PV110 Basics of Film Discourse

Faculty of Informatics
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
2/1/1. 3 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. BcA. Robert Král, Ph.D. (lecturer), doc. RNDr. Petr Sojka, Ph.D. (deputy)
Mgr. Martin Kacvinský (seminar tutor)
doc. RNDr. Petr Sojka, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Pavel Šiler (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. Ing. Jiří Sochor, CSc.
Department of Visual Computing – Faculty of Informatics
Contact Person: doc. RNDr. Petr Sojka, Ph.D.
Timetable
Wed 18:00–19:50 A107
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
PV110/01: Wed 16:00–17:50 B311, M. Kacvinský
PV110/02: Thu 18:00–19:50 B311, M. Kacvinský
Prerequisites
The key is high motivation to acquire skills and craft of audiovisual artefacts preparation. To know the basics of 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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Course objectives
When student pass this course, she/he should be posses main skills, craft and art of preparation of the script of a short movie or play. Course graduate should be accustomed to the creative and technical processes that are inevitable in the preparation of a product of short movie type. He/she will have ready technical script for movie production in the course PV113 Production of Audiovisual Artefacts in the Spring semester.
Syllabus
  • Theme. Literary model for movie or multimedia project. Choice of model or intrigue. Basics of scriptwriting. Movie script: analysis of conflict, setting of key points in a script, plausibility of figures, dynamics of the storytelling, characters and their progress. Substance of dramaturgy, collective readings, processes towards final script and technical and production plan. Main rules of production and postproduction. Editing. Practical goal is adaptation of literary model into movie script. Students have to write or adapt a story into 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 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 (Premiere Pro or AVID).
Literature
  • VALUŠIAK, Josef. Základy střihové skladby. 3., rozš. vyd. V Praze: FAMU, 2005, 143 s. ISBN 8073310392. info
  • KUČERA, Jan. Střihová skladba. Vydání druhé. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1960, 89 stran. info
  • Petr Sojka, Radovan Hakl a kol.: Základy multimediální produkce. Učební text (draft v ISu).
  • 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
Teaching methods
In addition to the introductory lectures about principles of audiovisual communication and principles of audio and video acquisition the main part of the course will be devoted to the discussions about student's project preparation materials (literary and technical scripts). Students will be also given homeworks to learn the skills of movie cutting (Adobe Premiere) in the LEMMA laboratory.
Assessment methods
Final grading is based on the defense of written literary and technical script of short movie. This document will be consulted and discussed during the term. When defended, it's production will be done in spring term (in the course PV113 Production of Audiovisual Artefacts).
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
http://www.fi.muni.cz/~sojka/PV110/
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, 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.
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