Learning Outcomes
At the end of the course, the students will be able to:
1. read scripts and cinematic texts critically.
2. approach and critically analyze a cinematic text.
3. possess essential elements of methodology for the dramaturgical analysis of a cinematic text.
4. explore the formation, principles, techniques by which dramaturgical analysis is approached in terms of exclusively cinematic production process.5. Be able to write a script (Script Coverage) containing a summary of the script (one to two pages), also, comments and suggestions on the strengths and weaknesses of the script as well as the estimate of its potential use in film production (one to two pages).
Course Content (Syllabus)
Cinema tells stories. Sometimes film producers chose, develop, change or formulate these stories and the way they are narrated. The producer is also a good script reader and understands a script's components.Basic principles of script analysis are discussed. The components that form a story. The way these are organised and tell the story. During film development the producer sometimes participates and other times takes the lead in developing, improving, rewriting the story.
Keywords
dramaturgical analysis, script report, script coverage, script analysis
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
1.[22769196]: ΕΠΙΚΟΙΝΩΝΙΑ: ΘΕΩΡΙΑ ΣΤΗΝ ΠΡΑΞΗ, ΚΑΪΤΑΤΖΗ- ΓΟΥΙΤΛΟΚ ΣΟΦΙΑ
2.[22029]: 161 μυστικά για ένα νέο κινηματογραφιστή, Landau Camille,White Tiare
3.[12537646]: Διοίκηση - Management, ΠΕΤΡΙΔΟΥ ΕΥΓΕΝΙΑ
Additional bibliography for study
1. Sher Garfinkel, Screenplay Story Analysis, Allworth Press, 2007
2. Rona Edwards & Monica Skerbelis, I Liked it, Didn’t Love it, ESE, 2009
3. Ackerman, H. (2017). Write Screenplays That Sell - The Ackerman Way. Beverly Hills, California: Tallfellow Press.
4. Bordwell, D., & Thompson, K. (2006). Εισαγωγή στην Τέχνη του Κινηματογράφου. Αθήνα: Μορφωτικό Ίδρυμα Εθνικής Τραπέζης.
5. Field, S. (1986). Το σενάριο Η τέχνη και η τεχνική: Οι βάσεις της σεναριογραφίας. Αθήνα: Κάλβος.
6. Griffiths, K. (2015). The Art of Script Editing: A Practical Guide to Script Development. Harpenden, UK: Creative Essentials.
7. Seger, L. (2010). Making a Good Script Great. Beverly Hills, California: Silman-James Press.