Feature Film Screenwriting Project 2

Course unit code:

311FSP2

Course unit title:

Mode of delivery:

zkouška

Range:

Type of course unit:

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 - Screenwriting – 1st 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:

The goal of this exercise is to complete a functioning first draft of feature script that will be ready for further development. Directing students of CDM should finish this project with an understanding how to write a feature script, and hopefully, will have the foundation for their first feature film project upon leaving school. Screenwriting students of CDM will have a first draft which possibly will be used in the rewrite and second draft in future semesters.

Mode of delivery:

This project will be written in the context of an interactive workshop with at least one instructor and students from the 2nd year of screenwriting in CDM and 3rd year of directing in CDM.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

The exercises in Feature Film Project I are the prerequisite for this project.

Recommended optional programme components

Students should read other completed screenplays from both produced and not produced films in order to better understand the format.

Course contents:

The project will consist of a completed first draft of a feature length screenplay (90 - 130 pages of standard screenplay format) in the third and fourth semester.

This project will be worked on during the students enrollment in Feature Screenwriting 2.

Study materials:

An Approach to Screenwriting for the Feature Film - Jan Fleischer

The Tools of Screenwriting - Howard and Mabley

Story - Robert McKee

The Secret Language of Cinema - Jean-Claude Carriere

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Various guest lectures regarding screenwriting will be recommended during the course of the school year.

Assessment methods and criteria

The script will be evaluated by the instructors periodically during the various stages of writing, and holistically at the end of the academic year.

Language of instruction:

English

Work placement(s):

Pracovní stáž není u tohoto předmětu zavedena.

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Note:

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:

Cinema and Digital Media - Screenwriting (qualification subject - practical seminar)
Cinema and Digital Media - Directing (qualification subject - practical seminar)