Radical strategies in screenwriting 1

Code	Completion	Credits	Range	Semester
301RS1	Z	1

Subject guarantor:

Lukáš JIŘIČKA

Name of lecturer(s):

Lukáš JIŘIČKA

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

Overview of various dramaturgy strategies, not only in film. Introduction to editing issues and the various roles of the scriptwriter and dramaturgist in film, theatre and radio.

Mode of study:

Classes

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

Basic bearing in scriptwriting and dramaturgy

Recommended optional programme components:

Attendance at recommended stagings. Knowledge of the recommended and obligatory writings.

Course contents:

Introduction to a wider theory and historical context of the various forms of acting in relation to dramaturgy, scripts, dramas or notes. Broadening the view of the role of the scriptwriter beyond film arts towards theatre, editing and radio, performance or happening and specific approaces required by those.

Recommended or required reading:

Bertold Brecht - Myšlenky

Sergej Ejzenštejn - O stavbě uměleckého díla

Walter Benjamin - Umělecké dílo ve věku své technické reprodukovatelnosti, Autor jako producent

Hans-Thies Lehmann - Postdramatické divadlo

Erika Fischer-Lichte - Estetika performativity

Peter Brook - Pohyblivý bod, prázdný prostor, Nitky času

Erving Goffman - Všichni hrajeme divadlo

Arnold Aronson - Americké avantgardní divadlo

Tomáš Dvořák (ed.) - Kapitoly z dějin a teorie umění

Nicolas Bourriaud - Postprodukce

Jozef Cseres, Michal Murin (ed.) - Od analogového k digitálnému

M. Dreysse / F. Malzacher (ed.) - Experts of the Everyday. The Theatre of Rimini Protokoll

Tim Etchells - Doing Time

Planned learning activities and teaching methods:

Regular classes with open space for discussions and critical assessments of the material.

Assessment methods and criteria:

Credit is awarded for class participation (paper, discussion) and attendance with a maximum of 3 absences per semester. The exam will be assigned based on the completion of the course paper of a minimum of 5 standard pages.

Course web page:

Note:

Class participation is important as well as preparations at home (study of recommended writings).

Schedule for winter semester 2014/2015:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer 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
Mon	místnost 432 Učebna KSD 432 (Lažanský palác) JIŘIČKA L. 14:00–15:35 (paralelka 1)
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Date	Day	Time	Tutor	Location	Notes	No. of paralel
	Mon	14:00–15:35	JIŘIČKA L.	Učebna KSD 432 Lažanský palác		paralelka 1

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

Scriptwriting and Dramaturgy - Bachelor (qualification subject)