Fundamentals of FIlm Grammar
| Code | Completion | Credits | Range | Language Instruction | Semester |
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| 311FFG | credit | 2 | 2 hours (45 min) of instruction per week, 32 to 42 hours of self-study | English | winter |
Subject guarantor
Name of lecturer(s)
Marguerite FARAG
Department
Předmět zajišťuje FAMU International
Contents
Through exercises and lectures students will immerse themselves in the film grammar, equipping themselves with film terminology, as well as technical tools such as storyboards, script breakdowns and floorplans, they are expected to present and be able to communicate clearly and efficiently their visual ideas.
- Class 1: Art as a Technique - Overview of the syllabus and assignment
- Class 2: Film as Language - Saussure - Metz
- Class 3: Script Breakdown, Floorplan & Storyboard - Case Study: Inglourious Basterds
- Class 4: Exercise 1 & 2 : Script Breakdown, Floorplan & Shot by Shot Analysis
- Class 5: Every Frame is a Painting - Case Study: Visualizing Comedy in Edgar Wright’s films
- Class 6: Camera in Action - Case Study: Action Films: Bruce Lee vs. John Wick
- Class 7: Exercise 3: Storyboard
- Class 8: Understanding & Manipulating Time - Case Study: Tension in The Bear
- Class 9: Understanding & Manipulating Space - Excerpt from Maus by Art Spiegleman
- Class 10: Exercise 4: Storyboard
- Class 11: Dialogue in a Nutshell
- Class 12: Viewer’s Attention & Rhythm - Curve of attention
Learning outcomes
- Acquired skills to analyze technically and aesthetically films.
- Understanding of how film grammar operates to achieve a filmmaker’s goal.
- Enhanced critical thinking and visual literacy skills.
Prerequisites and other requirements
- Students will present their assignments in class for a discussion and a review.
- Students are expected to actively participate in class discussions.
- Students are encouraged to show their work in progress to the class for feedback.
Literature
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Evaluation methods and criteria
- Professionalism and participation: 20 %
- Exercises: 20 % each exercise
Total: 100 %
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Schedule for winter semester 2024/2025:
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| Date | Day | Time | Tutor | Location | Notes | No. of paralel |
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| Thu | 14:50–16:25 | Marguerite FARAG | Room No. 2 Lažanský palác |
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Schedule for summer semester 2024/2025:
The schedule has not yet been prepared
The subject is a part of the following study plans
- Academy Preparation Program - Cinematography (Elective subjects)
- Academy Preparation Program - Animated Film (Elective subjects)
- Academy Preparation Program - Directing (Elective subjects)
- Academy Preparation Program - Documentary (Elective subjects)
- Academy Preparation Program - Editing (Required subjects, Elective subjects)
- Academy Preparation Program - Photography (Elective subjects)
- Academy Preparation Program - Screenwriting (Elective subjects)
- Academy Preparation Program - Sound (Elective subjects)