Producer-Writer-Director working relationship

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Subject guarantor:

Marta ŠVECOVÁ

Name of lecturer(s):

Marta ŠVECOVÁ

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

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Mode of study:

Lectures

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

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Course contents:

Producer ? writer ? director working relationship

From the very first step of development until distribution: focusing on developement

THE RELATIONSHIP STARTS EVEN BEFORE PUTTING TOGETHER ANY PROJECT

- A producer needs to be able to identify the director(s) who he wants to work with, some will be reachable others won?t, at first anyway. The criteria will be artistic, human and often geographic.

- A director should be able to do the same, the criteria will be the same, to which you can add a knowledge of the producer?s real capacity in putting together projects according to the budget and the international network and access to the market

- A writer is in a totally different position, they have to wait to be chosen, in most cases, to be called on a project. Their role is to make sure they are identified, by following the appropriate process.

ONCE THE PROJECT IS LAUNCHED

- The choice of the project: who initiated it? Who has the paternity of it?

- The obligations of each person

- Exploration of the development phase: a several years journey: who can get out? Who can get in? Anticipate the different steps.

ONCE THE FILM IS LAUNCHED

- The shooting phase

- Postproduction

- The film?s career: promotion, releases, festivals...

KNOW HOW TO DEVELOP TOGETHER

KNOW HOW TO EVOLVE TOGETHER / SEPARATELY

Recommended or required reading:

Development chronology + A radiography on a script

Assessment methods and criteria:

100% attendance

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Životopis přednášejícího/Curriculum Vitae of the Tutor:

Isabelle Fauvel founded Initiative Film in 1993, drawing on her background as a producer ? having spent six years working at Flach Film, where she co-produced several films, including Jean-Claude Lauzon´s Leolo, which played in competition at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival.

With the team she has established at Initiative Film, and the large database they have developed (newspaper extracts, web research, books), she scouts material, develops concepts, and conducts tailor-made research, making her a key partner for literary adaptation. She has close links with writers, directors and producers internationally.

Additionally, she is active as a tutor and course leader, attending conferences, and building connections between the worlds of cinema and literature. She has contributed to the following programs as an expert : Thessaloniki's Crossroads, Sofia's Meeting, Istanbul's Meetings on the Bridge, Namur Coproduction Forum? She is a regular trainer at the Sorbonne and has acted as a consultant for the Mediterranean Film Institute and ACE as well as an advisor for publishing companies. she was recently involved in the Shoot The Book! event at the Cannes Film Festival.

Her ambition is to help films come to fruition where conditions are the most difficult. With this aim, she recently created Socrates, a training workshop aiming to help story editors from the South-Mediterranean region.

She scouts for the Jerusalem International Film Lab and is also a partner of the Torino Film Lab for the Adapt Film Lab, which she co-founded.

Schedule for winter semester 2015/2016:

Date	Day	Time	Tutor	Location	Notes	No. of paralel
08.12.2015		09:30–16:00	Marta ŠVECOVÁ	Učebna 3 Lažanský palác	Lecturer: Isabelle Fauvel	přednášková par. 1
09.12.2015		09:30–13:55	Marta ŠVECOVÁ	Učebna 4 Lažanský palác		přednášková par. 1

Schedule for summer semester 2015/2016:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans: