Course: Basics of screenwriting 2

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Course title Basics of screenwriting 2
Course code KAAV/AN4ZS
Organizational form of instruction Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester -
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
Course content
Parallel mounting (cross cut) - Dialogue, intercepted dialogue, - Dialogue exercise - Inspiration from the environment, props - The figure and its three-dimensionality - Film analysis - Neoformalist film analysis

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecturing, Practice exercises
  • Participation in classes - 13 hours per semester
  • Preparation for course credit - 12 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
Prerequisites not specified
Prerequisites not specified
Skills
Prerequisites not specified
Prerequisites not specified
learning outcomes
Knowledge
The student will learn about: - screenwriting techniques and strategies (theme, spot script, treatment, European vs. American scriptwriting norms) - the laws of creating a dramatic character (S. Field, L. Egri) - basic recommendations for writing dialogue - 6 modes of representation in documentary film according to Bill Nichols - dramaturgical theories (three-act narrative, beat theory, Aristotelian structure)
The student will learn about: - screenwriting techniques and strategies (theme, spot script, treatment, European vs. American scriptwriting norms) - the laws of creating a dramatic character (S. Field, L. Egri) - basic recommendations for writing dialogue - 6 modes of representation in documentary film according to Bill Nichols - dramaturgical theories (three-act narrative, beat theory, Aristotelian structure)
Skills
- can analyse the structure of a narrative - can create a three-dimensional dramatic character - can edit and create dialogue for dramatic characters - can apply the theory of six modes of representation according to B. Nichols - can analyse structural problems in narrative and propose solutions
- can analyse the structure of a narrative - can create a three-dimensional dramatic character - can edit and create dialogue for dramatic characters - can apply the theory of six modes of representation according to B. Nichols - can analyse structural problems in narrative and propose solutions
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecturing
Lecturing
Practice exercises
Practice exercises
assessment methods
Analysis of the student's performance
Analysis of the student's performance
Written examination
Written examination
Recommended literature
  • Bazin, André. Co je to film. Praha : ČSFÚ, 1979.
  • Carriere, Jean-Claude. Vyprávět příběh. Praha : NFA, 1995. ISBN 80-7004-081-5.
  • Cigánek, Jan. Vybrané kapitoly ze světové literatury. Praha : SPN, 1982.
  • Císař, Jan. Základy dramaturgie. Praha : SPN, 1986.
  • Drvota, Mojmír. Základní složky filmu. Praha : NFA, 1994. ISBN 59-014-94.
  • Gray, P., Scott, K. S. Chemical Oscillations and Instabilities. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2001. ISBN 0198558643.
  • Mathausová, Milena. 12 pádů scénáristiky. Praha : Victoria Publishing, 1996. ISBN 80-7187-071-4.
  • Wajda, Andrzej. Moje filmy. Olomouc, Votobia, 1996. ISBN 80-7198-128-2.


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