96444 - Laboratory of Film and TV Production (1) (Q-Z)

Learning outcomes

By the end of the laboratory the student: knows the basic processes and techniques related to the creation, writing, production, packaging and distribution of film and tv products; knows how to place film and tv production within the broader context of the creation of contents for media and cultural industries; is able to contribute autonomously to the creation of an audiovisual product.

Course contents

CINEMATOGRAPHIC DRAMATURES: from the screenplay to the editing, scripts in comparison

The cinematographic work is the fruit of a stratification of scripts: subject, screenplay, shooting, editing, are nothing but different languages that add up, collide and cross over to define the final text of the work.

Translating from one language to another is the main effort and challenge of directing and producing.

The workshop will focus on film writing by analysing its initial (subject/screenplay) and final (editing/post-production) drafting.

Screenplays of well-known and less well-known films will be examined in order to understand the dynamics of writing, the structure of the different dramaturgical forms, and the objectives of the text.

Subsequently, through the analysis of the editing of the same works, permanences, translations, adaptations, reversals will be sought in the final writing of the film text.

The comparison between screenplay and editing will reveal the complexity of the constant dramaturgical work that determines the effectiveness of a film work.

At the end of the workshop, the vocabulary, syntax and grammar of scriptwriting and editing will be a shared heritage among the participants, as well as the ability to analyse the dramaturgical composition of the works.
The 30-hour workshop will take place in the DamsLab Auditorium in Piazzetta Pasolini.

Readings/Bibliography

Age "Scriviamo un film - Manuale di sceneggiatura"; Il Saggiatore; 2014
Cassani D. "Manuale del montaggio"; UTET; 2006

Mamet D. "The three uses of the knife"; Minimum Fax; 2010
Schreibman M.A. "Preparare un film"; Dino Audino; 2012

In addition to the texts indicated in the bibliography (all easy to read)
screenplays of the films analysed will subsequently be provided and
other useful handouts

Teaching methods

The workshop will be based on viewing films and analysing them by comparing screenplay and editing technique

Assessment methods

Assessment of learning will be by written test: a multiple choice quiz

Office hours

See the website of Alessandro Rossi