The Camera in Documentary Film 1

Course unit code:

304KDF1

Course unit title:

Mode of delivery:

zápočet

Range:

2/T

Type of course unit:

Study plan Dokumentární tvorba - bakalář – compulsory subject
Study plan Kamera - bakalář – compulsory subject

Level of course unit:

Year of study

Study plan Dokumentární tvorba - bakalář – 2nd year
Study plan Kamera - bakalář – 2nd year

Semester when the course unit is delivered

zimní

Number of ECTS credits allocated:

Garant předmětu:

Petr KOBLOVSKÝ

Name of lecturer(s):

Petr KOBLOVSKÝ

Study Objectives:

An awareness of the boundlessness of genres in film, Equal use of expression tools (feature film vs. documentary)

- development of the cameraman - director relationship.

- adoption of basic lighting principles and use of ambient light in documentary genres.

- discussions about projects (terminology of basic thoughts and motivation and their conveyance to collaborants).

Mode of delivery:

Systematic preparations by Camera Dept. students to function as the cameraman for shooting a documentary film.

Discussions, analyses, screenings.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

The requirement is the completion of "The Fundamentals of Cameraman practice in the 1st year of study at the Camera dept.

Recommended optional programme components

Course contents:

1. Film or TV camera - particulars and selection for documentary projects.

2. Cinematic formats.

a/ Film: Super8, 16mm, 35mm, 70mm, IMAX, OMNIMAX

b/ Television: VHS, DV, HDV, Betacam, HDTV

c/ Computer multimedia

3. DVCAM - HD - DigitalCinema - new - free technology

4. Film stock, selection, exposure trials, the film lab.

5. Lighting techniques for documentary film

6. Camera movement, technical equipment for movement, image stabilizers, Hand cameras.

7. Infra-red shooting

8. Shooting in rain, snow, freezing conditions and sandstorms.

9. Arctic and high altitude environments.

10. Tropical environments

11. Expedition equipment

12. The camera in space, at the bottom of the ocean

13. High-speed and time-lapse recording

14. Macro and micro-recording

15. Film and digital effects in documentary film.

16. Film reporting, archiving issues

17. Television reporting, Technological procedures and history.

Study materials:

Petr Prokop - Současné filmové kamery

Petr Prokop - Zakládání filmových kamer

Rudolf Adler - Cesta k filmovému dokumentu

Béla Balázs - Film. Vývoj a podstata nového umenia.

Slovenské vydavatelstvo krásnej literatury 1958

Film je umění - Sborník statí Orbis Praha 1963

Guido Aristarco - Dějiny filmových teorií Orbis Praha 1968

Robert Flaherty - Materiály k dějinám dokumentárního filmu

Anton Wilson´s - Cinema Workshop

Kodak - Student Filmmaker´s Handbook

-Czech and World Documentary film database(source: Institut dokumentárního filmu)

-Photographic literature (including the FAMU Library)

-personal participation of the camermen and directors.

-discussions about their expression tools.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Assessment methods and criteria

Credit is awarded based on: active participation in class.

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 230 Sborovna KK (Lažanský palác) KOBLOVSKÝ P. 19:00–20:35 (přednášková par. 1)
Fri

Datum	Den	Čas	Tutor	Místo	Notes	Č. paralelky
	Thu	19:00–20:35	KOBLOVSKÝ P.	Sborovna KK 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)
Kamera - bakalář (qualification subject)