Theatre Photography

Kód:

307ETP

Zakončení:

KZ

Kredity:

2

Rozsah:

13/S

Vyučující:

Josef Ptáček

Anotace:

Objective: Students will be introduced to issues related to theatre photography. Classification of theatre photography with regards to other genres. Areas of theatre photography: drama, ballet, opera, pantomime, musical, dance, black theatre, puppet theatre, maybe even circus.

Požadavky:

Cíle studia:

Osnova (a sylabus):

Course description:

Two introductory lectures with presentations.

Theoretical topics:

-what is theatre photography, as photography of reality that has already been stylized? (selection of motive, angle of view, lenses, selection of location, etc.)

-static or dynamic approach (depending on the nature of the performance)

-dynamic: two ways of depicting movement, following an object, using long exposures and a tripod

-black & white or color (slides or neg.), explanation of differences

-analogue or digital

-live actors or puppets (possible creative approaches)

-authentic vs. staged recording (puppets, musicals, etc.)

-lighting in theatres

-commercial requirements with regards to the final photographs vs. creative work

-how to get space into two dimensional image

-stylized image (Koudelka, Krejčí, Ptáček ? )

-need to be present during rehearsals?

-photographers presence on the stage (real life stories (Henke, Grossman?)

-opera specifics

-communication with actors and artists

-at least one quest speaker (Krejčí, Kronbauer, Holomíček, Prokop, Špelda ?)

Assignments:

Implementation: student negotiates with one theatre, decides for one performance and writes an explanation about what and how will be photographed.

To be submitted: 10 photograhs 30x40 + 5 color slides.

Processing: black & white done by the student. Cropping and framing is up to the student - what matters is the final output.

Credit for the winter semester - for work in progress.

Credit for the summer semester - for submission of the complete work.

Final deadline - middle of June.

Grading:

Graded credit: granted on the basis of submission of all prescribed assignments and evaluation of submitted photographs. The basic pre-requisites for grading are the student?s participation within at least 60% of the lectures, participation in posted mandatory joint consultations specified in the beginning of the course, as well as the submission of agreed on photographs in digital form - resolution 300 dpi with the length of the longer side of the format being 210mm.

Name of the Lecturer: Josef Ptáček

Contact: ptacek.foto@seznam.cz tel. 274818105 , 602461949

Consultation Hours: anytime during the seminars, 10x15 photos or contacts are sufficient

Studijní materiály:

Theatre programs, Exhibitons catalogues, Posters, ....

Dvořák Jan: Divadlo v akci Panorama Praha 1988

Svoboda Jaromír: Národní divadlo zblízka Panorama Praha 1987

Krejčí Jaroslav: Divadelní jarmara Divadelní ústav Praha 2003

Holomíček Bohdan: Národní divadlo 2004

Poznámka:

On alternate year for 2. and 3. class (2005/06).