Course: Film Production

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Course title Film Production
Course code KAAV/XFP
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and 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)
  • Konečný Lubomír, MgA.
Course content
Producer: a definition The Industry: an overview Script, production schedule and budget Finance (types of financing, financing plan, sources of finance) Co-production Development of the Project Production Phase (preparation - shoot - postproduction) Distribution, Marketing and Release The Film Festival Circuit Case Study: Truffaut versus Kubrick (an European versus an American mode of production) Case Study: An Example of Production from CEE countries

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming), Projection (static, dynamic)
  • Home preparation for classes - 34 hours per semester
  • Preparation for examination - 65 hours per semester
  • Participation in classes - 26 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
Prerequisites not specified
Prerequisites not specified
Skills
Prerequisites not specified
Prerequisites not specified
learning outcomes
Knowledge
The course is intended for students after gaining basic experience with film realization.
The course is intended for students after gaining basic experience with film realization.
Producer: a definition
Producer: a definition
The audiovisual industry: an overview
The audiovisual industry: an overview
Description of the terms: script, production schedule and budget.
Description of the terms: script, production schedule and budget.
Finance (types of financing, financing plan, sources of finance)
Finance (types of financing, financing plan, sources of finance)
Development of the project & production phase (preparation - shoot - postproduction).
Development of the project & production phase (preparation - shoot - postproduction).
Distribution, marketing and release, the film festival circuit.
Distribution, marketing and release, the film festival circuit.
Skills
The student can describe the work of a film producer
The student can describe the work of a film producer
The student understands what a script is and understands its structure.
The student understands what a script is and understands its structure.
The student can extract essential information from the script.
The student can extract essential information from the script.
The student can build a basic concept of a budget.
The student can build a basic concept of a budget.
The student uses and understands basic film vocabulary.
The student uses and understands basic film vocabulary.
teaching methods
Knowledge
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing)
Projection (static, dynamic)
Projection (static, dynamic)
assessment methods
Didactic test
Didactic test
Recommended literature
  • COLLECTIVE. Czech Feature Film Anthology. Prague, Narodni filmovy archiv, 2012.
  • HAMES, Peter. Czech and Slovak Cinema: Theme and Tradition. Edinburgh University Press, 2009.
  • HAMES, Peter (ed.). Cinema of Central Europe. London, Wallflower Press, 2005.
  • Hames,Peter. Czechoslovak New Wave. Berkeley, 1985.
  • PAUL, David. Politics, Art and Commitment in the East European Cinema. London, Macmillan, 1983.
  • SKVORECKY. All the Bright Young Men and Women. A Personal History of the Czech Cinema. Toronto, 68 Publishers, 1971.


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