Course ID: | EMST 6011. 3 hours. |
Course Title: | Directing II |
Course Description: | A course that builds on Directing I, focusing on broadening the understanding and execution of the aesthetic and technical tools available to the director to create, develop, and analyze content; refining the techniques of staging shots, directing the actor, and developing voice and directorial style. |
Oasis Title: | Directing II |
Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in FILM 6011 |
Prerequisite: | EMST 6010 |
Semester Course Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. |
Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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Course Objectives: | This is an intensive, advanced-level course that focuses on
strengthening the student’s mastery of the essential elements of
directing. The course is designed to train students to analyze
and visually showcase character, physical action, conflict, and
atmosphere, and determine the visual treatment of a scene before
shooting. Students will shoot exercises inside and outside of
class for the purpose of putting what they learn into practice
and to prepare for their final film. |
Topical Outline: | I. Three Act Structure: A deep dive into the anatomy of a
screenplay and the fundamental mechanics of dramatic narrative.
II. Dialogue: Analysis of dialogue as subtext, intention,
pursuing an objective, and the literal language of conflict
(spoken and unspoken).
III. Visualization: An analysis of the interaction between
immediacy and reflection in the formation of images, shots,
sequences, and complete visual narratives.
IV. Directing the Actor: Concentration, objectives, beats, given
circumstances, private moments, physical action, and obstacles.
V. Imagery: An exploration of how to express dramatic and
thematic ideas with images, as well as how great images reveal
what lurks beneath the surface of things (subtext).
VI. Script Analysis: An analysis of the story arc (the narrative
as a whole) and the cycle of action (moment-to-moment action and
reaction). Special emphasis on the importance of rigorous script
analysis to guard against the director’s tendency to impose
their narrow and somewhat limited views of life and humanity on
the story and the characters.
VII. Casting and Rehearsal: Analyzing the audition as an
opportunity for the actor to showcase their ability to become
the representations of human nature that a role requires them to
be. Special emphasis on trust, choosing “sides,” improvisation,
scene partners, rehearsal, and “protecting” the actor at all
cost. |
Honor Code Reference: | UGA Student Honor Code: "I will be academically honest in all of
my academic work and will not tolerate academic dishonesty of
others." A Culture of Honesty,the University's policy and
procedures for handling cases of suspected dishonesty, can be
found at www.uga.edu/ovpi. Every course syllabus should include
the instructor's expectations related to academic integrity. |