Cinergy with Franz Rodenkirchen about visual storytelling

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Subject guarantor:

Giovanni Battista ROBBIANO

Name of lecturer(s):

Giovanni Battista ROBBIANO

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

„In my work as a script advisor, I frequently come across filmmakers who are not primarily interested in creating a story that can be summarized via plot or character change. These projects have one thing in common: when we try to pitch them, the way pitching stories is understood, it usually doesn’t work, it doesn’t communicate well. There is not enough happening that can be told as a story, or rather, pronouncing what is happening will not necessarily give you any idea of what the film is going to be like, how it is going to look and feel. In order to convey the ideas behind these films, the unique qualities of each one of them, we need to look for other ways of communication. Not only in the presentation of the work, but also in the development and this includes the scriptwriting process. If not all films can be put into the classical form of writing, we have to ask ourselves: How to write cinema? But this already implies that we can. So we might better ask: can we write cinema? All forms of cinema?“ - Franz Rodenkirchen

A presentation of series of topics that are interconnected and address the following issues: scriptwriting as craft and necessary step towards filmmaking. What kind of approaches can we find? (This includes classical scriptwriting, manuals about „writing good scripts“, script consulting approaches, but also script and in general project formats.) For example the treatment is a format that seems invented by funding bodies, not because filmmakers need it). The presentation of the whole spectrum, from classical form, often with a clear division of labour, to an open form that includes filmmakers who do no longer find the script format sufficient or adequate.

The intention of Franz Rodenkirchen is to help define the right kind of focus when approaching scriptwriting: namely from the inside, the artistic and narrative intent, rather than from a set of external factors (fixed rules to define good vs bad scripts, commercial pressures, taste of the audience, box-office-success).

Mode of study:

Lectures

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

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Course contents:

15. 12./ 17:00 - 19:00/ Lecture by Franz Rodenkirchen about Visual Storytelling

Klubovna of Municipal Library of Prague/ Mariánské nám. 1, Prague 1

The first part of the modul will be presentation on the Franz Rodenkirchen´s research „How to write Cinema“ followed by Q and A

Franz Rodenkirchen is a Berlin-based, internationally working script consultant and tutor. He works with TorinoFilmLab’s Script and Pitch and Frame Work, the Script Station of Berlinale Talents; plus a.o. the Berlin Film Academy dffb, CineLink Sarajevo and CPH:LAB. He also teaches a script consulting workshop for film professionals and has an ongoing interest in researching modes of visual narration. With Françoise von Roy he runs the Script Circle, a periodic script development workshop in Berlin. From May – Sep 2013 he was Artist in Residence at the Dutch Film Academy, Amsterdam. In 2014 he co-curated the exhibition „Real emotions – thinking in film“ at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin. In more than 18 years, he has consulted on many independent film projects from all over the world.

16. 12./ 10:00 - 12:00/ Discussion with Franz Rodenkirchen

FAMU U3

The second part of the modul will be more practical discussion with students even about their own projects and personal doubts.

Recommended or required reading:

Can we write cinema

http://www.solace23.com/media/Can-we-write-Cinema-Short-Essay.pdf

…but words would only make it smaller: Emotional theme and storytelling by Franz Rodenkirchen

http://www.torinofilmlab.it/library/15-insights-2008

Beginning the middle at the end: Some notes on non-linear narratives by Franz Rodenkirchen

http://www.torinofilmlab.it/library/15-insights-2008

To change, or not to change - is that the question? by Franz Rodenkirchen

http://www.torinofilmlab.it/library/13-insights-2011

Assessment methods and criteria:

100% attendance and 100% participation for all events.

Course web page:

Note:

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Schedule for winter semester 2016/2017:

Date	Day	Time	Tutor	Location	Notes	No. of paralel
15.12.2016		17:00–19:00	Giovanni Battista ROBBIANO		Klubovna of Municipal Library of Prague/ Mariánské nám. 1, Prague 1	přednášková par. 1
16.12.2016		10:00–12:00	Giovanni Battista ROBBIANO	Učebna 3 Lažanský palác		přednášková par. 1

Schedule for summer semester 2016/2017:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans: