Setting the Table

Course unit code:

311STA

Course unit title:

Setting the Table

Mode of delivery:

zápočet

Range:

Type of course unit:

Study plan Cinema and Digital Media - Cinematography – compulsory subject
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 - Cinematography – 1st year
Study plan Cinema and Digital Media - Screenwriting – 1st year
Study plan Cinema and Digital Media - Directing – 1st year

Semester when the course unit is delivered

zimní

Number of ECTS credits allocated:

Garant předmětu:

Marek JÍCHA, Ivo TRAJKOV, Pavel MAREK

Name of lecturer(s):

Marek JÍCHA, Ivo TRAJKOV, Pavel MAREK

Study Objectives:

Student learns how to use different types of shots (over the shoulder, close-up, extreme close-up, profile, dvoudetail, pan from one actor to another, long shot, high angle, low angle) in a situation based upon dialogue in a limited space. Student will learn how to adjust this skill to diverse situation: in a car, in a theatre, on marry-go-round etc.

Mode of delivery:

Production: A dialogue scene, three or more characters sitting around the table. Shot in class with four actors.

Technical parameters: digital camera, no lights, edited in laptop.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

Before shooting student participates in a short woskhop focused on writing the dialogue in a limited dramatic space.

Recommended optional programme components

Course contents:

Students receive dialogue scene/s from existing screenplay or scene/s written for the exercise by screenwriting students. In the workshop students learn how to set up a scene with more actors seated, learn how to respect the lines of action in more complex situation, and learn how to present a character arriving or leaving. Students learn how to use different camera angles and types of shots ? over the shoulder, close-up, extreme close-up, profile, panning from one actor to another, long shot, high angle, low angle. Students also learn how to apply these skills in diverse situations: in a car, in a theatre, on a marry-go-round etc.

Study materials:

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Assessment methods and criteria

The excercise is discussed and evaluated in tutors' workshops.

Language of instruction:

English

Work placement(s):

Pracovní stáž není u tohoto předmětu zavedena.

Course web page:

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