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Course Title: Screen Arts I

Course Code:
Credit Units: 6
Level: UG
L T P/S SW FW PSDA TOTAL
CREDIT
UNITS
3 0 4 2 0 0 6

Course Objectives: The Screen Arts Courses are aimed at giving introductory and intermediate knowledge
about all the Arts that are exhibited on Screens. A screen can be a movie theater screen, a TV screen, a
computer, or laptop screen or even a mobile phone screen.

This Course will encompass all the disciples taught at the Amity School of Film & Drama namely, Acting,
Live-Action Filmmaking and Animation Filmmaking. Inputs will be in the areas of:
- Acting Techniques
- Voice and Speech
- Movement (the body is the Actor’s instrument)
- Writing Plays
- Direction (Live-Action Filmmaking and Animation Filmmaking)
- Producing (Live-Action Filmmaking and Animation Filmmaking)
- Screenwriting (Live-Action Filmmaking and Animation Filmmaking)
- Cinematography
- Production Design
- Editing
- Sound Design
- 2D Animation
- 3D Animation
- Visual Effects (VFX)
- Comic Book design (Graphic Novels)
- Game Design
- Pre-visualization

The Screen Arts Courses (I, II, III and IV) are building block Courses that will lead a student from basic
understanding of all these Arts to an intermediate level of application of these Arts. Each Course will have
the previous Course(s) as pre-requisite(s).

Prerequisites: None

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Course Contents/Syllabus: Weightage

Module I Introduction to Screen Arts

i. What is Screen Art?

ii. Various fields in Screen Arts
10%
iii. Storytelling through Performance
iv. Storytelling through Pictures and Sound
v. Drawing / Painting / Animation – the original of Visual Art

Module II: Acting I

i. A comprehensive understanding of acting as a skill/technique/craft.

ii. Observing life with all senses and imagining known and unknown
periods and spaces.
iii. Detailed textual analysis and character analysis. Units, beats and
the objectives. Given circumstances, relationships, world and periods
of the story, objectives, obstacles and action of the character.
iv. Michael Chekhov Technique-Use various psycho-physical 30%
approaches to embody physicality and temperament of other living
beings from actor’s imagination and observations.
v. Like imaginary body, imaginary center and psychological gesture.
Psycho-physical connectivity – to make physical embodiment,
physical impediment, period, and style more organic and truthful.

Module III: Filmmaking I

i. Process of Filmmaking
ii. Personnel involved
iii. Visual Language
iv. Understanding Story
30%
v. Creative Writing
vi. What is a Screenplay
vii. Understanding the basics of Screenplay writing – Setting, Character,
Plot, Climax etc.

Module IV: Animation I

i. What is Animation?
ii. Types of animation.
iii. How do we approach animation? 30%
iv. Stories in animation.
v. Introduction to Stop Motion Animation

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Course Learning Outcomes:

At the end of this Course, students will have a basic understanding of the Screen Arts.
1. Students will be able to define what is a Story and Storytelling (Knowledge)
2. Students will interpret Storytelling using the body and voice (Understand)
3. Students will be able to interpret Storytelling using images and sound (Understand)
4. Students will be able to enumerate the personnel that are required to produce for Screens
(Knowledge)
5. Students will infer how an idea is Developed into a viable project. (Analyze)
6. Students will demonstrate increased confidence in front of an audience or camera. (Understand)
7. Students will be able to discriminate how the performance of an actor’s process may benefit other
areas (personal and professional) of their life. (Apply)
8. Students will be able to assess performances as an enduring and expressive human art form, and for
its value in the world. (Evaluate)
9. At the end of the Semester, students will create a project encompassing all the learning of the
Semester. (Create)

Professional Skill Development Activities (PSDA):

1. PSDA 1: Students will write a story based on their personal experience.
2. PSDA 2: Students will go through Observation study
3. PSDA 3: Students will create a stop-motion animation film
4. PSDA 4: Students will learn story telling through images.
5. PSDA 5: Students will create an inter-disciplinary Project using all learning

Pedagogy for Course Delivery:

Along with the theory inputs, this Course will be taught using tools such as screening of films, theater
performances, demonstration and use of various equipment and software to create for Screens. Field Trips
to various Theaters and Production Houses will round out students’ learning.

Assessment/ Examination Scheme:

Theory L/T (%) Lab/Practical/Studio (%) End Term Examination

50% 50% 50

Theory Assessment (L&T):

End Term
Continuous Assessment/Internal Assessment
Examination
Components
Assignment Presentation Attendance Written Exam
(Drop down)
Evaluation of PSDA 1
PSDA 1 PSDA 2
PSDA PSDA 2

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Weightage (%) 20% 25% 5% 50

Practical Assessment (P&S):

Continuous Assessment/Internal Assessment End Term

Examination
Components Studio Studio Studio End of Semester
Attendance
(Drop down) Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Exercise 3 Practical Project
Evaluation of
PSDA 2 PSDA 3 PSDA 4 PSDA 5
PSDAs
Weightage (%) 15% 15% 15% 5% 50

Matrix CLO Vs. Assessment Components

Bloom’s Taxonomy Remember Understand Apply Analyze Evaluate Create
CLO 1, 4 CLO 2, 3, 6 CLO 7 CLO 5 CLO 8 CLO 9
Assessment
Component (AC)
Attendance
Assignment ✓
Presentation ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Studio Exercise I ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Studio Exercise II ✓ ✓ ✓
Studio Exercise III ✓ ✓ ✓
End of Semester Practical Project ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Text:
1. Making Movies by Sidney Lumet
2. In the Blink of an Eye by Walter Murch
3. And Actor Prepares by Constantin Stanislavsky
4. Michael Chekhov. (2002), To the Actor.
5. The Animator’s Survival Kit by Richard Williams
6. The Illusion of Life by Frank Thomas & Ollie Johnston
7. Animation for Beginners by Morr Meroz

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