FAV252 Dramaturgy, production and distribution of documentary

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2013
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
PhDr., BcA. Andrea Slováková (lecturer), prof. PhDr. Jiří Voráč, Ph.D. (deputy)
Mgr. Luděk Havel, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Voráč, 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 21. 2. 12:30–15:45 C34, Fri 1. 3. 12:30–15:45 C34, Thu 7. 3. 12:30–15:45 C34, Thu 14. 3. 12:30–15:45 C34, Thu 21. 3. 12:30–15:45 C34, Thu 28. 3. 12:30–15:45 C34
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
Lectures with guests will introduce the process of development, production, financing and distribution of documentary films. Questions of dramaturgy of single films, of commissions from producers or televisions, of production procedures, of different distribution channels, including festival circuit and online distribution, will be discussed deeper.
The process of documentary filmmaking differs in many aspects from the dominant part of cinema, fiction films. Instead of scriptwriting there is development of the project that includes fieldwork, historical research, and interview, use of investigative methods or work in archives. There are different distribution and market strategies for documentary films. On the other hand, there are also many similarities: documentaries are common part of theatrical distribution, even in the post communist countries, they are screened at film festivals and the big projects have comparable (often international) budgets. Lectures will focus on the current European context and the Czech situation, with particular looks on the development in the last twenty years.
Syllabus
  • I. + II. Dramaturgy and commissions (European documentary)
  • creative dramaturge of documentary film / commissioning editor in television – his role and competences / development of the documentary project / financing of the development / dramaturgic process during production and postproduction / development workshops, pitching forums, training programmes – their progress, influence on documentaries and current European map
  • III. + IV. Dramaturgy and commissions (Czech documentary)
  • development of the role of the dramaturge of documentary film after 1989 / model of commissioning process in public-service vs. commercial television / development and training workshops, participation at pitching forums and the influence on the film
  • V. + VI. Production (European documentary)
  • creative production on the field of documentary film / producer vs. production / European co-productions / financing of documentary cinema / specific questions of documentary production and especially certain genres (long-term observation, engaged documentary.)
  • VII. + VIII. Production (Czech documentary)
  • creative production on the field of documentary film / producer vs. production / Czech documentary in co-productions / financing of documentary cinema / specific questions of documentary production and especially certain genres
  • IX. + X. Distribution (European documentary)
  • when and how the distribution strategy is formed / theatrical distribution of documentaries / television acquisitions / markets of documentary films / role of the sales agents / documentaries in the festival circuit / different models of online distribution / target and viral marketing of documentary films
  • XI. + XII. Distribution (Czech documentary)
  • Czech distributors of documentaries / theatrical distribution / negotiations on the distribution and finding the distribution strategy / sales to abroad / festivals of documentary films and their role for the Czech documentary film
Literature
    required literature
  • Šafařík, Petr: Česká autorská dokumentaristika a mezinárodní koprodukce. In: Slováková, A., ed. DO: revue pro dokumentární film. Jihlava: JSAF, 2007, s. 97-117. ISBN 978-80-87150-01-6.
  • Ex Oriente Film Handbook. Praha: Institut dokumentárního filmu, 2007
    recommended literature
  • DO I. – VI. sborník textů o dokumentu (vybrané texty doporučené na jednotlivých přednáškách). Jihlava: JSAF, 2003 – 2012.
  • Nichols, Bill: Úvod do dokumentárního filmu. Praha: Nakladatelství AMU a JSAF, 2010. 316 s. ISBN 978-80-7331-181-0
  • GAUTHIER, Guy. Dokumentární film, jiná kinematografie. Translated by Ladislav Šerý. 1. vyd. V Praze: Akademie múzických umění, 2004, 507 s. ISBN 8073310236. info
Teaching methods
Lectures with excertps from films and discussions with guests.
Schedule: 21.2., Friday 1. 3., 7.3., 14.3., 21.3., 28.3. a 26. 4. from 12:30 to 15:45 hod.
Assessment methods
Exam has two parts:
a) written – three texts (specifications below): deadline May 10, 2013, e-mail to: andreas@dokument-festival.cz,
b) oral – dialogue on the student´s texts: end of May.
Written part: each student writes three porter texts:
1. Summary of one of the topics, use of the primary source and quotations from the discussion with the guest (5 normopages),
2. Dictionary entry on one of the discussed terms (2 np.)
3. your own definitiv of documentary film (2 np.).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
General note: Kurz probíhá v rámci projektu č. CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0044 Inovace uměnovědných studijních oborů na Filozofické fakultě MU, který je spolufinancován Evropským sociálním fondem a státním rozpočtem České republiky. Viz. www.phil.muni.cz/music/opvk.
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