| CODE | ATS5402 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Screenwriting and the Art of Dramaturgy (Part 2) | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Faculty of Arts | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This is an intensive one-week unit. It will be preceded by the unit 'Screenwriting and the Art of Dramaturgy (Part 1)' and will be followed by 'The Practice of Filmmaking: From the Set to the Screen. (Part 3)'. This study-unit will consolidate and build on the basic principles and notions taught in the study-unit 'Screenwriting and The Art of Dramaturgy (Part 1)'. The introductory part of the unit will be dedicated to the close reading of a screenplay and to the practice of script editing. During an in-depth analysis of the dramaturgic elements of the individual scripts that are submitted after the study-unit ‘Screenwriting and the Art of Dramaturgy (Part 1)’, the structure of each narrative, its genre, its signs, and its meanings will be discussed. Following this group discussion, students will embark on the final rewriting of their screenplay. Study-unit Aims: Please note that the study-unit aims, learning outcomes and skills are the same as the ones outlined in the first part of the unit: - To provide intensive training in the basic principles of cinematic dramaturgy and characterization techniques; - To empower the students to critically engage with the narratorial strategies deployed in screenwriting both in Hollywood and in the European tradition; - To inspire students to develop innovative ideas which can provide the basis of a screenplay; - To provide students with the basic tools which will allow them to successfully embark on the planning and scripting of a screenplay. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will: - be able to identify, analyse and critically appraise the narratorial techniques of screenplays of both mainstream and independent cinema; - be able to learn how to apply the basic narratorial strategies and techniques of scriptwriting required in the planning and development of a screenplay; - become acquainted with the skills which are required to turn a screenplay into a short film. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - apply a number of methodological approaches in his or her analysis of individual screenplays via an understanding of the principles and the terminology of cinematic dramaturgy; - collegially engage in a discussion on the quality of a screenplay; - apply his or her enhanced writing skills to the practical development of a screenplay. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Required reading list: Ken Dancyger and Jeff Rush, Alternative Scriptwriting, Focal Press, 2013. Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces, New World Library, 2012. André Bazin, What is Cinema?, translated by Timothy Barnard, Caboose, 2009 [original edition: Qu’est-ce que le cinéma ?, Éditions du Cerf, 4 volumes, 1958-1962]. Dara Marks, Inside Story, A & C Black Publishers, 2009. John Truby, The Anatomy of Story, Faber and Faber, 2008. Chris Vogler, The Writer’s Journey, Michael Wiese Productions, 2007. Syd Field, The Screenwriter’s Workbook, Delta, 2006. Recommended reading list: Yves Lavandier, Writing Drama, translated by Bernard Besserglik, Le Clown & l’Enfant, 2005 [original edition: La dramaturgie, Le Clown & l’Enfant, 1994]. Werner Herzog, Herzog on Herzog, edited by Paul Cronin, Faber and Faber, 2002. Bruno Fornara, Geografia del cinema, BUR Rizzoli, 2001. Andrey Tarkovsky, Time Within Time, translated by Kitty Hunter-Blair, Faber and Faber, 1994. Daniel Arijon, Grammar of the Film Language, Silman-James Press, 1991. Andrey Tarkovsky, Sculpting in Time, translated by Kitty Hunter-Blair, University of Texas Press, 1989. Aristotle, The Poetics, translated by Stephen Halliwell, Duckworth, 1987. Robert Bresson, Notes on the Cinematographer, translated by Jonathan Griffin, Quartet Books, 1986 [original edition: Notes sur le cinématographe, Gallimard, 1975 (available in French)]. David Bordwell, Narration in the Fiction Film, Methuen, 1985. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Seminar and Workshop | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Gloria Lauri Lucente Franz Rodenkirchen |
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