ZUR383 Dramaturgical Practice

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2015
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. MgA. Jan Motal, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Pavelka, CSc.
Department of Media Studies and Journalism – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ing. Bc. Pavlína Brabcová
Supplier department: Department of Media Studies and Journalism – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
each odd Thursday 15:15–18:30 AVC
Prerequisites (in Czech)
KREDITY_MIN(50)
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 10 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/10, only registered: 0/10
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The course aims students to acquire basic dramaturgical analytical skills on the specific material of a genre of higher current affairs and documentary in both television (film) and radio.
Syllabus
  • Introduction to the course. Dramaturgy: origin, context and relationship to journalism.
  • Form and content: an aesthetic norm as a social phenomenon, the definition of genre.
  • The basic terminology - narration / postnarration, theme, structure.
  • Analysis - a musical work: the context (search), analysis (construction).
  • Ostension and space: performativity, shot and cut as a means of audio-visual construction of reality.
  • Reality and fiction: the respondent as a social actor (B. Nichols), fiction and documentary (N. Carroll).
  • Ethical problems of the use of fictitious elements in journalism and documentary.
  • Analysis - performative piece on a documentary basis (biography, travelogue, ...).
  • Summary: audio, video and performative.
  • Expression in media.
  • Institutions, product and production: a process story, synopsis, screenplay, copyright, production and postproduction.
  • Final discussion.
Literature
    required literature
  • MACDONALD, Ian W. Screenwriting poetics and the screen idea. 1st pub. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013, x, 271. ISBN 9780230392281. info
  • STAIGER, Janet. Considering the Script as Blueprint. In Northern Lights 10, 2012, s. 75–90.
  • SZCZEPANIK, Petr et al. Studie vývoje českého hraného kinematografického díla. Brno – Praha: Masarykova univerzita – SFK, 2015.
    recommended literature
  • FIELD, Syd. Jak napsat dobrý scénář : základy scenáristiky. Vyd. 1. V Praze: Rybka, 2007, 277 s. ISBN 9788087067659. info
  • BLÁHA, Ivo. Zvuková dramaturgie audiovizuálního díla. 2., dopl. vyd. V Praze: Akademie múzických umění, 2004, 145 s. ISBN 8073310104. info
  • NICHOLS, Bill. Introduction to documentary (Introduction to docementary). Blooming - Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 2001. info
  • MARŠÍK, Josef. Úvod do teorie rozhlasového programu. 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 1995, 106 s. ISBN 8071840130. info
  • BÍRÓ, Yvette. Teorie filmové dramaturgie : o dramatičnosti filmu. Praha: Československý filmový ústav, 1975. info
  • PŁAŻEWSKI, Jerzy. Filmová řeč. Translated by Zdeněk Smejkal. 1. vydání. Praha: Orbis, 1967, 461 stran. info
Teaching methods
Student prepare for each lesson analysis or position paper of a specified literature. This course is in czech language.
Assessment methods
Students are evaluated in the ongoing development of homework and active participation in discussions.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2011, Autumn 2011, Spring 2012, Autumn 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018.
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