Television adaptation of Theatre Productions 2

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Subject guarantor:

Ondřej ŠRÁMEK

Name of lecturer(s):

Ondřej ŠRÁMEK

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

The course aim is the expansion of qualification requirements of our graduates and as well their better application in practice. Aside from this, they acquire practice in the use of television and film technology which in contemporary theatre is more and more frequent.

Mode of study:

Classes, screenings, internship at a television broadcast of a theatre production.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

Completion of the bachelor's study in directing and dramaturgy is required.

Recommended optional programme components:

Monitoring of the television broadcast of theatre productions.

Course contents:

This course is allocated to two semesters. The introductory semester will proceed in the form of seminars and lectures over the history of television adaptation and practices in approaches in individual genres and styles, including their comparisons. At the close of the first semester the students will prepare a detailed director's screenplay of a television program in which they must master the basics of television technology, and the accordant dramaturgic-production-directorial preparations. The second semester will be more dedicated to practice in which the students, under the guidance of an experienced director, will go through the entire process of shooting a television production.

Recommended or required reading:

Study material requirements will be determined in the introductory seminar.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods:

Sample screenings of TV broadcast of theatre pieces. Presentation and description of the technology. Class discussion. Creating one's own screenplay.

Assessment methods and criteria:

Particpation in class. For the dramaturgist, evaluation of a completed screenplay for a TV broadcast of a theatre performance. For the director, an attempt at that performances execution.

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Schedule for winter semester 2014/2015:

	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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Thu	místnost K330 Učebna (Karlova 26, Praha 1) ŠRÁMEK O. 15:00–16:30 (paralelka 1)
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Date	Day	Time	Tutor	Location	Notes	No. of paralel
	Thu	15:00–16:30	ŠRÁMEK O.	Učebna Karlova 26, Praha 1		paralelka 1

Schedule for summer semester 2014/2015:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Dramaturgy for Dramatic Theatre (M.A.) (compulsory subject)
• Directing for Dramatic Theatre (M.A.) (compulsory subject)
• Directing for Dramatic Theatre in English (M.A.) (compulsory subject)