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ZUR383 Dramaturgical Practice

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2012

Extent and Intensity

0/2. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

MgA. Jan Motal, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Supervisor

prof. PhDr. Jiří Pavelka, CSc.
Department of Media Studies and Journalism - Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ing. Pavlína Brabcová
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Department of Media Studies and Journalism - Faculty of Social Studies

Timetable

Thu 16:00–17:40 AVC

Prerequisites (in Czech)

KREDITY_MIN ( 50 )

Course Enrollment 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 enrollment status: enrolled: 7/10, only registered: 0/10

Fields of study the course is directly associated with

there are 25 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

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
• Philosophy of film and motion pictures :an anthology. Edited by Noël Carroll - Jinhee Choi. 1st pub. Malden: Blackwell Publishing, 2006. ix, 430 s. ISBN 1-4051-2027-4. info
• NICHOLS, Bill. Introduction to documentary (Introduction to docementary). Blooming - Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 2001. info
• MUKAŘOVSKÝ, Jan. Estetická funkce, norma a hodnota jako sociální fakty : Fonction, norme et valeur esthétiques comme faits sociaux (Souběž.). Praha: Fr. Borový, 1936. info

recommended literature
• FIELD, Syd. Jak napsat dobrý scénář :základy scenáristiky. Vyd. 1. V Praze: Rybka, 2007. 277 s. ;. ISBN 978-80-87067-65-9. info
• PŁAŻEWSKI, Jerzy. Filmová řeč : Język filmu (Orig.). Translated by Zdeněk Smejkal. 1. vyd. Praha: Orbis, 1967. 461 s., př. info
• BIRÓOVÁ, Yvette. Teorie filmové dramaturgie : o dramatičnosti filmu. Praha: Československý filmový ústav, 1975. info
• BLÁHA, Ivo. Zvuková dramaturgie audiovizuálního díla. 2., dopl. vyd. V Praze: Akademie múzických umění, 2004. 145 s. ISBN 80-7331-010-4. info
• MARŠÍK, Josef. Úvod do teorie rozhlasového programu. 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 1995. 106 s. ISBN 80-7184-013-0. 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.

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.

The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2011, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014.

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