Workshop in Dramaturgy

Subject guarantor:

Jan FLEISCHER, Pavel JECH

Name of lecturer(s):

Jan FLEISCHER, Pavel JECH

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

Students will learn how to provide practical dramaturgical feedback, how to create a standard script readers report, ane will deepen their practical understanding of the dramaturgical principles studied in previous seminars.

Mode of study:

Lecture, discussion, presentation

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

Script Analysis I, Script Analysis II

Recommended optional programme components:

None

Course contents:

This seminar continues with the principles studies in Script Analysis I and II, applying these concepts as practical tools in dramaturgical work on either short films of other students or of a professional feature project. Students will also learn how to create a script report on a professional feature length script that is prepared for pre-production.

Recommended or required reading:

Aristotle. Poetics. Translated by Gerald Else. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, Press, 1967.

Bordwell, David. Narration in Fiction Film. Madison: University of Wisconsin, Press, 1985.

Field, Syd. Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting. New York: Dell Publishing, 1994.

Howard, David and Edward Mabley. The Tools of Screenwriting. New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 1995

McKee, Robert. Story. New York:Regan Books, 1997

Roemer, Michael. Telling Stories. London: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 1995.

Additional reading material will be selected together with the instructor.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods:

No

Assessment methods and criteria:

Assessment and the Final Grade:

Attendance and participation - 10%

Dramaturgical consultation - 30%

Book report and presentation - 30%

Script report - 30%

Course web page:

Note:

No

Schedule for winter semester 2013/2014:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2013/2014:

	06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
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Date	Day	Time	Tutor	Location	Notes	No. of paralel
		14:50–16:25	FLEISCHER J.	Učebna 7 Lažanský palác		paralelka 1

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

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