Portraiture in Film

Course unit code:

311MPIF

Course unit title:

Portraiture in Film

Mode of delivery:

zápočet

Range:

24/S

Type of course unit:

Study plan Animovaná tvorba - bakalář – optional subject
Study plan Dokumentární tvorba - magistr – compulsory optional subject
Study plan Dokumentární tvorba - bakalář – optional subject
Study plan Animovaná tvorba - magistr – compulsory optional subject
Study plan Scenáristika a dramaturgie - bakalář – optional subject
Study plan Scenáristika a dramaturgie - magistr – compulsory optional subject
Study plan Režie - bakalář – optional subject
Study plan Režie - magistr – compulsory optional subject
Study plan Kamera - bakalář – optional subject
Study plan Kamera - magistr – compulsory optional subject
Study plan Produkce - bakalář – optional subject
Study plan Produkce - magistr – compulsory optional subject
Study plan Audiovizuální studia - bakalář – optional subject
Study plan Střihová skladba - bakalář – optional subject
Study plan Střihová skladba - magistr – compulsory optional subject
Study plan Zvuková tvorba - bakalář – optional subject
Study plan Zvuková tvorba - magistr – compulsory optional subject
Study plan Fotografie CZ - bakalář – optional subject
Study plan Fotografie CZ - magistr – compulsory optional subject
Study plan Audiovizuální studia - magistr – compulsory optional subject
Study plan Fotografie CZ - magistr: restaurování – compulsory optional subject

Level of course unit:

Year of study

předmět nemá určen ročník studia

Semester when the course unit is delivered

letní

Number of ECTS credits allocated:

3

Garant předmětu:

Jitka HEJTMANOVÁ

Name of lecturer(s):

Jitka HEJTMANOVÁ

Study Objectives:

The goal of the seminar is to introduce the students to the characteristics of the genre

?biographical film?. We will look at the various stylistic forms and cinematographic practices, the crossover of avant-garde-, documentary- and feature films. My teaching attempts to give a practical insight into the production of a biographical film since my own thematic focus as a filmmaker is biography.

Mode of delivery:

Seminar

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

No

Recommended optional programme components

No

Course contents:

Friday, April 1, 2011: 10 am ? 1 pm, 3 pm ? 6 pm

Saturday, April 2, 2011: 10 am ? 1 pm, 3 pm ? 6 pm

Friday, April 8: 10 am ? 1 pm, 3 pm ? 6 pm

Saturday, April 9: 10 am ? 1 pm, 3 pm ? 6 pm

The seminar provides an overview of biographical representation ranging from self-portrait in the Avant-garde Film to the Hollywood biopic. The focus of the seminar is on portraits of artists. Stories of the lives of famous people in fiction films have been very popular in recent years. In the documentary field, in contrast, the person portrayed frequently comes from everyday life and might be an outsider. The fascination of the portrait is rooted in the fact that the audience identifies with another human fate.

Showing various examples, we will consider major aspects and problems of production (sources and ethics of research, aesthetics, ideology and historical context, film production and finance, & reception). An analysis of narrative structures and aesthetic models will be made. Some of the artistic examples are works of Early Cinema by the brothers Lumi?re, Georges Melies and the Edison Studio. Avant-garde film is represented by Andy Warhol, Marie Menken, Jonas Mekas, Ken Jacobs, Jan Svankmajer and Maria Lassnig. Examples of documentaries are by the Maysles, Sergei Eisenstein, Ric Burns, the Brothers Quay and Keith Griffiths, Petr Vaclav, Stanislaw Mucha and my own works. The possibilities within the context of fiction film will be illustrated by work on the biography of Franz Kafka (directed by Steven Soderbergh, 1991),Frida Kahlo (directed by Julie Taymor 2002) and Warhol superstar Edie Sedgwick in „Factory Girl“ (directed by George Hickenlooper 2006).

Study materials:

No

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

No

Assessment methods and criteria

3 credits for 100% attendance and submitting an essay

Language of instruction:

English

Work placement(s):

Pracovní stáž není u tohoto předmětu zavedena.

Course web page:

Note:

Martina Kudláček was born in Vienna, Austria. Studied Theater, Film and Media Arts at University of Vienna. Received an MFA degree in Documentary Film Directing at the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts FAMU in Prague, Czech Republic. The feature length documentary film „In the Mirror of Maya Deren“ was her first international success. She also works as a researcher for Anthology Film Archives in New York, assisting in preservation projects with the director and filmmaker Jonas Mekas and is the recipient of the Anthology Film Archives Film Preservation Award 2004. She is currently making a movie with the film artist Peter Kubelka.

Schedule for winter semester 2010/2011:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer 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
Fri
Thu
Fri

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Animovaná tvorba - bakalář (optional subject)
• Dokumentární tvorba - magistr (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Dokumentární tvorba - bakalář (optional subject)
• Animovaná tvorba - magistr (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Scenáristika a dramaturgie - bakalář (optional subject)
• Scenáristika a dramaturgie - magistr (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Režie - bakalář (optional subject)
• Režie - magistr (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Kamera - bakalář (optional subject)
• Kamera - magistr (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Produkce - bakalář (optional subject)
• Produkce - magistr (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Audiovizuální studia - bakalář (optional subject)
• Střihová skladba - bakalář (optional subject)
• Střihová skladba - magistr (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Zvuková tvorba - bakalář (optional subject)
• Zvuková tvorba - magistr (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Fotografie CZ - bakalář (optional subject)
• Fotografie CZ - magistr (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Audiovizuální studia - magistr (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Fotografie CZ - magistr: restaurování (faculty subject, optional subject)