Feature Screenwriting 4

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Jan FLEISCHER

Name of lecturer(s)

Jan FLEISCHER

Contents

Students will revise their First Draft Script to reach a stage when their Screenplay can be presented as a work of a professional.

All students will also be expected to actively participate in the critical and constructive analysis of the work of their peers.

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course students will:

• Learn about various intricacies of screenwriting for their own needs and get closer to finding one's own voice.
• Produce a First Draft Script which shall become a basis of their graduation script.
• Understand their own priorities and learn about their authorial voice as well as what they are good at and where they need to seek help. The proper First Draft Script to be delivered as a part of final state exam assignments.

Prerequisites and other requirements

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Literature

ARISTOTLE. Poetics. 1st ed. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 1967. 124 s.

HOWARD, David, MABLEY, Edward. The tools of screenwriting : a writer's guide to the craft and elements of a screenplay. New York: St. Martin Griffin, 1993. 298 s. ISBN 0-31211908-9.

GOLDMAN, William. Adventures in the screen trade: a personal view of Hollywood. Reprinted. London: Abacus, 2003. 418 s. ISBN 0 349 10705 X.

MCKEE, Robert. Story: substance, structure, style, and the principles of screenwriting. London: Methuen, 1999. xi, 466 s. ISBN 978-0-413-71560-9.

VOGLER, Christopher. The writer's journey: mythic structure for storytellers and screenwriters. 2nd ed. Studio City: Michael Wiese Production, c1998. xxiii, 326 s. ISBN 0-941188-70-1.

SEGER, Linda. Making a good script great. 3rd ed. Beverly Hills: Silman-James Press, 2010. xix, 252 s. ISBN 978-1-935247-01-2.

FLEISCHER, Jan. Of scripts and life: MFI, 2010. 278 s.

Evaluation methods and criteria

The minimum required attendance in the class in + 70 %.

The assessment is based on the student’s contribution and efforts to the class and the final text.

The assessment will be calculated as follows:

• Attendance of the classes - 20%
• Participation in class – 30 %
• Final text – 50 %

Note

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Schedule for winter semester 2023/2024:

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The subject is a part of the following study plans

• Cinema and Digital Media - Directing_1920 (Required subjects with the possibility of repeat registration)
• Cinema and Digital Media - Directing (Required subjects with the possibility of repeat registration)