Drama into Film
S Tweg
8 points * 2 or 4 hours per week (2-hour lecture/screen in alternative week) * First semester * Caulfield
A study of texts which exist as plays and films. The subject explores ways in which dramatists and film directors realise their respective visions within the modes and techniques available to them. The subject emphasises a range of drama and a range of cinematic approaches to the literary text. Topics include the nature and function of dialogue in play and film, mise-en-scène in theatre and film, the question of realism, and drama text and screenplay, as `blueprints' for performance.
Assessment
Class presentation and participation: 25% * Exercise (1500 words): 25% * Essay (3000 words): 50%
Prescribed texts
Euripides Medea Penguin
Hare D Plenty Faber
Ibsen H A Doll's House Penguin
Orton J Loot Methuen
Shaffer P Equus Penguin
Shakespeare W The Taming of the Shrew New Penguin Shakespeare
Recommended reading
Bordwell D Narration in the fiction film Wisconsin UP
Nicoll A Film and theatre Harrap