How Many Steps to the Shooting Script? A Political History of Screenwriting
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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
How Many Steps to the Shooting Script? A Political History of Screenwriting
Original language description
This essay explores the inner workings and power dynamics involved in story development in the history of Czech cinema. It focuses on the political history of screenplay development practices and formats, especially on the "Literary Screenplay". This Soviet-inspired screenplay type was introduced to Eastern Europe in the late-Stalinist era to attract literary authors to write for the screen, to elevate the cultural status of the screenplay, and to facilitate pre-censorship. The primary means by which communist ideologues sought to reform screenwriting was the dramaturgy, organized in a complex hierarchy of dramaturgical institutions with the state or central dramaturgy at the top and "units" at the bottom. In the state-controlled system of production,the dramaturg or unit head supervising four dramaturgs was a close equivalent to a producer albeit without the usual financial, green-lighting, and marketing responsibilities, which were held by the state or by the Party and its represent
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Classification
Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
AL - Art, architecture, cultural heritage
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GAP409%2F10%2F1361" target="_blank" >GAP409/10/1361: History of Barrandov Studios in Terms of Organization and Culture of Film Production</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
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Publication year
2013
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
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Name of the periodical
Iluminace : časopis pro teorii, historii a estetiku filmu
ISSN
0862-397X
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Volume of the periodical
roč. 25
Issue of the periodical within the volume
č. 3
Country of publishing house
CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC
Number of pages
26
Pages from-to
73-98
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