Practical dramaturgy of a feature film + projections and analyses 1

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Learning outcomes of the course unit:

Ability to not only analyse existing film works, but primarily to employ acquired knowledge in one's own creation.

Mode of study:

Moderated dialogues, discussions, analyses of media recorded samples.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

featureCompletion of the course „Practical Dramaturgy of a short film“.

Course contents:

A practical introduction to dramaturgy of a feature film - the primary elements, structure, and rules of the structure of a film, including the structural-dramaturgical specifics of individual film genres, taking into account the model definition of a story, as practised in American cinematography, and the seeming dramaturgical „open-endedness“ of auteur and independent film.

1] Through the analysis of feature films, the following principles are examined and explained: three act story structure, plot points, the function of exposition, the catalyst, rising action, crisis, climax, culmination, resolution; idea, theme, as well as ability to create smaller parts of a movie - sequences and internal scene structure.

2] Most importantly, students will learn to analyze films according the sequence method, and to employ it in their own creative work and filmmaking.

Recommended or required reading:

The Screenwriter's Workbook

Syd Field, Publisher: Delta; Revised edition (October 31, 2006) ISBN-10: 0385339046, ISBN-13: 978-0385339049

Story: Substance, Structure, Style and the Principles of Screenwriting

Robert McKee, ReganBooks; 1 edition (November 25, 1997), ISBN-10: 0060391685, ISBN-13: 978-0060391683

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Credit is awarded based on:

Activity in the lectures/exercises/classes

development of the course paper

prezentation

completion of the final exam

minimum 70% participation in the total classes.

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