Czech documentary film after a year 1989 1

Course unit code:

303CDS1

Course unit title:

Mode of delivery:

zápočet

Range:

12/S

Type of course unit:

compulsory subject

Level of course unit:

Year of study

2nd year

Semester when the course unit is delivered

zimní

Number of ECTS credits allocated:

Garant předmětu:

Petr KUBICA

Name of lecturer(s):

Petr KUBICA

Study Objectives:

Cílem studia je zpřehlednění aktuální české dokumentární tvorby, a to nejen filmů, uváděných v českých televizích, na filmových festivalech či v kinech, ale také pomezních žánrů televizní produkce, které využívají dokumentárních prvků (reality show, dokudrama, dokusoap).

Mode of delivery:

On-going vision of Czech documentary production. Students have assigned selected films which present examples and commentary. Discussions over individual films with an emphasis on determining problematic elements.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

Completion of History of Czech Cinema.

Recommended optional programme components

No elective requirements for this course. A good orientation in Czech cultural and historical relationships and, as well, current socio-political issues is required.

Course contents:

In this course the student should take a stance regarding exemplary examples of contemporary Czech documentaries. The course originates in the on-going history of Czech documentaryies after 1989. It does not only concentrate on artistically significant works but rather maps the entire current creations including examples from a wide variety of TV series, Czech versions transitioned to TV formats and degrading programs using documentary elements. The course design gives preference to current Czech creations, and its aim is to continuously guide attention to new Czech productions. With particular films, the course focuses on the conditions in which they arose, reasons they have arisen and what they represent in the Czech context and taking into consideration extra-film circumstances as well. The course is space for enabling discussion and continuously identifying the relationship between documentary works and the reality of society.

Study materials:

The fundamental study material is selected films representing current Czech Documentary works.

Literature for 2011:

Čulík, Jan: Jací jsme: česká společnost v hraném filmu devadesátých a nultých let. 1. vyd. Brno, Host, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7294-254-1

Film a dějiny (editor Petr Kopal; Petr Blažek ... [et al.]). 1. vyd. Praha: NLN, Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2005. ISBN 80-7106-667-2

Štoll, Martin a kol.: Český film: režiséři-dokumentaristé. 1. vyd. Praha: Libri, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7277-417-3

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Classes

Assessment methods and criteria

Conditions for successful completion of the course:

class attendance and participation

film presentations including selections of examples

completion of abstracts of individual films.

completion of the semester paper (analytical texts about a selected film).

Language of instruction:

Czech

Work placement(s):

Pracovní stáž není u tohoto předmětu zavedena.

Course web page:

Note:

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
Fri
Thu	místnost 217 Učebna KDT (Lažanský palác) KUBICA P. 14:00–15:35 ODD WEEK (přednášková par. 1)
Fri

Datum	Den	Čas	Tutor	Místo	Notes	Č. paralelky
	Thu	14:00–15:35	KUBICA P.	Učebna KDT Lažanský palác		přednášková par. 1

Schedule for summer semester 2011/2012:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

Dokumentární tvorba - bakalář (qualification subject)