Stage and Screen: Performance and Film Interrelated 03-ZF-SST

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WORK PLAN

Classes # 1 & 2: Introduction
Presentation of the course programme, its aims, methodology, outcomes, and assessment criteria.

Classes # 3 & 4: Intersections of contemporary stage and screen
The problematics’ overview with audiovisual examples.
Lecture and discussion

Classes # 5 & 6: Acting work session
Practical acting work session focused on awareness, body expressiveness and group collaboration.
Workshop

Classes # 7 & 8, 9 & 10, 11 & 12, 13 & 14, 15 & 16: From page to stage and screen (1)
Fictional films based on theatre plays as exemplified by Mike Nichols’ television movie Wit (2001), based on Margaret Edson’s drama W;t (1993) about the process of dying from cancer.
1) The drama analysis
2) Acting out selected scenes from the play
3) Filming the scenes and editing them
4) The film comparative analysis with the play
5) The drama and the film interpretation focused on contemporary medicalization of life and the art of dying.
Work sessions and seminars: practice-as-research approach

Classes # 17 & 18, 19 & 20, 21 & 22, 23 & 24, 25 & 26: From page to stage and screen (2)
Fictional films based on theatre plays as exemplified by Wajdi Mouawad’s play Scorched (2003, trans. Linda Gaboriau 2009) and Denis Villeneuve’s film Incendies (2010).
1) The drama analysis
2) Acting out selected scenes from the play
3) Filming the scenes and editing them
4) The film comparative analysis with the play
5) The drama and the film interpretation focused on the destructive impact of war on individual human lives.
Work sessions and seminars: practice-as-research approach

Classes # 27 & 28, 29 & 30: Students’ presentations & Conclusion
Presentation of student’s scenes and their filmed versions. Discussion on the students’ essays. Final discussion. Summary and feedback.

Classes # 9 & 10, 11 & 12, 13 & 14, 15 & 16: From page to stage and screen (1)
Fictional films based on theatre plays as exemplified by Mike Nichols’ television movie Wit (2001), based on Margaret Edson’s drama W;t (1993) about the process of dying from cancer. Contemporary medicalization of life, the art of dying, the author, the play. The drama and the film analysis and interpretation. Acting out selected scenes from the play and the film in groups. Filming the scenes and editing them. Presentation of the scenes and the filmed works. Work sessions and seminars: practice-as-research approach.

Classes # 17 & 18, 19 & 20, 21 & 22, 23 & 24: From page to stage and screen (2)
Fictional films based on theatre plays as exemplified by Wajdi Mouawad’s play Scorched (2003, trans. Linda Gaboriau 2009) and Denis Villeneuve’s film Incendies (2010). The drama and the film analysis and interpretation. Acting out selected scenes from the play and the film in groups. Filming the scenes and editing them. Presentation of the scenes and the filmed works. Work sessions and seminars: practice-as-research approach.

Classes # 25 & 26: Audio-visual documentation of performance art
Live performance’s second life on screen as exemplified by Regina José Galindo’s works and their video documentations. Lecture and discussion.

Classes # 27 & 28: Students’ presentations
Case studies on stage–screen relationship introduced, analysed, and interpreted by students in the form of group presentations, worked out in consultation with the lecturer. Discussion.

Classes # 29 & 30: Students’ essays
Students’ individual and pair essays on on stage–screen relationship. Discussion. Summary and feedback.

Module learning aims

Module aims The course aims to teach how to: a. problematise performance-screen relationship b. employ practice-as-research approach in the work at the intersection of stage and screen, including practical performative work c. carry out in-depth explorations into the intersections between contemporary drama, theatre, performance and film and video d. investigate selected cases and critically assess materials related to them.

Information on where to find course materials

All lecturer’s presentations and text materials are available in the Files/Pliki section of the MS TEAMS group. All audiovisual materials are available in the “Stage and Screen” MS STREAM channel of the MS TEAMS group.

Methods of teaching for learning outcomes achievement

Practice-based research approach: acting out the scenes from the play and from the film in groups. Filming the scenes and editing them. Presentation of scenes and filmed work. Discussions. Laboratory work sessions and seminars. Essays written in pairs.

Student workload (ECTS credits)

Module type

elective

Pre-requisites in terms of knowledge, skills and social competences

Genuine interest in theatre, film and their intersections. English language competence: at least B2 level (upper intermediate).

Course coordinators

Grzegorz Ziółkowski

Assessment criteria

Assessment
Students are assessed on the base of their:
a. attendance (30% of the grade)
b. active participation in work sessions and discussions (15% of the grade)
c. group performative works and/or their film versions (40% of the grade)
d. 1.000-words essays written in pairs (15% of the grade).
Grades
a. 90–100% = 5 / A
b. 85–89% = 4,5 / B
c. 75–84% = 4 / C
d. 70–74% = 3,5 / D
e. 60–69% = 3 / E
f. 0–59% = 2 / F
Assessment criteria
a. meeting deadlines
b. level of preparation for work sessions and discussions
c. quality of performative work and its filmed version, including distribution of workload within the group and collaboration with others
d. quality of essays written in pairs (approach to the subject matter, language precision, editorial high-standard).

Additional information

Additional information (registration calendar, class conductors, localization and schedules of classes), might be available in the USOSweb system:

Description of 03-ZF-SST in USOSweb