Climate storytelling: once upon a time, the climate was changing fast

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Code Completion Credits Range Language Instruction Semester
300MCS credit 1 5 hours (45 min) of instruction per semester, 21 to 26 hours of self-study English summer

Subject guarantor

Andrea SLOVÁKOVÁ

Name of lecturer(s)

Andrea SLOVÁKOVÁ

Contents

How to create compelling, truthful and engaging narratives about a world facing an environmental crisis? For a long time, environmental issues in audiovisual have only been portrayed in the context of post-apocalyptic narratives. Are there other possibilities? How can climate and environmental crisis be thematized across genres- romcom, action blockbuster, detective story, reality show, or sports broadcast? The module will look at the portrayal of environmental themes on the big screen, how these themes have been portrayed in the past, what the trends are in major audiovisual productions such as the BBC and Netflix today, or what recommendations are based on data and academic research. There will also be a series of exercises at the practical level where we will try to put our newly acquired knowledge into practice. The teaching model will be guided by Futerra's Creative Director (working with COP or BBC) and screenwriter, documentary filmmaker and director Andrea Culkova.

Teaching:

William Patterson, Futerra

Andrea Culkova, ARAS

Learning outcomes

Graduates of the module will have a basic overview of the forms of depiction of climate and environmental issues in audiovisual production. They will be oriented to the possibilities and trends of thematising these issues across formats. Finally, they will try out for themselves techniques and exercises that will illuminate how to put findings from research on audience perceptions of environmental issues into practice.

Prerequisites and other requirements

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Literature

Stories to save the World, Futerra.

https://futerra-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/Stories_to_save_the_world.pdf

Planet Placement Guide, Futerra.

https://futerra-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/PlanetPlacement_Downloadable-Guide.pdf

Weaving in Climate Change, Good Energy.

https://www.goodenergystories.com/playbook/weaving-in-climate-change-a-cheat-sheet

Evaluation methods and criteria

100% attendance

Note

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Further information

This course is an elective for all AMU students

Schedule for winter semester 2023/2024:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2023/2024:

Date Day Time Tutor Location Notes No. of paralel
26.04.2024 10:00–15:00 Andrea SLOVÁKOVÁ Room No. 1
Lažanský palác		 lecture parallel1

The subject is a part of the following study plans