Course: Directing and Screenwriting 2

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Course title Directing and Screenwriting 2
Course code KAAV/XDS2
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course unspecified
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Sampey Daniel Paul, MFA
  • Karásek Jan Jindřich, MgA.
Course content
Students are taught how to use screenwriting software. Based on their own texts, they learn further methods of screenwriting and dramaturgy. During classes, they are introduced to examples of professional screenplays (case studies). Basics of directing techniques - they gradually move from literary screenplays to the creation of technical screenplays. They learn about the specifics of a director's work (working with actors, working with space, sound dramaturgy).

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming), Demonstration, Projection (static, dynamic), Activating (Simulation, games, dramatization), Practice exercises
  • Participation in classes - 13 hours per semester
  • Home preparation for classes - 57 hours per semester
  • Preparation for course credit - 55 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
Prerequisites not specified
Prerequisites not specified
Skills
Prerequisites not specified
Prerequisites not specified
learning outcomes
Knowledge
- Students can list different strategies for creating scripts (from characters/situation) - Students can characterize and describe the differences between lateral and vertical thinking and approaches to production - Students can define different directorial approaches to scriptwriting - students can describe how to properly create a technical script
- Students can list different strategies for creating scripts (from characters/situation) - Students can characterize and describe the differences between lateral and vertical thinking and approaches to production - Students can define different directorial approaches to scriptwriting - students can describe how to properly create a technical script
Skills
On the basis of their knowledge, students will: - apply an adequate script development strategy - know how to use screenwriting software (CeltX, Fade In, etc.) - students can write a technical script - students are able to apply different directing techniques, are able to take into account the specifics of the substance/genre
On the basis of their knowledge, students will: - apply an adequate script development strategy - know how to use screenwriting software (CeltX, Fade In, etc.) - students can write a technical script - students are able to apply different directing techniques, are able to take into account the specifics of the substance/genre
teaching methods
Knowledge
Analysis of a work of art
Analysis of a work of art
Individual work of students
Individual work of students
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Skills
Analysis of a work of art
Analysis of a work of art
Individual work of students
Individual work of students
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Teamwork
Teamwork
assessment methods
Knowledge
Text analysis
Text analysis
Conversation
Conversation
Analysis of creative works (Music, visual arts, literature)
Analysis of creative works (Music, visual arts, literature)
Systematic observation of the student
Analysis of educational material
Systematic observation of the student
Analysis of the student's performance
Analysis of the student's performance
Analysis of educational material
Analysis of creative works (Music, visual arts, literature)
Analysis of creative works (Music, visual arts, literature)
Recommended literature
  • ARONSONOVÁ, Linda. Scénář pro 21. století. NAMU, Praha 2014. ISBN 978-80-7331-314-2.
  • McKee, Robert. Story : substance, structure, style and the principles of screenwriting. 1st ed. New York : ReganBooks, 1997. ISBN 0-06-039168-5.
  • Snyder, Blake. Save the cat.


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