Feature Screenwriting 3

Subject guarantor:

Pavel JECH, Jan FLEISCHER

Name of lecturer(s):

Pavel JECH, Jan FLEISCHER

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

By the end of the workshop students should reach several tangible benchmarks in the course of successfully completing the first draft of their feature lengths scripts (Feature Screenwriting Project II)

In general terms, the course goal is also for students to achieve a better understanding of the work necessary to complete a feature-length screenplay. Ideally, students will leave the course with a solid foundation for further development of their script, and in the case of the directing students, the first step toward their feature directing debut following graduation.

Mode of study:

Workshop

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

Feature Screenwriting 2

Recommended optional programme components:

No

Course contents:

In this writing workshop student screenwriters will continue with the Feature Film Project from semesters one and two, and complete the first draft of a feature length screenplay. This small interactive workshop will include students from the 3 rd year of the directing program.

Recommended or required reading:

READINGS:

To supplement lectures and informal class discussions, students are recommended to read the following during the semester:

Strongly recommended readings:

The Poetics by Aristotle - Analysis and definition of the dramatic form, as well as proscriptive, practical advice for the dramatic writer. The eternal discussion between scriptwriters and the critics who strive to help them all starts here.

The Tools of Screenwriting by David Howard and Edward Mabley. Short and simple. Deceptively easy to read yet loaded with practical advice derived from the Frank Daniel method.

Recommended readings:

Adventures in the Screen Trade by William Goldman ? Fun to read, the ultimate insider?s look at the life of a Hollywood screenwriter.

Story by Robert McKee - An impassioned polemic for scriptwriters and filmmakers to focus on classic dramatic principles in the service of - what else - a telling a story.

The Writer?s Journey: Mythic Structure for Storytellers and Screenwriters by Chris Vogler. Before Story, The Writer?s Journey was the must-read book for writers and development people in the US film industry. Inspired by the influential ideas of Joseph Campbell.

Making a Good Script Great by Linda Seeger, PhD. Another articulate and illuminating perspective on screenwriting from a highly regarded Hollywood script consultant.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods:

No

Assessment methods and criteria:

Commitee review on script.

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 - Directing (qualification subject)