Film Directing Seminar 8

Subject guarantor:

Bohdan SLÁMA

Name of lecturer(s):

Bohdan SLÁMA

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

Preparation of short etudes, their assessment, considerations.

Mode of study:

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Prerequisites and co-requisites:

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Recommended optional programme components:

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Course contents:

Instruction is a combination of lectures and classes. Students, asides from assigned topics, will write short papers (drama etudes or brief considerations), which will be assessed as a group.

Main Topics:

Film subject - selection of material in relation to the considered film form and required length. Working with literary bases and one's experience.

Figure characteristics - relation of the figure as the basis of the drama structure.

Basic genre

Environment, atmosphere, period. Motif selection and choice.

Rhythm and contrast as a basis for the future assembly and structure of the script.

Original initiatve in conflict or agreement with the imagined societal needs.

Relation of the director and script-writer during preparation and implementation of the film: the director as an author.

KZ/2

Recommended or required reading:

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Planned learning activities and teaching methods:

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Assessment methods and criteria:

Class participaiton and submission of assigned reviews.

Course web page:

Note:

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Schedule for winter semester 2013/2014:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2013/2014:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Documentary Film - Master (faculty subject)
• Animation - Master (faculty subject)
• Scriptwriting and Dramaturgy - Master (faculty subject)
• Film Directing - Master (qualification subject, faculty subject)
• Cinematography - Master (faculty subject)
• Production - Master (faculty subject)
• Editing - Master (faculty subject)
• Sound Design - Master (faculty subject)
• Photography CZ - Master (faculty subject)
• Audiovisual Studies - Master (faculty subject)