Feature Film Screenwriting Project 1

Subject guarantor:

Jan FLEISCHER, Pavel JECH

Name of lecturer(s):

Jan FLEISCHER, Pavel JECH

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

The goal of this exercise is to get a solid start to writing a feature screenplay, with a clear concept on how to continue.

Mode of study:

This project will be written in the context of an interactive workshop with at least one instructor and students from the 1st year of screenwriting in CDM and 2nd year of directing in CDM.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

This exercise has no prerequisites

Recommended optional programme components:

No

Course contents:

The project should consist of either a completed 20 page treatment for a feature film or the first 60 pages of feature film script, including a rough outline for the rest of the script in the first and second semester.

This project will be worked on during the students enrollment in Feature Screenwriting 1.

Recommended or required reading:

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:

No

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.

Course web page:

Note:

No

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:

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