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HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
1st degree (Bachelor)
Responsible Department:
theatre studies
Semester:
1st Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Michael Morris-Reich
Coordinator Office Hours:
Monday 12:30-14:00
Teaching Staff:
Dr. Michael Morris-Reich
Course/Module description:
The aim of this course is to function as a safe and supportive habitat for writers who are interested in writing a short personal play. A haven, in which writers will feel free and safe to embark on a personal voyage to their own areas of emotion, imagination and memory. Our feelings will serve as a starting point and inspiration for the writing of a short play. From the personal feelings and experience, we will create imaginary worlds, characters and plots, unique in style and content. Great freedom will be granted to the writers, in the handling and transportation of their memories and experiences to the stage. At the same time, we will learn and practice the fundamental techniques of dramatic and stage writing, focusing on characters , situations ,dramatic action and stage language.
Course/Module aims:
To experience and practice central techniques and attitudes of writing for the stage.
To embark on a personal and emotional voyage triggered and inspired by our own memories and experiences.
To complete a short stage play inspired by our own memories and experiences.
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this module,
students should be able to
To write dramatic dialogue
To shape dramatic characters
To construct plot and structure of a short play
To create a personal creative process to accompany and support the writing of the play
Attendance requirements(%):
Full attendance according to University regulations
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Tutoring
Watching plays
Excercises
Course/Module Content:
Personal creative process:
Nonstop writing
Morning pages
Personal biography and the writing
Dramatic technique:
Dramatic action
Characterization
Shaping plot and structure
Writing dramatic dialogue
Thinking stage
Required Reading:
Most materials will be presented in class:
Julia Cameron, The Artist Way
Lajos Egri, The Art of Dramatic Writing
Buzz Mclaughlin, The Plawright's Process
Robert Mckee, Story
Alexander Mackendrick, On Film Making
Michael Wright. Playwriting in Process: Thinking and Working Theatrically
Plays and films:
Charlie Chaplin, The Gold Rush
------------------, The Circus
Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman
Volker Schlöndorff, movie based on Death of a Salesman
Luigi Pirandello,
Arthur Miller, A View from the Bridge
Federico Garcia Lorca, The House of Bernarda Alba
Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis
Additional Reading Material:
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 0 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 20 %
Project work 0 %
Assignments 30 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 50 %
short play
Additional information:
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