Setting the Table

Subject guarantor:

Jaromír ŠOFR, Vít JANEČEK, Jan FLEISCHER

Name of lecturer(s):

Jaromír ŠOFR, Vít JANEČEK, Jan FLEISCHER

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

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 study:

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:

No

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.

Recommended or required reading:

No

Planned learning activities and teaching methods:

No

Assessment methods and criteria:

The excercise is discussed and evaluated in tutors' workshops.

Course web page:

Note:

No

Schedule for winter semester 2012/2013:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2012/2013:

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)