Czech Cinema 1
- Course unit code:
- 311CC1
- Course unit title:
- Czech Cinema 1
- Mode of delivery:
- zkouška
- Range:
- 2/T
- Type of course unit:
- Study plan Cinema and Digital Media - Cinematography – compulsory subject
Study plan Cinema and Digital Media - Screenwriting – compulsory subject
Study plan Cinema and Digital Media - Directing – compulsory subject - Level of course unit:
- Year of study
- Study plan Cinema and Digital Media - Cinematography – 1st year
Study plan Cinema and Digital Media - Screenwriting – 1st year
Study plan Cinema and Digital Media - Directing – 1st year - Semester when the course unit is delivered
- zimní
- Number of ECTS credits allocated:
- 2
- Garant předmětu:
- Michal BREGANT
- Name of lecturer(s):
- Michal BREGANT
- Study Objectives:
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Students adopt fundamental factual and aesthetic aspects of the development of cinema in the Czech lands from the beginning up to 1950.
- Mode of delivery:
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Series of lectures. Students are welcome to participate actively and ask questions during the classes.
- Prerequisites and co-requisites:
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No
- Recommended optional programme components
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No
- Course contents:
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First part of a two-semester lecture course covers the period from late 19th century up to the nationalization of Czechoslovak film industry in 1945 and beginning of the dogma of socialist realism in late 1940s. Course will provide students with a general but complex overview of the history of film art and industry in the Czech lands.
The course focuses on both cinematic approaches and styles and political contexts.
This two-hour class meets once a week, first five weeks are dedicated to watching relevant films which are required for the exam.
Handouts and readings to be obtained during the course.
- Study materials:
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Český hraný film / Czech Feature Film 1, 2, 3
Imre Anikó (ed.), East European Cinemas. (AFI Film Readers)
Peter Hames (ed.), The Cinema of Central Europe.
Dina Iordanova, Cinema of the Other Europe: The Industry and Artistry of East Central European Film.
Online sources:
Central Europe Review: http://www.ce-review.org/video/video_czech.html
Kinoeye: http://www.kinoeye.org/archive/country_czech.php
http://maxpages.com/czechcinema (Czech cinema: history, personalities)
http://filmmakers.node9.org/ (contemporary Czech experimental filmmakers)
- Planned learning activities and teaching methods
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No
- Assessment methods and criteria
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Topics discussed in class, handouts, and required films will be subject to the final test, composed of essay questions and short analysis.
Grading will be based on three aspects: Final essay: 65%, participation in discussion: 25%, attendance: 10%
- Language of instruction:
- English
- Work placement(s):
- Pracovní stáž není u tohoto předmětu zavedena.
- Course web page:
- Note:
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No
- Schedule for winter semester 2010/2011:
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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 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:
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- Cinema and Digital Media - Cinematography (qualification subject)
- Cinema and Digital Media - Screenwriting (qualification subject)
- Cinema and Digital Media - Directing (qualification subject)