History of Documentary Filmmaking

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Course unit code:

311HDF

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Mode of delivery:

zkouška

Range:

4/T

Type of course unit:

Study plan Fotografie EN - bakalář – optional subject
Study plan Fotografie EN - magistr – optional subject
Study plan Cinema and Digital Media - Cinematography – optional subject
Study plan Cinema and Digital Media - Screenwriting – optional subject
Study plan Cinema and Digital Media - Directing – optional subject
Study plan Fotografie EN - magistr: restaurování – optional subject

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Year of study

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Semester when the course unit is delivered

zimní

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Study Objectives:

Students adopt key historical turning points in the constitution and development of documentary film, fundamental tendencies, persons and further contextual influences.

Furthermore, students watch examples or complete selected works in which the given issue is manifested.

Mode of delivery:

This course is a lecture, screening of examples or whole films with commentary and discussions.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

Not required, but welcomed is at least a basic overview of the historical framework of the main currents in cinema.

Recommended optional programme components

Course contents:

Since the end of the 20s documentary film has belonged to a specific historical manifestation in the field of cinema. As such it has be conceptualized in production and distribution. The aim of the course is to present key events of that streem through a presentation commented through the experience of the student/viewer. A part of the course is also a discussion of methods which represent that in documentary film and also in fiction film narrative strategies.

Study materials:

Richard M. Barsam: Nonfiction film; Bill Nichols: Introduction to documentary; Erik Barnouw: Documentary - History of non-fiction film

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Assessment methods and criteria

Essay on an assigned topic in an extent of 3-4 pages or an explicated and materially supported submission of a concept of a documentary film in 3-5 pages.

Final knowledge exam.

Language of instruction:

English

Work placement(s):

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No schedule has been prepared for this course

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

Fotografie EN - bakalář (optional subject)
Fotografie EN - magistr (optional subject)
Cinema and Digital Media - Cinematography (optional subject)
Cinema and Digital Media - Screenwriting (optional subject)
Cinema and Digital Media - Directing (optional subject)
Fotografie EN - magistr: restaurování (optional subject)