Contemporary World Documentary Film 3

Course unit code:

303SZDF3

Course unit title:

Mode of delivery:

zápočet

Range:

3/T

Type of course unit:

compulsory subject

Level of course unit:

Year of study

3rd 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:

Mode of delivery:

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

Recommended optional programme components

Course contents:

This course presents profound, thematically and genre diverse films of Modern International Documentary film. Students are presented with films which within one year delve into the development of documentary cinematography. Its content defines current times: simple current recordings, of course, do not exclude that presentation of films that are significant, transcending their own time and space. The selection of documentaries from a wide stream of yearly international production is not the work of coincidence and personal taste. The consistent and indisputable criteria for selection is the classification whose flexibility reflects the time's audiences' taste, represented in time through individual prize-giving circles of world film festivals. The selection of a film at a festival, its eventual circulation at multiple festivals and the subsequent selection by individual juries are sufficient reasons for wanting to get to know some works. Other criteria for the life of a work in public through national or international festivals are the knowledge of films through reviews and discussions in professional publications. Finally, the dramaturgical knowledge of the instructor plays a role in the selection of a film. Compared to an analysis course (Selected works of International Documentaries) the basis of this course Modern International Documentary Film is the presentation of films in which at least three study-year students come together (the films do not repeat). Preliminarily is the film categorized by authorial creation, appropriate national production, but more broadly to world cinematography. After taking this in follows moderated discussions: the essence of direct reaction, frequent emotional, subjectiv and largely the haphazard investigation of the sense of the work. The collective presentation of the works depends upon the conviction that a documentary should be presented as an original artistic unit, open only to the point of the reaction of the audience, students of documentary direction. The reception of a selected film is understood in an essay on which besides the basic requirements credit is awarded. In an addendum is a list of selected festivals whose dramaturgical structure is one of the starting points for selecting documentary films for the course.

Study materials:

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Assessment methods and criteria

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	místnost 217 Učebna KDT (Lažanský palác) KUBICA P. 12:20–14:45 (přednášková par. 1)
Fri
Thu
Fri

Datum	Den	Čas	Tutor	Místo	Notes	Č. paralelky
	Tue	12:20–14:45	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)