Theory of Montage 2

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Code Completion Credits Range Language Instruction Semester
306TM2 exam 2 2 lecture hours (45 min) of instruction per week, 10 exercise hours (45 min) of instruction per semester, 25 to 35 hours of self-study English winter

Subject guarantor

Martin ČIHÁK

Name of lecturer(s)

Martin ČIHÁK

Department

The subject provides Department of Editing

Contents

The course applies structural and semiotic theories to analyses of a specific film work or part of a work. It introduces students to the connotations and methods of using the concepts of language, speech, code, sign, meaning, the signifier, the signified, text, metatext, narrative, message. It deals with the categories of signs and the typology of signs (icons, symbols, etc.).

Topics:

  1. Film language, film speech, elements and dimensions of film language. Sign, symbol, emblematic depiction, symbolic depiction.
  2. Nature and structure of film narrative. Creation of meaning in film. Meaning and representation.
  3. Movement, time, space. Organization of space as a narrative element.
  4. Image – autonomous space. Organization of signs in a space delineated by image. Double reality of image.
  5. Why watch the image. The viewer creates the image, the image creates the viewer. Similarities between image and viewer.
  6. Illusion and representation. Mental distance and identification. Image – source of affection.
  7. Specific and abstract space. Composition and the point of view.
  8. Analogy and reference. Plastic and iconic. Photogeny, photography, film.

Learning outcomes

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Prerequisites and other requirements

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Literature

Vingt leçons sur l'image et le sens Broché de Guy Gauthier - 1970, Broché: 196 pages, Editeur : Edilig; Édition : 1re (1970)

ASIN: B0000DY02V

L'analyse des films

de Jacques Aumont (Auteur), Michel Marie

Broché: 233 pages

Editeur : Armand Colin; Édition : 2e (24 novembre 2004)

Collection : Armand Colin cinéma

Langue : Français

ISBN-10: 2200341075

ISBN-13: 978-2200341077

L'image de Jacques Aumont

Broché: 304 pages

Editeur : Armand Colin; Édition : 3e édition (20 avril 2011)

Collection : Cinéma / Arts Visuels

Langue : Français

ISBN-10: 2200355947

ISBN-13: 978-2200355944

Martine Joly, Introduction à l'analyse de l'image, Paris, Nathan, 1998

ISBN 10 : 2091906344

ISBN 13 : 9782091906348

Evaluation methods and criteria

Activity in lectures

Completion of on-going tests

Completion of the final exam.

Note

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Schedule for winter semester 2024/2025:

06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
room 311
Room No. 311
(Lažanský palác)
ČIHÁK M.
09:00–13:05
ODD WEEK
(lecture parallel1)
every second week starts on 10/10/2024 at 09:30
Fri
Date Day Time Tutor Location Notes No. of paralel
Thu 09:00–13:05 Martin ČIHÁK Room No. 311
Lažanský palác		 every second week starts on 10/10/2024 at 09:30 lecture parallel1

Schedule for summer semester 2024/2025:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans