DDMLY09 Project II - Scenic Project

Theatre Faculty
Summer 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/24/91. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: graded credit.
Teacher(s)
MgA. BcA. Petra Vodičková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. MgA. Blanka Chládková
Theatre Management and Stage Technology Department – Dean’s Office – Theatre Faculty – Janáček Academy of Performing Arts
Supplier department: Theatre Management and Stage Technology Department – Dean’s Office – Theatre Faculty – Janáček Academy of Performing Arts
Prerequisites
Completed subjects of the first two years of the bachelor's study programme. Student has realized production projects within the group of optional subjects Individual Production Project, production meetings included - modular training.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim is to enable the student to implement a complex production of a scenic project in one of JAMU theatre through work experience in order to demonstrate the knowledge for preparatory, implementation and post-production organizational activities at the project management level, in this case a large scale scenic project production.
The aim is therefore the application of knowledge and skills gained from the courses of bachelor study programme of theatre production specialization (management and leadership, project management, marketing, fundraising, economics, psychology, sociology, law, etc.) during the planning, implementation and evaluation of the large scale scenic project, in this case of the International Festival of Theatre Schools SETKÁNÍ/ENCOUNTER through supervised practice. of theater management through work experience. Students are participating on a large scale project (in the cooperation with an artistic team) and they are guided to apply theoretical skills gained within their bachelor studies under supervision.
Student can choose Project II as a graduation project (with a choice of Project I and Project II).
Learning outcomes
After graduation of the subject student acquires wide practical skills concerning the production of large-scale scenic project, practical legal knowledge related to theatre management.
Student is able to work as an equal member of the artistic team, take responsibility for his/her own tasks as well as to assume organizational responsibility for the artistic team within the broader organizational structure of a theatre venue.
Student is able to:
- Together with the artistic team to define tasks related to the artistic project, schedule them in time and divide them among individual team members,
- Work systematically with your time, define your own tasks and activities,
- to perform the assigned tasks with respect to the deadlines and the needs of other team members,
- Communicate with the team, discuss proposed solutions and reach common consensus.
The student is able to reflect own practical activities and is ready for processing the documentation of the Graduation Project.
Syllabus
  • Practical implementation of strategic and project management, financial management, legal issues, staffing of the artistic project specifically with this syllabus:
    - project planning of the artistic project and its position within a dramaturgical plan of a given theatre
    - Financial management of the project: budgeting, fundraising, accounting and income as a basis for budgeting,
    - marketing and public relations, networking,
    - legal issues of the scenic project,
    l - staffing of an artistic scenic project with regard to the organizational structure of the theater,
    - management of communication and information flows, team dynamics of the artistic team.
    Student is a member of the creative team (with no fixed model structure of the team - students, teachers and professional artists in creative positions are involved). This team creates a theatrical production in the school theater venue that is simulating a professional theater institution including organizational processes.
    Implementing a practical production of the artistic project the student respects the production obligations, which are stipulated in the document Guidelines for projects delivered within the internal environment of DF JAMU (specialization of Theater Production).
    The result is a practical realization of the artistic project, ie.publicly and repeatedly presented theatrical production, which is part of the public offer of the JAMU theater within one season for which artistic teams reports to the dramaturgy board of given season.
Literature
    required literature
  • Dramaturgický plán sezony divadel JAMU.
  • Opora pro výkony realizované ve vnitřním prostředí DF JAMU(specializace Divadelní produkce)
  • Charakteristika absolventského výkonu a náležitosti písemné projektové dokumentace (specializace Divadelní produkce)
  • PRŮCHOVÁ, Hana, Zuzana JEŽKOVÁ, Branislav LACKO and Jaroslav ŠVEC. Projektové řízení - Jak zvládnout projekty. (Project management - How to master projects). 1. vyd. Brno: Akademické centrum studentských aktivit, 2014, 381 pp. ISBN 978-80-905297-1-7. info
  • KREJČÍ, Hana. Specifika uměleckých projektů. Pracovní sešit k publikaci Projektové řízení - Jak zvládnout projekty. 1. vyd. Brno: ACSA, 2014, 80 pp. ISBN 978-80-7460-050-0. info
    recommended literature
  • KIRITZ, N.J.: Plánování projektů a jeho písemná forma, 1998. info
  • MENEAR, P: Stage management and Theatre Administration. info
  • VERHAAR, J.: Projectmanagement. AHK Amsterdam 1998. info
    not specified
  • Vnitřní předpisy DF JAMU a JAMU, stejně tak jako organizační a provozní řády a vnitřní normy Divadelního studia Marta a Divadla na Orlí
Teaching methods
Form of teaching: artistic project
Methods of teaching:
Discussions, heuristic methods, individual and team work of students, presentations, guided practice.
Assessment methods
Graded credit on the basis of:
- practical activities in order to fulfill the project plan of the respective year of the festival,
- on the basis of the regular personnel and process evaluation of the members of the artistic team in the framework of the regular meetings of the theater (explanatory, delivery, operational and evaluation meetings),
- on the basis of an assessment of compliance with the production obligations set out in the document Guidelines for projects delivered within the internal environment of DF JAMU (specialization of Theater Production), assessment is given by the teacher of this course,
- Based on the feedback from the dramaturgy board of given season.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
The course is taught: in blocks.
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2021, Summer 2022, Summer 2023, Summer 2024.
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