Grammar of the film language 1

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Learning outcomes of the course unit:

Students adopt conscientious working methods with basic film expression elements.

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lecture

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Students adopt conscientious working methods with basic film expression elements.

While the first three semesters of the course deal with categories of expression in film language, the second three semesters concentrate on the method of using these options, with a focus on real practical examples.

The aim is to clarify the relationship among the key particular visual means of expression in film and the ways of their use. In one seminar, the mentioned principles will be demonstrated and analyzed using footage from selected films. Further on, we will analyze the students' „homework“ – the ways of solution of a particular scene from a given script.

Topics:

•Basic visual means of expression – recapitulation

•Parallel editing and its purpose

•Dialogue between two, three or more actors

•Solutions of static dialogue scenes

•Image and movement I (object)

Recommended or required reading:

Film Directing Shot by Shot: Visualizing from Concept to Screen

by Steven D. Katz

Series: Michael Wiese Productions

Paperback: 366 pages

Publisher: Focal Press; 1 edition (July 31, 1991)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0941188108

ISBN-13: 978-0941188104

Grammar of the Film Language

by Daniel Arijon

Paperback: 624 pages

Publisher: Silman-James Pr; Reprint edition (September 1991)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 187950507X

ISBN-13: 978-1879505070

Narration in the Fiction Film

by David Bordwell

Paperback: 370 pages

Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press (September 15, 1985)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0299101746

ISBN-13: 978-0299101749

Assessment methods and criteria:

70% participation in lectures

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Presentation

Completion of the final exam.

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