Puppetry Propaedeutic - Animation 1

Course unit code:

204LPA1

Course unit title:

Mode of delivery:

zápočet

Range:

2/T

Type of course unit:

Study plan Režie a dramaturgie alternativního a loutkového divadla (Bc.) – compulsory subject
Study plan Scénografie alternativního a loutkového divadla (Bc.) – typ předmětu není stanoven

Level of course unit:

bakalářský

Year of study

Study plan Režie a dramaturgie alternativního a loutkového divadla (Bc.) – 1st year

Semester when the course unit is delivered

zimní

Number of ECTS credits allocated:

Garant předmětu:

Marek BEČKA

Name of lecturer(s):

Marek BEČKA

Study Objectives:

1. Appreciating the puppet and the production possibilities of its use

2. Provocation of psychophysical energy to the projection of the actor's emotions in the puppet?s role

3. Testing the basic principles of animation

4. Defining the mutual relations between actor and puppet

Mode of delivery:

Etudes, stage situation treatment exercises, discussion and analysis of executed work.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

1.představivost

2.hravost

3.kreativita

4.schopnost inspirovat a vést

5.základní obeznámenost v oboru¨

Recommended optional programme components

One's small projects implemented with and without assistance of internal grant programs.

Course contents:

Curriculum

1. Understanding the specific qualities and possibilities of various types of puppet

2. Creative dependence on the set designer

3. The puppet in space

4. The puppet in drama

Syllabus

The process of teaching animation is dependent on the kinetic possibilities of the hand through material, the object, to the puppet. The student perceives the basic qualities of the material, its form and specific qualities. Special emphasis is placed on recognising the actor/puppet relations, on the possibility of including the actor in a non-illusive production.

Study materials:

- literature:

E.G.Craig: The Actor and the Uber-Marionette

Peter Brook: Empty Space

Jan Císař: Theory of Puppet Theatre Acting

Henryk Jurkowski: Magic of the Puppet

Miroslav Česal: The Live Actor in Puppet Theatre

Karel Makonj: P.Schuman and his Bread Puppet Theatre

- objects to practise animation on

- sets of different puppet types

- video recordings (examples of animation possibilities)

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Exercises

Assessment methods and criteria

Activity in exercises, presentation, creativity

Language of instruction:

Czech

Work placement(s):

Pracovní stáž není u tohoto předmětu zavedena.

Course web page:

Note:

This course is registered as a obligatory elective course for 1st year Alternative and Puppet Theatre, Set-design students.

Schedule for winter semester 2011/2012:

	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. 09:00–10:30 (paralelka 2)
Fri
Thu
Fri

Datum	Den	Čas	Tutor	Místo	Notes	Č. paralelky
	Tue	09:00–10:30	BEČKA M.	Učebna Karlova 26, Praha 1		paralelka 2

Schedule for summer semester 2011/2012:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

Režie a dramaturgie alternativního a loutkového divadla (Bc.) (compulsory subject)
Scénografie alternativního a loutkového divadla (Bc.) (compulsory optional subject)