Practical dramaturgy of a short film + projections and analyses

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Learning outcomes of the course unit:

Ability to analyze existing film works but primarily to use acquired knowledge in their own work.

Mode of study:

Moderated dialogues, discussions, analyses of media recorded samples.

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Interaction in classes.

Course contents:

A practical introduction to dramaturgy of a short 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.

Topics:

- reality and film (references, plausibility etc.) and principles of expression in film

- story and its necessary elements, film – pyramid, differences between a story and a way of storytelling

- storyteller, relationship storyteller–listener (viewer), ways of representation (depiction) of the storyteller

- narrative structures and their comparison, structure of tragedy according to Aristotle

- dramatic situation of drama

- prologue, epilogue, exposition, „hook“, difference between prologue and exposition

- three-act structure, difference between „plot point one“, „plot point two“ and dramatic situation of drama

- genre and its functions

- plot and character, ostension

- character, elements of character, „timeline“ and „recent past“ of character

Each theoretical section is supplemented with film samples in which students can see how their creators – now often successful filmmakers – dealt with specific „dramaturgic situations“ and which form they used to create functional parts of their films' structure. The diversity and balance of various types, focus, genres and time of creation of these films ensure that each student will find his or hers „cup of tea“ and their high quality in given parameters must allow for learning even in areas that are not favored by the given student.

Recommended or required reading:

Writing the Character-Centered Screenplay

Andrew Horton, University of California Press, ISBN-10: 0520221656, ISBN-13: 978-0520221659

Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting

Syd Field, Publisher: Delta; Revised edition (November 29, 2005) ISBN-10: 0385339038, ISBN-13: 978-0385339032

The Seven Minute Screenplay

Mary Angiolillo, Pavel Jech, Nakladatelství Akademie múzických umění v Praze, Praha 2009, NAMU 2009 – ISBN 978-80-7331-153-7

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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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