Cult TV Programmes: Changes in Aesthetics, Dramaturgy and Fan Communities 1

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Subject guarantor:

Ivo MATHÉ, Marta ŠVECOVÁ

Name of lecturer(s):

David Havas, Ivo MATHÉ, Marta ŠVECOVÁ

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

Expansion of original approaches to television production as a screenwriter, director, producer. Creation of a natural audio-visual worlds in the form of uniform TV offerings.

Mode of study:

Classes

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

The requirement for participation is a completed short presentation (max. 2 standard pages) of a favorite quality TV series or older cult series. It is not limited to only production

Presentation content:

- short introduction to the development of the program (producer, creators, manner of distribution - cable TV, Streaming TV, Broadcast TV, etc.)

- what is exceptional, in your opinion, about the project (manner of narration, characters, stylization aesthetics...)

- a producer's view of the fan community around the given program (fan videos, fan meetings, fan fiction) and communication of the creators with those communities

- a short consideration of possible spin-offs including plots (computer games, series focused on one of the supporting characters, etc.) which would be, in your opinion, linked to the series

Send the paper by 20.4.2016 to dave.havas@gmail.com. This presentation will be a part of the module and may be accompanied by examples.

Course contents:

I. Definition of Cult TV

1. Beginnings of strict original TV programs (Case studies)

2. Aesthetics. Music. Gender.

3. From fringe genres to the mainstream public.

II. Cult TV and the television industry

1. Dramaturgy review of Cult TV in the TV industry.

2. Exceptional TV program in the development of Cult TV.

3. Cult TV and new media.

III. Cult TV and building community, particulars

IV. The present: Cult or Quality TV?

Recommended or required reading:

Marcel Proust: Swannova láska, Samuel Becket: Marcel Proust, John Fiske: Television Culture, Henry Jenkins: Convergence Culture, Thomas Elsaesser a Kay Hoffmann (ed.): Cinema Futures: Cain, Abel or Cable?, Stacey Abbot (ed.): The Cult TV Book (...)

One's analysis of selected programs of one's choice or one's own idea which may be discussed in class with other students. If interested contat me prior to the beginning of the module at david.havas@nfa.cz.

During the second part of the module we may encounter actual TV station dramaturgy and discuss them with your ideas.

Assessment methods and criteria:

Lecture attendance.

Course web page:

Note:

David Havas

7. 9. 1985 Bad Soden, SRN

PhD student FAMU. Graduate of the FAMU Dept. of Production.

Head of the NFA Ponrepo cinema (dramaturgy, guests, production).

He is in his 5th year of a working internship at TV Nova in the Entertainment Dept. as the Deputy Head of Production.

Member of the stand-up group KAMIL.

Schedule for winter semester 2015/2016:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2015/2016:

Date	Day	Time	Tutor	Location	Notes	No. of paralel
06.05.2016		10:00–16:00	David Havas	Učebna KP 334 Lažanský palác		paralelka 1

The subject is a part of the following study plans: