):

Pracovní stáž není u tohoto předmětu zavedena.

Course web page:

Note:

The course of study is determined by the person selected by the master's study supervisor.

Schedule for winter semester 2011/2012:

	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	místnost R208 Kancelář (Karlova 26, Praha 1) 12:00–15:00 (paralelka 1)
Thu
Fri

Datum	Den	Čas	Tutor	Místo	Notes	Č. paralelky
	Fri	12:00–15:00		Kancelář Karlova 26, Praha 1		paralelka 1

Schedule for summer semester 2011/2012:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Režie alternativního a loutkového divadla (Mgr.) (main subject)