Directing 3

Course unit code:

204REZ3

Course unit title:

Directing 3

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

Name of lecturer(s):

Jan SCHMID

Study Objectives:

Senior MA program teacher - as selected 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 requirements for directorial work.

2. The theatre director; 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 way of thinking.

6. Time and rhythm.

7. Detail and the whole.

8. Editing and montage.

9. Working with the actor. Situation. The character and the 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 uniformity 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 cretive method governed by improvisation.

Study materials:

1. Peter Brook - Empty Space

2. Peter Brook Pohyblivý bod

3. Zdeněk Hořínek Divadlo jako hra

4. Jaroslav Vostrý - Directing is an Art

5. Vsevolod Mejerchold Reconstructing the Theatre

6. Josef Kovalčuk Authorial Theatre

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)