Level/category

Professional studies

Teaching language

Swedish

Type of course

Compulsory

Cycle/level of course

First

Recommended year of study

3

Total number of ECTS

5 cr

Competency aims

The aim is to create a production process where each discipline
works together towards a shared goal. The aim is also to deepen
the students knowledge in dramaturgy, edit analysis and in the
craft of directing actors.

Learning outcomes

After the course the student is expected to be able to take part in a
film production process, with emphasis on fiction. The student
should be able to produce and analyze scripts, be able to work
with actors and be able to plan and execute the editing process.

Course contents

The students will develop their
productions from an idea to a script to a film. The emphasis is
on
scriptwriting, directing actors, production, editing and analyzing
each others work.

The lenght of the productions are 4-5 minutes.

Prerequisites and co-requisites

Singelkamera 1
Singelkamera 2

(eller motsvarande kunskaper)

Previous course names

Short Film

Additional information

Participation 80%

Recommended or required reading

McKee, Robert 1999 Story
Substance, structure, style, and the principles of Screenwriting.
London: Methuen

Karel Reisz & Gavin Millar
The techique of Film Editing
Focal Press
ISBN 0 240 51437 8

Pat Cooper & Ken Dancyger: Writing the Short Film
Focal Press

Study activities

  • Lectures - 40 hours
  • Project- and production work/artistic activities - 50 hours
  • Individual studies - 43 hours

Workload

  • Total workload of the course: 133 hours
  • Of which autonomous studies: 133 hours
  • Of which scheduled studies: 0 hours

Mode of Delivery

Participation in tuition

Assessment methods

  • Demonstrations and proficiency exams
  • Essays, reports, productions and portfolio

Assessment requirements

Participation in a short film preproduction, production and postproduction.

Teacher

  • Cantell Saara
  • Grabber Klaus
  • Hemming Alf
  • Nordström Robert
  • Törnqvist Jutta

Examiner

Cantell Saara

Group size

No limit

Assignments valid until

Until further notice

The timetable of the course

se ARBS

Assessment methods

  • Date will be announced later - Demonstrations and presentations
  • Date will be announced later - Reports and productions

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