Subject
Entertainment Writing
- code 12035
- course 3
- term Semester 2
- type op
- credits 4
Main language of instruction: Spanish
Teaching staff
Competencies
- 01 - The ability to adapt to varying circumstances
- 06 - The ability to develop academic rigour, responsibility, ethics and professionalism
- 07 - The ability to apply the deontology and respect for the audiovisual sector
- 08 - The ability of critical analysis, synthesis, concretion and abstraction
- 16 - The ability to manage, analysis and reflect on content
- 25 - The ability to maximize creative development
- 26 - The ability to develop a sense of taste and perfection in the aesthetics and finalization of projects
- 50 - The ability to adapt, understand and apply the expressive possibilities of new technologies and future changes
- 51 - Knowledge and mastery of the functioning of Corporate and Institutional Communication.
- 53 - Lingustic ability in Catalan, Spanish and English
- 54 - The ability to skillfully manage the literature, terminology and linguistic structures of the English language related to the field of communication.
- 11 - The ability to generate debate and reflection
- 13 - The ability to create spoken and written communication
- 14 - Knowledge and mastery of rhetoric and oratory to communicate own ideas
- 19 - The ability of informative documentation
- 20 - Knowledge and mastery of bibliographic media
- 22 - Knowledge and mastery of the distinction between opinion and information / colloquial and cultured register
- 27 - The ability to adapt to distinct audio visual publics and markets.
- 30 - The ability to study the feasibility of an audiovisual product
- 31 - The ability to understand the financial systems of media groups and companies.
- 37 - The ability to contextualize and critically analyze the organizational structure of global communication
- 38 - The ability to understand and apply the structure of the audiovisual system
- 39 - The ability to understand and apply the legal dimension of an audiovisual product
- 41 - The ability to know how the distinct elemental agencies of the audio visual sector function
- 42 - The ability to distinguish, analyze and dominate the distinct genres and formats of television, film and radio
Syllabus
Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Características del entretenimiento en televisión
1.2 ¿Qué es un formato? Género/formato/programa
Chapter 2 Contenidos de entretenimiento en televisión
2.1 Concursos: quiz shows, talent shows
2.2 Magazines, talk shows, late night shows
2.3 Reality shows, docuseries, docushows
2.4 Programas de humor
2.5 Otros contenidos de entretenimiento
Chapter 3 Componentes narrativos de un formato de entretenimiento
3.1 Conflicto y tensión dramática
3.2 Personajes, historia y tramas
3.3 Dinamizadores del guion
3.4 Otras herramientas narrativas
Chapter 4 Perfiles clave en el desarrollo y la escritura de formatos de entretenimiento
4.1 En la etapa de desarrollo: analistas de I+D y formateadores
4.2 En la etapa de producción: redactores y guionistas
Chapter 5 Desarrollo creativo de un formato de entretenimiento
5.1 Formatos basados en ideas originales
5.2 Adquisición y adaptación de formatos internacionales
Chapter 6 Documentos esenciales en la escritura de entretenimiento
6.1 La escaleta
6.2 El guion
Teaching and learning activities
In person
TRAINING ACTIVITY:
- Practical workshop. A highly practical working activity, where students can acquire skills that are practical or also theoretical (intellectual skills, logical skills, critical skills, intellectual learning skills, study skills, quoting skills, etc).
- Meeting Point. Meetings will be organised with notable people from the professional and scientific fields or the international field, and students. These sessions will take the form of conferences, work sessions, discussions, or interviews, etc.
- Lectures. In lectures, lecturers/professors not only transmit content or knowledge, but also, and above all else, attitudes, motivation, skills and values, etc. They also ensure that participants can express their opinions and arguments to the other students.
- Focused Praxis. Handing in occasional exercises to learn theory through practice.
Evaluation systems and criteria
In person
| EVALUATION SYSTEM | PERCENTAGE |
|---|
Project
| 50 |
Final Exam
| 30 |
Oral presentation
| 10 |
Focused Praxis
| 10 |