Drama and Cinema Scripts
Code: 103066 ECTS Credits: 6| Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2501928 Audiovisual Communication | OT | 3 | 1 |
| 2501928 Audiovisual Communication | OT | 3 | 2 |
| 2501928 Audiovisual Communication | OT | 4 | 2 |
Contact
- Name:
- Maria Carmen Ávalos Del Pino
- Email:
- mariadelcarmen.avalos@uab.cat
Teaching groups languages
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Prerequisites
there are no prerequisites
Objectives and Contextualisation
- To deepen the knowledge on theoretical concepts for the creation of screenplays
- To analyse audio-visual products, especially cinematographic ones, from their narrative and gender perspective
- To apply the theoretical and technical concepts in the creation of screenplays
- To create an original screenplay, good enough to be presented to the industry
Competences
- Audiovisual Communication
- Apply narrative and presentation skills specific to audiovisual content.
- Disseminate the area's knowledge and innovations.
- Manage time effectively.
- Show leadership, negotiation and team-working capacity, as well as problem-solving skills.
- Use one's imagination with flexibility, originality and ease.
Learning Outcomes
- Apply theoretical principles to boost the effectiveness of audiovisual narratives.
- Be familiar with the narrative and dramatic forms of other media to adapt them to audiovisual narration.
- Develop aesthetic sensitivity to create audiovisual products.
- Disseminate the area's knowledge and innovations.
- Manage time effectively.
- Promote innovations in the development of audiovisual narratives.
- Show leadership, negotiation and team-working capacity, as well as problem-solving skills.
- Use one's imagination with flexibility, originality and ease.
Content
The content of the course will be sensitive to aspects related to gender perspective, such as the writing of original screenplays and references to the work of female screenwriters.
The calendar will be available on the first day of class. Students will find all information on the Virtual Campus: description of the activities, teaching materials, and any necessary information for the proper follow-up of the subject. In the case of teaching modality's changes due to sanitary reasons, teachers will make readjustments in schedule and methodologies.
1. Introduction
- Reality as a dramatic resource
- Dialogue and silence
- The search for our theme
2.- Narrative structures
- Genres and structures
- Classical narrative structures
- Non-conventional narrative structures
3.- Writing Characters
- Functionality of main and secondary characters
- Internal construction of the characters (motivations, intentions)
- Character arcs
- Multiple construction of a character
- Collective characters
- Antagonists
4.- Construction of cinematographic sequences
- Generating Cinematographic sequences
- Comparison between sequences and short films
- Introducing pieces of new information and intrigue in the sequence
- Assembling shots into a coherent sequence
5.- Literary script, technical script and story board
6. - Screenwriting and Artificial Intelligence
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A detailed calendar will be available on the first day of class. Students will find all information on the Virtual Campus: description of the activities, teaching materials, and any necessary information for the proper follow-up of the subject. In case of changes of teaching modality due to sanitary reasons, teachers will make readjustments in schedule and methodologies.
Methodology
Objectives will be reached through theoretical classes, seminars and practical activities.
Theoretical classes are based on: (a) the viewing of multiple fragments of films and (b) debates in the classroom about their scripts.
The main objective of the seminars and practical classes is the realization of a professional short film script from the idea to the writing. Students will work weekly in their scripts and the teacher will correct regularly the advances in the face-to-face tutoring.
Autonomous activities of students are equally essential to achieve the learning objectives.
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Activities
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type: Directed | |||
| Practical Work | 22.5 | 0.9 | |
| Seminars | 15 | 0.6 | |
| Theoretical classes | 15 | 0.6 | |
| Type: Supervised | |||
| Tutorials | 7.5 | 0.3 | |
| Type: Autonomous | |||
| Personal work, analysis and synthesis of written/audiovisual texts | 37.5 | 1.5 | |
| Preparing for practical work | 45 | 1.8 |
Assessment
The subject consists of the following evaluation activities:
Participation in Seminars: 10% of the grade
Preparation of practical work: 10% of the grade
Screenplay: 30% of the grade
Written assignments: 50% of the grade
Attendance is mandatory in order to participate at the Continuous Assessment
Those who have not passed the continuous evaluation, (as well as those who have one or more unjustified absences), will have to take an exam including all the theoretical themes
To pass the practical part of the subject, students will develop the script of a professional short film, which will be supervised by the professor.
Students will be entitled to the revaluation of the subject. They should present a minimum of activities that equals two-thirds of the total grading.
To have access to revaluation, the previous grades should be 3,5.
The activities that are excluded from the revaluation process are those related to the writing of a script.
Students who are unable to follow continuous assessment of the course, as proposed in this guide, should notify it to the teacher prior to registration to establish an alternative work and assessment plan, if possible.
Plagiarism
The student who performs any irregularity (copy, plagiarism, identity theft...) will be qualified with 0 in this assignment or exam. In case there are several irregularities or a very important one, the final grade of the subject will be 0.
Assessment Activities
| Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Participation in Seminars | 10% | 1 | 0.04 | 8, 7, 4, 5 |
| Preparation of practical work | 10% | 1 | 0.04 | 3, 6 |
| Screenplay | 30% | 2.5 | 0.1 | |
| Written assignments | 50% | 3 | 0.12 | 1, 2, 3, 6 |
Bibliography
BROWN, Larry A (2018): How Films Tell Stories. The Narratology of Cinema. Creative Arts Press.
CRUZ, Coral (2014). Imágenes Narradas. Cómo hacer visible lo invisible en un guion de cine. Laertes.
DAVIS, Rib (2016) Creating Compelling Characters for Film, TV, Theatre and Radio. Bloomsbury Academic.
DUNHA, Lena (2018): Dueñas del Show. Las Mujeres que están revolucionando las series de television DUEÑAS DEL SHOW. Joy Press / Alpha Decay
MACÍAS, Juana (2003) 24 palabras por segundo: cómo escribir un guion de cine. Instituto Oficial de Radio y Telelvisión (IORTV), Madrid, 2003.
MC KEE, Robert. (2002) El guion: sustancia, estructura, estilo y principios de la escritura de guiones; traducción: Jessica Lockhart. Ed Alba, Barcelona.
MEAD, Rebecca Mead et Al. (2019) El cuento de la criada. Ensayos para una incursión en la república de Gilead. Errata Naturae.
PIÑOL, Marta et Al. (2019) Imaginar Mundos. Tiempo y memoria en la ciencia ficción 2019. Sans Soleil ediciones
TUBAU, Daniel (2007) Las paradojas del guionista. Reglas y excepciones en la práctica del guion. Ed. Alba, Barcelona.
SEGER, Linda (2018) El secreto del mejor cine: El subtexto en el guion y en la novela. Ed. Rialp
SEGER, Linda (2001), ¿Cómo llegar a ser un guionista excelente?, Ediciones Rialp, Madrid
TIMBAL-DUCLAUX, Louis (1993) Escritura creativa: técnicas para liberar la inspiración y métodos de redacción. Madrid, EDAF
VOGLER, C. (2002) El viaje del escritor. Las estructuras míticas para escritores, guionistas, dramaturgos y novelistas. Ediciones Robinbook, Barcelona.
Online Documents
García Serrano, Federico (2009) Las técnicas del “pitching” en el mercado audiovisual español: del “caramelo” al guion.
http://eprints.ucm.es/8577/1/Pitching_del_caramelo_al_guion.pdf
Chung, Lee Isaac. Minari screenplay. https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Minari-Screenplay.pdf
Fennell, Emerald. Promising Young Woman screenplay. https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/20457415/promising-young-woman-final-screenplay.pdf
Field, Syd, Manual del Guionista http://www.laescaleta.mx/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/syd-field-el-manual-del-guionista-.pdf
Gutiérrez Herranz, Maria Rosa. Història del Cinema. 2014-15. (1139 Grau en Humanitats 778 Grau en Humanitats) https://ddd.uab.cat/record/120258
Hittman, Eliza. Never Rarely Sometimes Always screenplay. https://focusfeaturesguilds2020.com/never-rarely-sometimes-always/screenplay/Never_Rarely_Sometimes_Always.pdf
July, Miranda. Kajillionaire screenplay https://focusfeaturesguilds2020.com/kajillionaire/screenplay/Kajillionaire.pdf
Johnson, Rian Knives Out screenplay https://lionsgate.brightspotcdn.com/fb/14/23cd58a147afbb5c758ecb3dff0a/knivesout-final.pdf
Labaki, Nadine, Capernaum Screenplay https://www.sonyclassics.com/awards-information/2018-19/screenplays/capernaum_screenplay.pdf
Luzón, Virginia; Puig, Joaquim; Ramírez, Ferran. De la viñeta a la cámara (2013) https://ddd.uab.cat/record/171644?ln=ca
Mckee, Robert. El Guion. https://tfreites.weebly.com/uploads/2/6/3/8/26387211/el-guion-robert-mckee-pdf.pdf
Nolan, Christopher. Tenet screenplay https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-T3zyGiaNczvSvASWD_T8WCcv3aMcGLG/view
Reichardt, Kelly. First Cow Screenplay https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/FIRST-COW-screenplay.pdf
Ribes Guàrdia, Francesc Xavier [et al.]. «Impacto de la interactividad en la identificación con los personajes de ficciones». Psicothema, Vol. 22, núm. 4 (2010), p. 822-827. https://ddd.uab.cat/record/132186
Rogers, Steven. I, Tonya. http://neonguilds.com/assets/downloads/i-tonya-screenplay.pdf
Ross, Mat, Captain Fantastic Screenplay http://assets.bleeckerstreetmedia.com.s3.amazonaws.com/503cc4fa-3011-4cbe-8939-bda373ba3fca/full.pdf
Sorkin, Aaron. The Trial of the Chicago 7 https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/The-Trial-of-the-Chicago-7-Script.pdf
Zeller, Florian. The Father Screenplay https://www.sonyclassics.com/assets/screenplays/thefather/thefather-screenplay.pdf
Zhao, Chloé. Nomadland screenplay. https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Nomadland-Screenplay.pdf
Professional Associations
Federation Screenwriters Europe http://www.scenaristes.org/
Writers Guild of America (WGA) http://www.wga.org/
Foro de Asociaciones de Guionistas Audiovisuales http://www.sindicatoguionistas.org/
Associació de Guionistes de Catalunya http://www.guionistes.cat/
Escriptors de l’Audiovisual Valencià http://www.edav.es/
Asociación Galega de Guionistas (AGAG) http://www.culturagalega.org/avg/index.php
Autores Literarios en Medios Audiovisuales (ALMA) http://www.asociacionalma.es/
Sociedad General de Autores y Editores (SGAE) http://www.sgae.es/
Derechos de Autor de Medios Audiovisuales (DAMA) http://www.damautor.es/
El Portal del Guión http://www.abcguionistas.com/
Programa MEDIA http://ec.europa.eu/culture/media/index_en.htm
Software
Canva