PV110 Basics of Film Narratives

Faculty of Informatics
Autumn 2026
Extent and Intensity
0/4/1. 4 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
doc. RNDr. Petr Sojka, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. BcA. Robert Král, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Bc. Zuzana Šupolíková (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Dalibor Jelínek (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Šimon Mačejovský (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Adam Král (seminar tutor)
Benjamín Lapoš (seminar tutor)
Bc. Tatiana Pavolková (seminar tutor)
Bc. Barbora Juríčková (seminar tutor)
Bc. Martin Tuček (seminar tutor)
Karolína Bahýlová (assistant)
Bc. Elizabeth Maria Karpukhina Busswood (assistant)
Bc. Lukáš Caletka (assistant)
Bc. Miriam Kudlačová (assistant)
Jaroslav Ščerbyckyj (assistant)
Bc. Martin Froňk (assistant)
Tereza Rašilovová (assistant)
Mgr. Dominik Hanák (assistant)
Mgr. Magdaléna Blažková (assistant)
Mgr. Roman Pelikán (assistant)
Mgr. Martin Hofbauer (assistant)
Bc. Tomáš Kantor (assistant)
Bc. Stanislav Kemeň (assistant)
Mgr. Michal Románek (assistant)
Mgr. Martina Miechová, DiS. (assistant)
Bc. Vojtěch Širhal (assistant)
Bc. Václav Géryk (assistant)
Robin Peutlschmid (assistant)
Tereza Šifaldová (assistant)
Bc. Sára Vašičková (assistant)
Vojtěch Zahradník (assistant)
Mikuláš Zelenák (assistant)
Bc. Barbora Zouharová (assistant)
Martin Baláž (assistant)
Natália Malychinová (assistant)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Petr Sojka, Ph.D.
Department of Visual Computing – Faculty of Informatics
Contact Person: doc. RNDr. Petr Sojka, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Visual Computing – Faculty of Informatics
Timetable
Wed 16. 9. to Wed 16. 12. Wed 18:00–19:50 S108, except Wed 14. 10. ; and Wed 14. 10. 18:00–19:50 A318
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
PV110/01: Mon 21. 9. to Mon 14. 12. each odd Monday 14:00–17:50 C403, each odd Monday 14:00–17:50 C416, D. Jelínek, B. Juríčková, A. Král, B. Lapoš, Š. Mačejovský, T. Pavolková, Z. Šupolíková, M. Tuček
PV110/02: Mon 14. 9. to Mon 7. 12. each even Monday 14:00–17:50 C403, each even Monday 14:00–17:50 C416, D. Jelínek, B. Juríčková, A. Král, B. Lapoš, Š. Mačejovský, T. Pavolková, Z. Šupolíková, M. Tuček
Prerequisites
Prerequisites for enrollment and successful completion are only enthusiasm for cinematography, ability to work effectively in a team, communicate, solve problems, manage crisis situations and relative time flexibility. The student does not need to have knowledge of the film industry. Knowing the basics of creative writing and electronic publishing PB029 Electronic Document Preparation is a plus.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Abstract
The aim of PV110 and PV113 Production of Audiovisual Artefacts is to enable students to express their own via movie language. This is gradually learned by writing and filing his own subject, literary and technical scenario, preparing a technical scenario for his film production in the follow-up spring semester in the course PV113 Production of Audiovisual Artefacts, and by discussing principles and gaining practical skills from areas of editing, engaging, camera, scene lighting, scene sound, and postproduction.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, the student will be able to:
- use the knowledge of the basics of screenwriting, dramaturgy, direction, production in writing his own theme, literary and technical scenario; - prepare a technical scenario and production of a short movie; - use the acquired knowledge of editing, cutting, engaging, camera, scene lighting, scene sound and postproduction in the movie production; - create a film crew with fixed roles from the group of students; - produce his own short audiovisual work.
Key topics
Theme. Literary model for movie or multimedia project. Choice of model or intrigue. Basics of scriptwriting. Movie script: analysis of conflict, the setting of key points in a script, plausibility of figures, dynamics of the storytelling, characters and their progress. The substance of dramaturgy, collective readings, processes towards final script and technical and production plan. Main rules of production and postproduction. Editing. Practical goal is an adaptation of literary model into the movie script. Students have to write or adapt a story into a script, taking in mind existing technical backing of the course in LEMMA laboratory. During the realization of this goal, students will be taught the right ways of doing a good script and all the phases of literary preparation (model, story, script) all the topics around. Scripts written and defended in the course will be used for movie/multimedia production in the Spring term. Practical exercises will be done in the LEMMA laboratory using DLSR and other rich sets of audio and video instruments.
Study resources and literature
    recommended literature
  • VALUŠIAK, Josef. Základy střihové skladby. 3., rozš. vyd. V Praze: FAMU, 2005, 143 s. ISBN 8073310392. info
  • Filmová řeč / Jerzy Plazewski ; [z polského originálu ... přeložil Zdeněk Smejkal ; doslov Jan Kučera]. -- 1. vyd. -- Praha : Orbis, 1967. -- 461 s., [52] s. obr. příl. -- P 9269/67. -- Obsahuje bibliografii na s. 425-432, rejstřík filmů a jm. rejstřík
  • KUČERA, Jan. Střihová skladba. Vydání druhé. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1960, 89 stran. info
  • Radomír Douglas Kokeš: Formování filmařiny. V tisku.
  • BORDWELL, David and Kristin THOMPSON. Umění filmu : úvod do studia formy a stylu. Translated by Petra Dominková - Jan Hanzlík - Václav Kofroň. 1. vydání. Praha: Akademie múzických umění v Praze, 2011, 639 stran. ISBN 9788073312176. info
  • THOMPSON, Kristin and David BORDWELL. Dějiny filmu : přehled světové kinematografie. Translated by Helena Bendová. 2., opr. vyd. V Praze: Akademie múzických umění, 2011, 827 s. ISBN 9788073312077. info
  • BORDWELL, David. Making meaning : inference and rhetoric in the interpretation of cinema. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1989, xvi, 334 s. ISBN 0-674-54336-X. info
  • KOKEŠ, Radomír. Rozbor filmu. 4. dotisk 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2020, 264 pp. Spisy Masarykovy univerzity v Brně, Filozofická fakulta, sv. 430. ISBN 978-80-210-7756-0. Munishop info
  • Petr Sojka, Radovan Hakl a kol.: Základy multimediální produkce. Učební text (draft v materiálech předmětu v ISu).
  • FIELD, Syd. Jak napsat dobrý scénář : základy scenáristiky. Vyd. 1. V Praze: Rybka, 2007, 277 s. ISBN 9788087067659. info
  • MATHAUSOVÁ, Milena. 12 pádů scenáristiky : scenáristický slabikář. 1. vyd. Praha: Victoria Publishing, 1996, 161 s. ISBN 80-7187-071-4. info
Approaches, practices, and methods used in teaching
The course consists of lectures conducted in a seminar form, often using discussion and interactive teaching methods, where dramaturgy and scenario creation are discussed. Further, the subject consists of exercises, realized in the form of four-hour workshops, taught once every two weeks. Students will acquire theoretical knowledge from the fields of audiovisual production and will also practice them (constructivism). Students' work is mentored by graduates of previous years. Students work in the LEMMA lab and have access to audio-visual technology in the LEMMA booking system.
Method of verifying learning outcomes and course completion requirements
To award a colloquium, it is necessary to surrender and defend a technical scenario that can be used in the follow-up subject PV113 Production of Audiovisual Artefacts. For the credit, it is necessary to take part in the production of a short film, which the students will shoot in the created groups - crews. For details, consult interactive syllabi of the course.
Alternate completion
No way. No alternative or online format is available. The course focuses on the practical application of film language.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Teacher's information
https://www.fi.muni.cz/~sojka/PV110/
"Imagination is more important than knowledge, knowledge is limited, imagination incircles the world." - Albert Einstein.
Study support
https://www.fi.muni.cz/~sojka/PV110/
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024, Autumn 2025.
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