Director-producer cooperation Field of study: Creative management in new media
Programme code: W8-S2CM20.2022

Module name: Director-producer cooperation
Module code: W8-ZN-S2-WRZP
Programme code: W8-S2CM20.2022
Semester:
  • summer semester 2025/2026
  • summer semester 2024/2025
  • summer semester 2023/2024
Language of instruction: English
Form of verification: exam
ECTS credits: 2
Description:
Students will learn about the director-producer cooperation and communication among new media creators. The student will become familiar with the basic features of the director's and producer's work and the pros and cons of cooperation from the point of view of its participants. The main topics covered during the module will include: learning the principles of cooperation, developing skills and competencies related to the activities of pre-production, production, and post-production, methods of analyzing the needs and requirements of the director and producer, and planning activities that are the result of cooperation between the producer and director. The student will learn about the different stages of pre-production, production, and post-production of films, specifying the stages during which the cooperation between the director and producer is crucial for the final success and the most intensive. Students will learn how to secure the material resources needed to meet the budget and requirements set by the director and film crew. In addition, the student will become familiar with various aspects of the producer's work, such as raising funds and the creative work of the producer on the film, as previously agreed with the director.
Prerequisites:
The student should have a general knowledge of filmmaking's pre-production, production, and post-production phases.
Key reading:
B. Clevé: Film Production Management: How to Budget, Organize and Successfully Shoot your Film, Taylor & Francis Ltd, 4th Edition, 2017. G. Takoudes: The Collaborative Director. A Department-by-Department Guide to Filmmaking, 1st Edition, Taylor & Francis Ltd 2019.
Learning outcome of the module Codes of the learning outcomes of the programme to which the learning outcome of the module is related [level of competence: scale 1-5]
The student recognizes the interrelationships between theory and practice when a director collaborates with a producer. [WRZP_1]
 K_W07 [5/5]
The student acquires knowledge about the film work he/she works on in the context of the evolution of cinematography and knows the problems of contemporary audiovisual work. [WRZP_2]
 K_W05 [4/5]
The student practically implements theory into their work, proposes alternative solutions, and can analyze the creative process. [WRZP_3]
 K_U14 [5/5]
The student can use arguments to achieve the artistic goal and artistic unanimity. [WRZP_4]
 K_U05 [5/5]
The student is open to others, cooperates and is responsible for his/her work, and can make a constructive, verbal critique of his own and others' achievements. [WRZP_5]
 K_K05 [4/5]
The student has a sense of responsibility for the final result of artistic and organizational work, both from the collective and individual perspectives. [WRZP_6]
 K_K06 [5/5]
Type Description Codes of the learning outcomes of the module to which assessment is related
Test [WRZP_w_1]
The student will take an oral test on the general knowledge of the cooperation between a director and a producer, the knowledge of combining the specificity of the work of a director and a producer, and the differences arising from the different approaches to the film work of these two filmmakers.
 WRZP_1 WRZP_2
Continuous evaluation [WRZP_w_2]
The current assessment of the individual student work is the average of grades from tasks performed during the exercises. The student prepares examples of cooperation between the producer and the director based on concrete examples.
 WRZP_3 WRZP_4 WRZP_5 WRZP_6
Form of teaching Student's own work Assessment of the learning outcomes
Type Description (including teaching methods) Number of hours Description Number of hours
lecture [WRZP_fs_1]
Theoretical lecture, film screening, multimedia presentation, discussion. Students independently analyze examples of good cooperation between director and producer.
 15
Analysis of the subject literature and case studies, analysis of lecture contents, searching for examples in practice, independent realization of the indicated parts of the material taking into account the subject literature.
 15 Test [WRZP_w_1]
practical classes [WRZP_fs_2]
Didactic classes of a practical nature are conducted with an activating method - work in small groups. The student will independently prepare to work with a director or producer based on materials prepared by the student.
 15
Individuals realize the material indicated in the syllabus and analyze examples selected by the lecturer, repeating and consolidating knowledge and skills acquired during the classes.
 15 Continuous evaluation [WRZP_w_2]
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