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Animation 1

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Course unit code:
204ANI1
Course unit title:
Animation 1
Mode of delivery:
zápočet
Range:
2/T
Type of course unit:
compulsory subject
Level of course unit:
magisterský
Year of study
1st year
Semester when the course unit is delivered
zimní
Number of ECTS credits allocated:
1
Garant předmětu:
Marek BEČKA
Name of lecturer(s):
Marek BEČKA
Study Objectives:

1. Appreciating the specific characteristics of puppet theatre.

2. Understanding the principles of animation.

3. Learning the basic puppet types and their technology.

4. Capacity for creativity, imagination, authenticity and the ethics of dramatic creation.

5. Understanding the various types of symbiosis between the actor and the puppet.

Mode of delivery:
Prerequisites and co-requisites:

1. Conscious, gifted, creative behaviour in a stage situation.

2. Developed dramatic imagination.

3. Professional control over animating the puppet.

4. Ability to communicate.

5. Ethics of dramatic creation.

Recommended optional programme components
Course contents:

Curriculum:

1. The hand as puppet, developing playfulness, the actor?s fantasy.

2. Playing with an object, perceiving the qualities of the material, physical laws.

perceiving the form and character of the subject in creating imaginative studies.

3. Puppets ? hand puppet, marionette, mannequin, javajka, defining the specific qualities of individual disciplines through practice.

Syllabus:

Emphasising the specific characteristics of puppet theatre, in which the dramatic component comprises two equal elements: the puppet and the actor. The synchonicity of the puppet?s speech and gesticulation. Artistic skill. Professional control in animating the puppet. Recognising the various types of symbiosis between the actor and the puppet in anti-illusive theatre. A capacity for conscious, creative behaviour in a stage situation while seeking alternative approaches. Study work ? developing potential as an author, the need to consider the whole, construction, gradation, logic, communication, degree of exaggeration, humour, punch-line. Supporting independent thought, individual and multi-layered dramatic representation.

Study materials:

K. Makonj - P. Schuman and his Bread Puppet Theatre

H. Jurkowski - The Magic of the Puppet

J. Císař - Theory of Marionette Theatre Acting

M. Česal - The Live Actor in Puppet Theatre

H. von Kleist - Dancer and Puppet

Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Assessment methods and criteria
Language of instruction:
Czech
Work placement(s):
Pracovní stáž není u tohoto předmětu zavedena.
Course web page:
Note:
Schedule for winter semester 2010/2011:
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
místnost R213
Učebna

(Karlova 26, Praha 1)
BEČKA M.
14:00–16:00
(paralelka 1)
Fri
Thu
Fri
Schedule for summer semester 2010/2011:
The schedule has not yet been prepared
The subject is a part of the following study plans:
Generated on 2011-6-17
Updates of the above given information can be found on http://studijniplany.amu.cz/en/predmet204ANI1.html