課程資訊
課程名稱
電影研究: 從劇本到影片
Screen Studies: Script to Film 
開課學期
103-2 
授課對象
文學院  外國語文學系  
授課教師
魏思博 
課號
FL3230 
課程識別碼
102 39540 
班次
 
學分
全/半年
半年 
必/選修
必修 
上課時間
星期一2,3,4(9:10~12:10) 
上課地點
文20 
備註
限學士班三年級以上
總人數上限:30人 
 
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課程概述

Course Description
This course focuses on the development of creative and academic writing skills through an engagement with the processes of screenwriting and film criticism.  

課程目標
Course Objectives
By the end of this course students will have a rich understanding of the construction of screenplays as blueprints for filmmakers. They will complete a research paper and a short screenplay that will enable them to contribute a screenwriter’s perspective to current debates in Screen Studies.  
課程要求
Requirements:
Full attendance is expected. Students must read the texts and circulate e-mail comments in advance of the seminar each week.

*The course will be graded through one mid-semester research paper in week 9 (40%), a short screenplay in week 18 (40%) and Group Work (20%).
 
預期每週課後學習時數
 
Office Hours
 
指定閱讀
Assigned Readings & References:
Braudy, Leo and Marchall Cohen eds., Film Theory and Criticism, Oxford:
Oxford University Press, 2004.

Campbell, Joseph, The Hero with a Thousand Faces, Princeton. NJ :
Princeton University Press, 1973.

Egri, Lajos, The Art of Dramatic Writing, New York; London: Simon Schuster, 1960.

Field, Syd, Screenplay: the Foundations of Screenwriting, New York: Dell, 2005.

Howard, David, How to Build a Great Screenplay, New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2004.

Keane, Christopher, How to Write a Selling Screenplay, New York:
Broadway Books, 1998.

McKee, Robert, Story, London: Methuen, 1998.

Mackendrick, Alexander, On Film-Making, New York: Faber, 2005.

Whelehan, Imelda and Deborah Cartmell eds., The Cambridge Companion to Literature on Screen, Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
http://www.simplyscripts.com
 
參考書目
待補 
評量方式
(僅供參考)
 
No.
項目
百分比
說明
1. 
mid-semester research paper in week 9 
40% 
 
2. 
a short screenplay in week 18  
40% 
 
3. 
Group Work  
20% 
 
 
課程進度
週次
日期
單元主題
第2週
3/02  第1週(2/23放假): The screenplay and the film. 第2週:Character  
第3週
3/09  Plot  
第4週
3/16  Group work  
第5週
3/23  Play to Film : Casablanca  
第6週
3/30  Play to Film : The Apartment  
第7週
4/06  Play to Film : The Silence of the Lambs  
第8週
4/13  Group work  
第9週
4/20  Mid-term research paper  
第10週
4/27  Writing the screenplay – the story  
第11週
5/04  Writing the screenplay – developing character  
第12週
5/11  Writing the screenplay - outlining  
第13週
5/18  Group work  
第14週
5/25  Writing the screenplay - I  
第15週
6/01  Writing the screenplay - 2  
第16週
6/08  Writing the screenplay - 3  
第17週
6/15  Group work  
第18週
  Final short screenplay submission