Montage workshop 2
| Code | Completion | Credits | Range | Language Instruction | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 306MW2 | credit | 4 | 52 hours (45 min) of instruction per semester, 61 to 81 hours of self-study | English | summer |
Subject guarantor
Name of lecturer(s)
Contents
The workshop should accentuate the open form of thinking about film and through the film, namely video and audio, monitor their relationships (not only) with an emphasis on editing and the open-form sequence-shot film
The workshop is defined space-time in which students receive pedagogical leadership not only in school exercises and work on their studies, but also in the wider framework of their future profession. Based on theoretical and practical reflections on specific topics builds a method of specific „film“ thinking.
Exercise: Setting the Table - Three or more characters sitting around the table. Dialogue scene. Student learns how to edit shots together with more actors seated. Learns how to respect lines of action in more complex situation, how to show a character appearing or leaving.
Topics:
1 Overview of course activities, contents, and methodology.
2 Camera exploration. Sound exploration.
3 Overview of the film elements of a movie.
4 Difference between STORY and TOPIC in films.
5 Different types of narrative and narrators.
6 How the story is expressed by characters - setting – events.
7 Review of different editing techniques and their dramatic value.
8 Editing process. Rough cuts screening.
9 Filmic time-filmic space.
10 Kuleshov Effect – Context Creates Meaning.
11 Identifying the communicative aspects and dramatic value of Film Language.
12 Review and presentations of the semester exercise.
Learning outcomes
Successful implementation of all group and study exercises. Gathering of knowledge from the workshop program.
Prerequisites and other requirements
Readiness to devote the maximum of one's time and energy to the successful mastery of challenging tasks arising from the implementation of the practical exercises.
Literature
Writings, 1922-1934: Sergei Eisenstein Selected Works, Volume 1
by Sergei M. Eisenstein (Author), Richard Taylor (Editor)
ISBN-13: 978-1848853553
ISBN-10: 1848853556
Towards a Theory of Montage: Sergei Eisenstein Selected Works, Volume 2 Reissue Edition
by Sergei M. Eisenstein (Author), Richard Taylor (Editor)
ISBN-13: 978-1848853560
ISBN-10: 1848853564
Theory of the Film: Character and Growth of a New Art
by Béla Balázs 291 pages Publisher: Dover Publications (1970) Language: English ISBN-10: 0486226859 ISBN-13: 978-0486226859
The Art of the Film
by Ernest Lindgren
292 pages
Publisher: Spalding Press (December 20, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1447442393
ISBN-13: 978-1447442394
Evaluation methods and criteria
Completion of a film and submitted explication
Note
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Schedule for winter semester 2023/2024:
The schedule has not yet been prepared
Schedule for summer semester 2023/2024:
The schedule has not yet been prepared
The subject is a part of the following study plans
- Montage_2020 (Required main subjects)