History of Film Theory 1

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Course unit code:

373DFT1

Course unit title:

Mode of delivery:

zkouška

Range:

2/T

Type of course unit:

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

Study plan Audiovizuální studia - bakalář – 1st nebo 2nd year

Semester when the course unit is delivered

zimní

Number of ECTS credits allocated:

Garant předmětu:

Name of lecturer(s):

Study Objectives:

Familiarization with the main theory currents of film.

Mode of delivery:

Předmět je realizován formou přednášky.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

These lectures are intended for 1st year Bachelor Audio-visual studies students but is also open to interested students from other depts.

Recommended optional programme components

Course contents:

1) The beginnings of film essay in France and other countries (1907-19)

2) The Golden Age of early French film „theory“ (1919-29)

3) Weimar Theory I. Kracauer, Benjamin

4) Weimer Theory II. Balázs, Arnheim (+ Panofsky)

5) Soviet Assembly Theory - Ejzenštejn, Vertov, Pudovkin

6) Pre-War ideas about film in the Czech lands.

7) Filmology

8) Ontology of the film image (film and reality)

9) Film Semiotics and Structuralism I

10) Film Semiotics and Structuralism II

11) Film from the viewpoint of Mass Communication Theory

12) Post-Structuralism I - Ideologic and psychoanalytic criticisms

13) Post-Structuralism II - psycholoanalysis and feminism

Study materials:

Bill Nichols: Movies and Method. University of California Press, 1985.

Richard Abel: French Film Theory and Criticism, Vol. I., 1907-29. Princeton University Press, 1993.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Assessment methods and criteria

Ústní zkouška na základě okruhu daných sylabem předmětu.

Language of instruction:

Czech

Work placement(s):

Pracovní stáž není u tohoto předmětu zavedena.

Course web page:

www.famu.cz /CAS

Note:

This course takes place once every two years. It is set for the 2011-2012 school year.

Further information:

No schedule has been prepared for this course

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

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