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ACADEMY OF PERFORMING ARTS IN PRAGUE

Development and processing of genre television series format

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Code Completion Credits Range Language Instruction Semester
301MVRZ Z 2 2/D Czech summer
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Learning outcomes of the course unit:

Students are acquainted with the basic television formats and genres. It attempts to develop a selected format in a genre into a subject and synopsis under the guidance of an experience instructor, an artist who has original and directing experience. The results of the coursework may be continued by the students and possibly brought to a possible useable form. The course prepares students for fugure scriptwritingng practice, moving towards the learning the trade and as well to the maintenance of creative original artistic starting points.

Mode of study:

A brief lecture on the issues and a practice scriptwriting workshop focused on a collective writing; independent work in 3-4 member teams.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

Personal intensive participation of the students during the entire course. Working in a creative original group under the guidance of teaching assistant.

Course contents:

Development of television series genre formats. Intensive creative course focused on practical scriptwriting and applied genre dramaturgy. During the course the students are acquainted with dramaturgy procedures in the creating of a viable subjects and synopsis for a television series. The various genres and formats, such as sit-com, Brit-com, soap opera, saga, survival drama, episodic detective series, etc. are introduced. Their implementation and dramaturgy differences and requirements are introduced. As well the students attempt in groups themselves under the guidance of the instructor to create the subject and synopsis of an assigned topic and in a particular genre for a defined television format.

Lecturer: Jan Prušinovský - Scriptwriting and Script Editing Dept. graduate, successful film and TV scriptwriter and director,

TV series:

OKRESNÍ PŘEBOR,

HOTEL ČTVRTÁ HVĚZDA,

NEVINNÉ LŽI,

Films:

FRANTIŠEK JE DĚVKAŘ

POSLEDNÍ ZÁPAS PEPIKA HNÁTKA

KOBRY A UŽOVKY?

Recommended or required reading:

This course has no required literature

Assessment methods and criteria:

Credit and credit points are award based on completing the entire course and specific material which is the result of the group creative piece.

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Students will work in 3-4 member teams.

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No schedule has been prepared for this course
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