ADVANCED PRODUCTION WORKSHOP (8 Credits)

Learning Outcomes:

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to: explain types of genre films; describe the principles of film financing; discuss strategies on how to sell their script and being a professional scriptwriter; demonstrate the ability to develop individual directing style; demonstrate the ability to direct and stimulate actors to perform as naturally as intended by the story; demonstrate the ability to create film financing and proposal for a non-realistic/surrealist film.

Topics:

1. Course Introduction : Structure and Counter Structure;
2. Course Introduction : Film Financing;
3. Scriptwriting Workshop I : Viewing short film examples and discussions;
4. Film Industry;
5. Narrative Versus Anti Narrative;
6. Co-Productions and Film market;
7. Scriptwriting Workshop II : Brainstorming Ideas and Loglines;
8. Film Distribution;
9. Scriptwriting Genre Conventions : Working with the genre;
10. Style and Genre in Directing;
11. Working Against Scriptwriting Genre and Case Studies;
12. Directing a film : Understanding Actors – LAB FILM;
13. Scriptwriting Workshop III : The Art of a Synopsis and Characterization;
14. Directing a film : Understanding Scripts – LAB FILM;
15. Form, Tone & Theory in Scriptwriting;
16. Camera Movement & Script Analysis – LAB FILM;
17. Scriptwriting Workshop IV : Treating a Treatment to First Drafts;
18. Directing Actors – Lab Film/Field Trip/Site Visit/Workshop;
19. Scriptwriting Workshop V : First draft and Rewriting;
20. Directing on Set – Lab Film/Field Trip/Site Visit/Workshop;
21. Writing for a Different Medium – Guest Lecture/Lab Film/Field Trip/Site Visit/Workshop;
22. Directing Exercise – Guest Lecture/Lab Film/Field Trip/Site Visit/Workshop;
23. Scriptwriting Workshop VI : Script Pitching Rehearsal;
24. Preparation for Pitching : Film Proposal – Lab Film;
25. The Final Pitch – Join Class/Auditorium/Site Visit.