Workshop 1

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Subject guarantor

Jiří VLACH

Name of lecturer(s)

Jiří VLACH

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Development of the cultural view of students

Theory and practice application of film production work.

Consultation on the exercise.

Mode of study

Discussions between the workshop lead and students.

Mutual discussions between students of various study-years is presumed.

Particulars of individual instructors and their workshops are presented under „Notes.“

Prerequisites and co-requisites

Screenplay, shooting plan and exercise budget.

Student project material.

Course contents

• Analysis of current cultural events
• Analysis of exericses, screenplay analysis, creating a budget, components and production schedule
• Production planning and strategy, possibly co-production and sponsor relationships
• Production control in the main phases
• Adminstrative requirment completion check
• Group consultations and analysis of projects in the presences of the writer and director
• Consultation on other students' projects
• Definition and potential fulfillment of production intentions
• Project selection
• Definition of development of a film project (content, phases and potential development)
• Definition of the aims and strategies of development
• The role and work of the producer in the development period
• The financial plan as part of the development (investment estimates, financing strategies, solution variants)
• Formal form of the project
• Manners of project presentation
• Preparation and presentation of one's project to the students
• Analysis and comparison of projects in the advisor's workshop
• Communication with the director and artistic crew
• The production crew as the tool of the producer
• Manners and methods of influencing the production in pre-production
• Manners and methods of influencing the production in production
• Manners and methods of influencing the production in post-production
• Money flows, working with a budget
• Examples and analyses of manners of collaboration and communication in the advisors workshop and workshop guests.
• Definition and tools of film marketing (EU, The Czech Republic, The world)
• Establishing distribution and marketing strategies and aims (estimating the potential of a film)
• The role and potential of the producer for optimal introducing film into distribution
• Budgets for marketing and distribution
• Creativity
• Sales agent and distributor - definition, contract examples and analysis
• Money flows and long-term work with a film
• Distribution and marketing of short and documentary films
• Discussions and samples from the practice of the workshop advisor and workshop guests

The particulars of individual instructors and their workshops are presented in the „NOTES“ section.

Recommended or required reading

Copyright law, Labor code. Commercial law, Civil code, Media legislation.

UFD Surveys and statistics

Assessment methods and criteria

Conditions for the receipt of credit are:

• workshop hours participation
• quality of work in group exercises
• fulfillment of all tasks assigned by the workshop leader
• presentation of one's own extensive cultural activity (cinema, theatre, literature, etc. according to the workshop leader's requirements).

Note

Tereza Horská Workshop

The workshop takes place in an interactive environment with focus, primarily, on modern practice in producing documentary films. Students are expected to actively participate and mutually consult across study years, communications and sharing to-date exerperience.

Individual documentary film phases are consulted within the workshop using examples; difficulties in documentary film production with consideration of copyright, budgeting, post-production, development according to given requirements for receiving subsidies from state funds for the support and development of Czech Cinema and subsequent analysis. Searching for financing sources in accordance to proposals, projects - post-production procedures, potential and novelties.

Čestmir Kopecký Workshop

Workshop content:

1. View of the culture and particular film and television creations, as an art. View of art as an tool.
2. Introduction to modern Czech culture, literature, film theatre, fine arts, television, etc.
3. Efforts in self-awareness and investigating its particulars. Searching for one's dramaturgy.
4. Basics of one's creations. Simple proposals, synopsis, screenplay.
5. Film as a weapon.

Students, in the workshop, individually and in groups will make efforts in investigating and expanding one's producing skills in theory and practice.

Jaromir Kallista Workshop

Workshop purpose: Initiation of student individual skills in audio-visual creations - or other kultural projects.

The program content is comprised of theory and practical sections. The theory presentation will be in class. Some classes will have invited external professionals according to the discussed topic. The theory section may be separated into roughly three parts (which mutually blend into and supplement each other) such:

I. Production approaches in completinga film project.

II. A good orientation in potential financing and European support systems.

III. Information regarding European agreements and conventions in cinema co-productions.

Part of the workshop will include consultations on the bachelor's and master's theses.

The practical part will be comprised of preparations, selections, consultations and support o production projects, exercises and with agreement, extra-curricular projects. Student participation, communications, mutual assistance, and sharing of experience between study years and departments. The workshop is open for consultations with all students.

Otakar Svoboda Workshop:

Generally the aim is the acquisition of production habits in creating school exercises, resolving problems in implementation which is a topic which are not particularly covered, sometimes and rarely publishable. There are personal consultations with the workshop lead regarding student projects. I consider my contributions originating from my long-term practice to be fundamental. Significant in my workshop is directing the students to television at Kavčí Hory. Particular types of programs, foremost in the area of large-scale live broadcasts, may be found on the FAMU website under individual Production Dept. workshops. I start with the assumption that an introduction to production technology and the organization aspect of Czech Television is the only having a complete production line including film labs in this time of electronic media growth as completely comprehendible. Becoming a member of this workshop should be an inspiration to the students, who are considering the perspectives of their future work in television.

Petr Oukropec Workshop:

The production workshop focuses on motivating individual creativity and the ability to initiate, set and responsibly manage a film project. At the theory and practice levels, students create and analyse the origin and development of projects, production dramaturgy, financial models, the creation of financial plans, co-production strategies and as well, project distribution and marketing potential. Students investigate and develop their production projects. The workshop, in the Summer semester, concentrates on the creation and completion of student films.

Schedule for winter semester 2018/2019:

• Week view
• List

Schedule for summer semester 2018/2019:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans

• Production - Bachelor-1819 (required subject)