I. General Information
1. Course Title:
Stage to Screen: Plays that Become Movies
2. Course Prefix & Number:
THTR 1443
3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:
Credits: 3
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 3
Internship Hours: 0
4. Course Description:
This course will study selected plays and the film versions of those plays. It will focus on a comparative analysis of how the ideas of a script are communicated via the stage versus how those ideas are communicated via the film medium. Students will read plays, view the film versions of those plays, and participate in in-class discussions and submit analytical papers.
5. Placement Tests Required:
| Accuplacer (specify test): |
Reading College Level CLC or Reading College Level |
Score: |
|
6. Prerequisite Courses:
THTR 1443 - Stage to Screen: Plays that Become Movies
There are no prerequisites for this course.
9. Co-requisite Courses:
THTR 1443 - Stage to Screen: Plays that Become Movies
There are no corequisites for this course.
III. Course Purpose
MN Transfer Curriculum (General Education) Courses - This course fulfills the following goal area(s) of the MN Transfer Curriculum:
Goal 6 – Humanities and Fine Arts
IV. Learning Outcomes
1. College-Wide Outcomes
| College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies |
Students will be able to: |
| Demonstrate oral communication skills |
Articulate an informed point of view through discussion. |
| Demonstrate written communication skills |
Analyze and comment on written scripts and viewed films through analytical papers. |
| Demonstrate reading and listening skills |
Identify essentials from a written script and from viewing a film. |
2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of
the course:
|
Expected Outcome
|
MnTC
Goal Area
|
|
Students will be able to identify the conventions and devices used in stage performance.
|
6
|
|
Students will be able to identify the conventions and techniques of film.
|
6
|
|
Students will be able to critically respond to play script and films using an analytical framework.
|
6
|
V. Topical Outline
Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.
1. Lecture Sessions
|
1. Basic characteristics of a play and of a film
A. The use of dialogue in plays
B. The use of visual elements in film
|
|
2. Conventions of stage performance
A. Compression of time
B. Suggestion of setting
C. Audience address as narration/exposition
D. Real time vs. dramatic time
|
|
3. Cinematic techniques of film
A. Camera techniques
B. Editing
C. Objective, subjective, interpretative points of view
|
|
4. The 7 strategies of adaptation
A. Filming settings only suggested or implied in the script
B. Depicting characters only suggested or implied in the script
C. Visualizing scenes only mentioned or implied
D. Visualizing literary symbols or motifs
E. Using camera and editing to move into cinematic time and space
F. Muting or erasing act divisions
G. Using diegetic and nondiegetic music
|
|
5. What makes for a good play and for a good film
A. Standards of criticisim
B. The ‘well made play’
C. Critique vs. review
|
|
6. Thematic development
A. Theme as a driver of plot
B. Theme as a reflection of character
C. Theme as the overarching viewpoint
|
|
7. Censorship in plays and films
A. A history of censorship of printed plays
B. A history of censorship of performance
C. The Hays Code and Hollywood filmmaking standards
D. The MPAA and today’s film standards
|
|
8. Shakespeare on screen
A. The spectacle of film applied to Shakespeare’s text
B. The difficulty of language in film adaptations
C. The Hollywood treatment of Shakespeare
|
|
9. The musical: a special case study
A. The musical as a genre of theatre
B. Non-realism of the musical adapted for the screen
C. Case studies of adaptations
|
I. General Information
1. Course Title:
Stage to Screen: Plays that Become Movies
2. Course Prefix & Number:
THTR 1443
3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:
Credits: 3
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 3
Internship Hours: 0
4. Course Description:
This course will study selected plays and the film versions of those plays. It will focus on a comparative analysis of how the ideas of a script are communicated via the stage versus how those ideas are communicated via the film medium. Students will read plays, view the film versions of those plays, and participate in in-class discussions and submit analytical papers.
5. Placement Tests Required:
| Accuplacer (specify test): |
Reading College Level CLC or Reading College Level |
Score: |
|
6. Prerequisite Courses:
THTR 1443 - Stage to Screen: Plays that Become Movies
There are no prerequisites for this course.
9. Co-requisite Courses:
THTR 1443 - Stage to Screen: Plays that Become Movies
There are no corequisites for this course.
II. Transfer and Articulation
III. Course Purpose
2. MN Transfer Curriculum (General Education) Courses - This course fulfills the following goal area(s) of the MN Transfer Curriculum:
Goal 6 – Humanities and Fine Arts
IV. Learning Outcomes
1. College-Wide Outcomes
| College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies |
Students will be able to: |
| Demonstrate oral communication skills |
Articulate an informed point of view through discussion. |
| Demonstrate written communication skills |
Analyze and comment on written scripts and viewed films through analytical papers. |
| Demonstrate reading and listening skills |
Identify essentials from a written script and from viewing a film. |
2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of
the course:
|
Expected Outcome
|
MnTC
Goal Area
|
|
Students will be able to identify the conventions and devices used in stage performance.
|
6
|
|
Students will be able to identify the conventions and techniques of film.
|
6
|
|
Students will be able to critically respond to play script and films using an analytical framework.
|
6
|
V. Topical Outline
Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.
1. Lecture Sessions
|
1. Basic characteristics of a play and of a film
A. The use of dialogue in plays
B. The use of visual elements in film
|
|
2. Conventions of stage performance
A. Compression of time
B. Suggestion of setting
C. Audience address as narration/exposition
D. Real time vs. dramatic time
|
|
3. Cinematic techniques of film
A. Camera techniques
B. Editing
C. Objective, subjective, interpretative points of view
|
|
4. The 7 strategies of adaptation
A. Filming settings only suggested or implied in the script
B. Depicting characters only suggested or implied in the script
C. Visualizing scenes only mentioned or implied
D. Visualizing literary symbols or motifs
E. Using camera and editing to move into cinematic time and space
F. Muting or erasing act divisions
G. Using diegetic and nondiegetic music
|
|
5. What makes for a good play and for a good film
A. Standards of criticisim
B. The ‘well made play’
C. Critique vs. review
|
|
6. Thematic development
A. Theme as a driver of plot
B. Theme as a reflection of character
C. Theme as the overarching viewpoint
|
|
7. Censorship in plays and films
A. A history of censorship of printed plays
B. A history of censorship of performance
C. The Hays Code and Hollywood filmmaking standards
D. The MPAA and today’s film standards
|
|
8. Shakespeare on screen
A. The spectacle of film applied to Shakespeare’s text
B. The difficulty of language in film adaptations
C. The Hollywood treatment of Shakespeare
|
|
9. The musical: a special case study
A. The musical as a genre of theatre
B. Non-realism of the musical adapted for the screen
C. Case studies of adaptations
|