Argument and Narrative Structures

Code:

CC002

Acronym:

AEN

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Communication Sciences

Instance: 2021/2022 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Communication and Information Sciences
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Communication Sciences

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
CC	30	CC - Study Plan	3	-	6	41	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

| understand the auciovisual classical narratives and their (re)conceptualisation in online media | reflect and discuss about the scripting notion in audiovisual contents | reflect and discuss the cognitive processes of understanding contents | analyse online and offline audiovisual products, providing their conceptual deconstruction | understand the discourse for the new media: scriptwriting, technical script and storyboard | prepare indiividual intermediate assesments and a final scriptwriting, production and direction assesment in group | encourage research and the creation of new fictional narrative paradigms

Learning outcomes and competences

| understand the technics of expression and the creative writing | understand the specific tools and conceptual structures of storytelling | achieve the fundamental knowledge in writing, production, direction and post-production of a fictional audiovisual product

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

| audiovisual production, direction and post-production

Program

| storytelling notion | the structure of a script | basic rules in fictional writing | scriptwriting with new narrative structures | production and direction of a fictional short movie

Mandatory literature

Vouillamoz, Núria; Literatura e Hipermedia, Paidós PC, 2000
Pierre Lévy; O que é o Virtual?, Cátedra, 2001

Complementary Bibliography

Sherry Turkle; A Vida no Écrã, Relógio D'Água, 1997
Júlio Cortázar; Rayuela, Cátedra, 2000

Teaching methods and learning activities

| theoretical-practical classes using case studies for analysis and discussion in classroom or in groups | prepare intermediate assesments on creative writing (individual) | prepare storytelling and production, direction and edition assesment to be submitted at the end of the semester (in groups)

Software

Browser (Internet Explorer, Safari, Firefox)
CeltX
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Premiere

keywords

Humanities > Literature > Writing
Social sciences > Communication sciences > Audiovisual communication

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	15,00
Teste	35,00
Trabalho laboratorial	50,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	80,00
Frequência das aulas	48,00
Trabalho laboratorial	34,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Attending 75% of classes, unless established otherwise by law.

Calculation formula of final grade

Distributed evaluation without final exam.

a | attendance and participation | 15%
b | submission of exercises over the semester | 35%
c | end of semester assesment | 50%
(note: the various evaluation parameters are cumulative, mandatory, and in all of them the grade should be equal ou better then 10 points)

Examinations or Special Assignments

All students who meet the conditions for the tests in the special season to complete the course (September) should present a practical work defined with the teacher until the end of July.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable

Classification improvement

In accordance with the regulations of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities