Directing 1

Course unit code:

204REZ1

Course unit title:

Directing 1

Mode of delivery:

zápočet

Range:

1/T

Type of course unit:

optional subject

Level of course unit:

magisterský

Year of study

předmět nemá určen ročník studia

Semester when the course unit is delivered

zimní

Number of ECTS credits allocated:

Garant předmětu:

Josef KROFTA, Karel MAKONJ

Name of lecturer(s):

Karel MAKONJ, Martin KUKUČKA, Lukáš TRPIŠOVSKÝ

Study Objectives:

Senior MA program teacher - as selected by the student

1. Familiarising students with the basic concepts of direction.

2. Developing and formulating students' authorial creative potential.

3. Developing an ability for practical directorial work (space, orchestrating different elements, rehearsal process , theoretical preparation).

4. Learning to cooperate with and direct actors. Ability to work with a team.

5. Developing and teaching a theoretical reflection on own work.

Mode of delivery:

Classes, consultations, exams, reviews.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

1. Creativity

2. Capacity for reflection

3. Ability to communicate and a sense for team work

4. Capacity for analysis and synthesis

5. Spontaneity

6. Creative gifts

7. Organisational abilities

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. Dramatic situation. Performing in the situation.

2. Plot, motive, theme. Building the situation.

3. Acting. The actor's role in the situation. The work of acting.

4. Team collaboration with the dramaturg, set designer, composer. Theoretical preparation of the production.

5. Practical directing work and its reflection.

6. The direction itself. The whole of the production.

Syllabus:

From the beginning the study process is built around the dual practical and theoretical elements of teaching. Emphasis is placed on students' authorial, creative and authentic approach to the study subject. The first year emphasises research into the possibilities of theatrical direction from literary authorial creation and its transfer to a theatrical form. At a theoretical level this involves the designation and development of a situation as the basic component of a stage production. Another phase of study focuses on searching for stage devices and their orchestration. At this stage it is essential to study and research acting possibilities, especially in a practical situation. From the beginning, students learn team collaboration with a dramaturg, fine-artist, and musician; in the third year this will lead to an ability to realise a theatrical production. Study shall include regular reflection on practical direction with an emphasis on the ability to precisely formulate and analyse individual phases of work on productions and study assignments.

Study materials:

K.S.Stanislavskij: My Life in Art.

Peter Brook : Empty Space.

Jan Císař : Theory of Puppet Theatre Acting.

Bertolt Brecht : Myšlenky o divadle

Denis Diderot: Herecký paradox

Jan Hyvnar: The Actor in Modern Theatre

E.G.Craig : The Actor and Uber-Marionette

Otakar Zich: Aesthetics of Dramatic Art

Jiří Veltruský: Contribution to Theatre Theory

Anatolij Efros : Theatre My Love

Jindřich Honzl: Mimický znak a mimický příznak

And others

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 creativity results as well as their review and clarity of students 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:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2011/2012:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

Dramaturgie alternativního a loutkového divadla (Mgr.) (optional subject)