FAVh028 Introduction to Television Formats

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2020
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Kateřina Šardická (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Pavel Skopal, Ph.D.
Department of Film Studies and Audiovisual Culture – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Film Studies and Audiovisual Culture – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 14:00–15:40 C34
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
New trends in television production can be seen mainly in the development of television formats. Goal of this class is to introdukce modern trends in the area of television formats, to show their overview, explain what television format is, what are the conditions and circumstances of its formation, how does a television format incorporate and enforce itself in television broadcasting and how is it modified if the license is sold to other countries. Foreign titles, that will be shown in this course, were chosen because they bring new ideas and methods of audiovisual production and because they were evaluated by both viewers and critics. Students will get to know program manuals, presentations and scripts of some projects. These formats will be compared to certain recent local projects.
Learning outcomes
Student will be:
- acquires a basic orientation in current domestic of television formats;
- understand the roles of individual televisions in the domestic market;
- understand the origin, development and production of television formats and the creation of a program composition;
- will get an orientation in Czech reality-tv.
Syllabus
  • 1. New trends in television production.
  • 2. Introduction to the terms "television format" and "television genre". Overview of genres and types of formats.
  • 3. How is the development of a television program and especially the development of a television format.
  • 3.1. Screenwriting and dramaturgical preparation - from the initial idea to the program manual of the so-called bible tv format.
  • 3.2. Production preparation - production potential of the format, implementation research, budget, technology.
  • 3.3. Inclusion of a television program in the broadcasting scheme.
  • 3.4. License sales to other countries.
  • 4. Samples and analysis of episodes of current new formats.
  • 4.1. Non fiction formats (eg reality show, docusoup, competition, hidden camera, educational reality show, arranged documentary).
  • 5. Differences between commercial and public service television.
Literature
    required literature
  • ORLEBAR, Jeremy. Kniha o televizi. Translated by Helena Bendová. 1. vyd. Praha: Nakladatelství Akademie múzických umění, 2012, 213 s. ISBN 9788073312466. info
    recommended literature
  • Tele-visions : an introduction to studying television. Edited by Glen Creeber. 1st pub. London: BFI Publishing, 2006, vii, 192. ISBN 184457086X. info
  • CREEBER, Glen. Small screen aesthetics : from TV to the Internet. First published. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013, 181 stran. ISBN 9781844574100. info
  • KORDA, Jakub. Úvod do studia televize 1. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého, 2013.
Teaching methods
Lecture - theoretical and practical explication; reading; screenings
Assessment methods
Reading during the semester; written test with questions on lectures, reading and screenings.
Language of instruction
Czech
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