2026/2027
Английский язык для специальных целей. Английский для кинопроизводства - 3
Статус:
Факультатив
Когда читается:
1-3 модуль
Охват аудитории:
для своего кампуса
Преподаватели:
Хомутский Константин Игоревич
Язык:
английский
Кредиты:
3
Контактные часы:
48
Course Syllabus
Abstract
The discipline refers to the educational tracks offered to students within the curricula for Bachelor's and Specialist's degrees, while mastering the courses of English in accordance with the Concept of developing Foreign-speaking communicative competence of students of Higher School of Economics — National Research University (Bachelors, Masters; Specialists) https://www.hse.ru/docs/381549301.html. The ESP course ‘English for Film Production’ for second-year bachelor students explores the following topics: ‘Society and Media’; ‘Three Ps: Pre-production, Production, Post-production’; ‘Screenwriting: structuring a story and developing concepts’; ‘Video storytelling methods and script creation’. Apart from a strong focus on mastering relevant and most frequently used subject-specific vocabulary and key terminology through communication practice, the course provides an empirically based understanding of the discourse and language used in the target ESP variety by involving students in projects related to film production. The course also aims at developing four major sets of language skills — listening, reading, writing, and speaking through various tasks (both in standard and creative formats) based on the communicative approach to foreign language teaching. Moreover, the course also provides task-based activities such as projects, most of which simulate workplace assignments and help students to practice them prior to real working experience. The prerequisite level of English for students willing to take the course is upper-intermediate level or higher.
Learning Objectives
- To sharpen students’comprehension skills of manifold traditional and emerging (hybrid) types of media products (e.g., professional articles, reports/user-generated content) 2. To master essential genres and appropriate specialized registers of English 3. To enable students to acquire specialized vocabulary (key terminology) and a set of lexical items with the highest frequency of occurrence in various professional contexts 4. To develop the ability to use essential domain-specific and conventionalized grammatical structures prevalent in the target ESP variety 5. To master analytical and critical thinking/writing skills/to master writing skills in various spheres 6. To upgrade skills related to the solution of diverse professionally oriented tasks both individually and in teams 7. To foster awareness of long-term patterns and relevant trends in the spheres of cinematography and film production 8. To improve media literacy and develop a creative approach applicable to a range of professionally relevant tasks (content creation; storytelling; film production)
Expected Learning Outcomes
- uses the theoretical knowledge to perform practical tasks
- to deliver the presentation to the audience
- to analyze the stages of a film product development
- to enable students to acquire specialized vocabulary (key terminology) and a set of lexical items with the highest frequency of occurrence in various professional contexts
- to develop the ability to use essential domain-specific and conventionalized grammatical structures prevalent in the target ESP variety
- grasp the fundamental components of film, including narrative structure, character development, and thematic elements
Course Contents
- Unit 1. Media and Society
- Unit 2. Three Ps (Pre- Production; Production; Post-Production
- Unit 3. 'Screenwriting: structuring a story and developing concepts'
- Unit 4. 'Video storytelling methods and script creation
- Pitching Film Product in English
Assessment Elements
- Written Assessment (WA)
- Oral Assessment (OA)
- Home Assignment
- Attendance
- Script Project
- Final Assessment
Interim Assessment
- 2026/2027 3rd module0.3 * Final Assessment + 0.1 * Attendance + 0.2 * Written Assessment (WA) + 0.1 * Script Project + 0.1 * Home Assignment + 0.2 * Oral Assessment (OA)
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- A companion to Eastern European cinemas, , 2012
- A companion to the historical film, , 2013
- A creator's guide to transmedia storytelling : how to captivate and engage audiences across multi..., Phillips, A., 2012
- A history of narative film, Cook, D. A., 1996
- A history of Russian cinema, Beumers, B., 2013
- A new history of documentary film, McLane, B. A., 2012
- A short guide to writing about film, Corrigan, T., 2015
- Action figures : men, action films, and contemporary adventure narratives, Gallagher, M., 2006
- America on film : representing race, class, gender, and sexuality at the movies, Benshoff, H. M., 2009
- American Cinematographer. Vol.101, Issue 2, , 2020
- An everyday magic : cinema and cultural memory, Kuhn, A., 2002
- An introduction to film analysis : technique and meaning in narrative film, Ryan, M., 2012
- Barry Keith Grant, Jeannette Sloniowski, Documenting the Documentary : Close Readings of Documentary Film and Video (Wayne State University Press, 2013).
- Communication in everyday life : the basic course edition with public speaking, Duck, S., 2015
- Contemporary European cinema : crisis narratives and narratives in crisis, , 2019
- Introduction to film studies, , 2012
- Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious basterds : a manipulation of metacinema, , 2012
- Real images : Soviet cinema and the thaw, Woll, J., 2000
- Storytelling techniques for digital filmmakers : plot structure, camera movement, lens selection,..., Hockrow, B., 2014
- The complete film production handbook, Honthaner, E. L., 2010
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Puzzle films : complex storytelling in contemporary cinema, , 2009