Puppetry Propaedeutic - Animation 1

Tutor:

Karel MAKONJ

Synopsis:

Basic familiarisation with the topic of a director?s work in puppet theatre. Puppet technology and animation, collaboration between the director and set designer.

Prerequisites:

1. imagination

2. playfulness

3. creativity

4. ability to inspire and lead

5. basic familiarity with the subject

Study Objectives:

1. Appreciating the puppet and the production possibilities of its use

2. Provocation of psychophysical energy to the projection of the actor?s emotions in the puppet?s role

3. Testing the basic principles of animation

4. Defining the mutual relations between actor and puppet

Outline and Syllabus:

Curriculum

1. Understanding the specific qualities and possibilities of various types of puppet

2. Creative dependence on the set designer

3. The puppet in space

4. The puppet in drama

Syllabus

The process of teaching animation is dependent on the kinetic possibilities of the hand through material, the object, to the puppet. The student perceives the basic qualities of the material, its form and specific qualities. Special emphasis is placed on recognising the actor/puppet relations, on the possibility of including the actor in a non-illusive production.

Study materials:

- literature:

E.G.Craig: The Actor and the Uber-Marionette

Peter Brook: Empty Space

Jan Císař: Theory of Puppet Theatre Acting

Henryk Jurkowski: Magic of the Puppet

Miroslav Česal: The Live Actor in Puppet Theatre

Karel Makonj: P.Schuman and his Bread Puppet Theatre

- objects to practise animation on

- sets of different puppet types

- video recordings (examples of animation possibilities)

Note:

Schedule for winter semester 2008/2009:

	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	místnost R213 Učebna () MAKONJ K. 15:00–16:00 (paralelka 1)
Tue
Fri
Thu
Fri

Schedule for summer semester 2008/2009:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Doporučený bakalářský režie a dramaturgie ALD (subject determining qualification)
• Doporučený bakalářský scénografie ALD (optional subject)