Script Revision Module 2

Subject guarantor:

Jitka HEJTMANOVÁ

Name of lecturer(s):

Jitka HEJTMANOVÁ

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

Script Revision is open to students who have a completed first draft of a screenplay. During the module students will learn the process of professional script revision. The module and the screenwriting revision work will be in English.

Mode of study:

Jan 6, 8, 10

Jan 13, 15, 17

Jan 20, 22

6 academic hours (45 minutes each) between 2 pm and 8 pm.

Place will be specified.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

First draft of the script finished.

Recommended optional programme components:

Žádné další nepovinné vzdělávací složky.

Course contents:

Script Revision is an intense examination of all the components of narrative story structure including Character, Plot, Thematic construction and visual Style. Using deep analysis, deconstruction, and a method of reconstruction, the writer gains deep understanding of his story ambitions and is able, through supervised revision, to fully realize his narrative goals for his screenplay.

Script Revision is open to students who have a completed first draft of a screenplay. During the module students will learn the process of professional script revision. The module and the screenwriting revision work will be in English.

For registration and more details contact please jitka.hejtmanova@famu.cz, lecturer: Brendan Ward

Recommended or required reading:

None.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods:

Assessment methods and criteria:

100% attendance, significant improvement of the script.

Course web page:

Note:

Brendan N. Ward?s career in film and television balances writing and producing with teaching a new generation of artists. A professor of Film at Columbia University for over 20 years, he has also taught at film schools in Vietnam, Cuba, and Sweden.

Brendan Ward is an expert at revision and has assisted in the script consulting/ revision of the screenplays of Lisa Cholodenko (The Kids are Alright, High Art) and Kimberly Pierce (Boys Don´t Cry), among many others. His own television writing includes scripts for Maude (Emmy nomination) and for Good Times Harry (CBS). He is currently President of One Hand Clapping Picture.

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: