English for Students of Film 1

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Code Completion Credits Range Language Instruction Semester
702FAOU1 ZK 3 2T English, Czech winter

Subject guarantor

Zdeněk KRÁL

Name of lecturer(s)

Hana BARTŮŇKOVÁ, Zdeněk KRÁL

Learning outcomes of the course unit

The aim of the course is for students to consolidate and develop language skills - both receptive, i.e. reading and listening, and productive, i.e. speaking and writing - while acquiring field-specific vocabulary (film and film-making process).

At the end of the course, students will be able to:

Mode of study

Seminars focus on building students' knowledge of film and film industry-related vocabulary. They also involve practising listening and reading comprehension skills and speaking skills (through partner and group discussions).

Study work load:

Seminars 26 hours

Preparation for seminars (Individual study) 26 hours

Writing assignment 3 hours

Preparation for final exam (individual study) 13hours

Total: 78 hours (1ECTS = 26 study hours)

Prerequisites and co-requisites

Approx. B1 level (based on the Common European Framework of Reference) at the start of the course.

Course contents

Week 1

Introduction + Studying at University

Present simple and continuous, non-action verbs, frequency adverbs

Week 2

Studying at the Film and TV Faculty (FAMU)

Present perfect simple x past simple, present perfect continuous, time expressions

Week 3

Film School or Not?

Comparatives, superlatives of adjectives and adverbs

Week 4

Learning to Make Films by Watching Films

Past simple, past continuous, past perfect, used to

Week 5

Basic Filmmaking Vocabulary 1

Anybody, nobody, everybody, none, neither of

Week 6

Basic Filmmaking Vocabulary 2

Future forms – will, going to, present continuous

Week 7

Writing: Formal E-mail

Countable and uncountable nouns, quantifiers

Week 8

Filmmaker’s Army: All the Jobs in Film

Articles

Week 9

Screenplay

Passive

Week 10

Pitching and Pre-Production

Modals 1: must, have to, should, ought to, be supposed to

Week 11

Cinematography and Editing

Modals 2: Can, could, be able to, be allowed to

Week 12

Sound

Time prepositions, words with get

Week 13

Paweł Pawlikowski's Ida: The Journey from Script to Film 1

Zero + first conditional, Future time clause

Week 14

Paweł Pawlikowski's Ida: The Journey from Script to Film 2

Verbs + -ing / to ...

Recommended or required reading

Online course (Moodle e-learning platform): https://moodle.amu.cz/course/view.php?id=704

Assessment methods and criteria

Grade is awarded based on (Summer 2021):

Please note that in the summer semester 2021 the course is taught online (MS Teams + Moodle)

Assessment scale:

•A = 100-90%

•B = 89-80%

•C = 79-73%

•D = 72-66%

•E = 65-60%

•F = 59% and less

Course web page

https://moodle.amu.cz/course/view.php?id=704

Schedule for winter semester 2020/2021:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2020/2021:

06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
room 241
Room No. 3
(Lažanský palác)
KRÁL Z.
09:00–10:30
(parallel1)room 241
Room No. 3
(Lažanský palác)
KRÁL Z.
10:45–12:15
(parallel2)
room 207
Room No. 2
(Lažanský palác)
BARTŮŇKOVÁ H.
10:45–12:15
(parallel3)
Fri
Date Day Time Tutor Location Notes No. of paralel
Thu 09:00–10:30 Zdeněk KRÁL Room No. 3
Lažanský palác 		parallel1
Thu 10:45–12:15 Zdeněk KRÁL Room No. 3
Lažanský palác 		parallel2
Thu 10:45–12:15 Hana BARTŮŇKOVÁ Room No. 2
Lažanský palác 		parallel3
– Zdeněk KRÁL
parallel99

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