Workshop in Dramaturgy

Course unit code:

311WD

Course unit title:

Workshop in Dramaturgy

Mode of delivery:

zápočet

Range:

2/T

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 – 2nd year
Study plan Cinema and Digital Media - Screenwriting – 2nd year
Study plan Cinema and Digital Media - Directing – 2nd year

Semester when the course unit is delivered

letní

Number of ECTS credits allocated:

2

Garant předmětu:

Pavel JECH

Name of lecturer(s):

Pavel JECH

Study Objectives:

Students will learn how to provide practical dramaturgical feedback, how to create a standard script readers report, ane will deepen their practical understanding of the dramaturgical principles studied in previous seminars.

Mode of delivery:

Lecture, discussion, presentation

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

Script Analysis I, Script Analysis II

Recommended optional programme components

None

Course contents:

This seminar continues with the principles studies in Script Analysis I and II, applying these concepts as practical tools in dramaturgical work on either short films of other students or of a professional feature project. Students will also learn how to create a script report on a professional feature length script that is prepared for pre-production.

Study materials:

Aristotle. Poetics. Translated by Gerald Else. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, Press, 1967.

Bordwell, David. Narration in Fiction Film. Madison: University of Wisconsin, Press, 1985.

Field, Syd. Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting. New York: Dell Publishing, 1994.

Howard, David and Edward Mabley. The Tools of Screenwriting. New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 1995

McKee, Robert. Story. New York:Regan Books, 1997

Roemer, Michael. Telling Stories. London: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 1995.

Additional reading material will be selected together with the instructor.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

No

Assessment methods and criteria

Assessment and the Final Grade:

Attendance and participation - 10%

Dramaturgical consultation - 30%

Book report and presentation - 30%

Script report - 30%

Language of instruction:

English

Work placement(s):

Pracovní stáž není u tohoto předmětu zavedena.

Course web page:

Note:

No

Schedule for winter semester 2011/2012:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2011/2012:

	06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon
Tue	místnost 107 Učebna 1 (Lažanský palác) JECH P. 14:00–15:35 (přednášková par. 1)
Fri
Thu
Fri

Datum	Den	Čas	Tutor	Místo	Notes	Č. paralelky
	Tue	14:00–15:35	JECH P.	Učebna 1 Lažanský palác		přednášková par. 1

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

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