Feature Screenwriting 3

Course unit code:

311FS3

Course unit title:

Mode of delivery:

zápočet

Range:

2/T

Type of course unit:

compulsory subject

Level of course unit:

Year of study

3rd year

Semester when the course unit is delivered

zimní

Number of ECTS credits allocated:

Garant předmětu:

Pavel JECH

Name of lecturer(s):

Pavel JECH

Study Objectives:

By the end of the workshop students should reach several tangible benchmarks in the course of successfully completing the first draft of their feature lengths scripts (Feature Screenwriting Project II)

In general terms, the course goal is also for students to achieve a better understanding of the work necessary to complete a feature-length screenplay. Ideally, students will leave the course with a solid foundation for further development of their script, and in the case of the directing students, the first step toward their feature directing debut following graduation.

Mode of delivery:

Workshop

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

Feature Screenwriting 2

Recommended optional programme components

Course contents:

In this writing workshop student screenwriters will continue with the Feature Film Project from semesters one and two, and complete the first draft of a feature length screenplay. This small interactive workshop will include students from the 3 rd year of the directing program.

Study materials:

READINGS:

To supplement lectures and informal class discussions, students are recommended to read the following during the semester:

Strongly recommended readings:

The Poetics by Aristotle - Analysis and definition of the dramatic form, as well as proscriptive, practical advice for the dramatic writer. The eternal discussion between scriptwriters and the critics who strive to help them all starts here.

The Tools of Screenwriting by David Howard and Edward Mabley. Short and simple. Deceptively easy to read yet loaded with practical advice derived from the Frank Daniel method.