Central European Cinema 1
- Course unit code:
- 311CEC1
- Course unit title:
- Central European Cinema 1
- Mode of delivery:
- zkouška
- Range:
- 5/T
- Type of course unit:
- Study plan Animovaná tvorba - bakalář – optional subject
Study plan Dokumentární tvorba - magistr – optional subject
Study plan Dokumentární tvorba - bakalář – optional subject
Study plan Animovaná tvorba - magistr – optional subject
Study plan Scenáristika a dramaturgie - bakalář – optional subject
Study plan Scenáristika a dramaturgie - magistr – optional subject
Study plan Režie - bakalář – optional subject
Study plan Režie - magistr – optional subject
Study plan Kamera - bakalář – optional subject
Study plan Kamera - magistr – optional subject
Study plan Produkce - bakalář – optional subject
Study plan Produkce - magistr – optional subject
Study plan Audiovizuální studia - bakalář – optional subject
Study plan Střihová skladba - bakalář – optional subject
Study plan Střihová skladba - magistr – optional subject
Study plan Zvuková tvorba - bakalář – optional subject
Study plan Zvuková tvorba - magistr – optional subject
Study plan Fotografie CZ - bakalář – optional subject
Study plan Fotografie CZ - magistr – optional subject
Study plan Fotografie EN - bakalář – optional subject
Study plan Fotografie EN - magistr – optional subject
Study plan Audiovizuální studia - magistr – optional subject
Study plan Cinema and Digital Media - Cinematography – optional subject
Study plan Cinema and Digital Media - Screenwriting – optional subject
Study plan Fotografie CZ - magistr: restaurování – optional subject
Study plan Erasmus – optional subject
Study plan Cinema and Digital Media - Directing – optional subject
Study plan Fotografie EN - magistr: restaurování – optional subject - Level of course unit:
- Year of study
- předmět nemá určen ročník studia
- Semester when the course unit is delivered
- zimní
- Number of ECTS credits allocated:
- 3
- Garant předmětu:
- Dan DUTA
- Name of lecturer(s):
- Dan DUTA
- Study Objectives:
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Students acquire basic knowledge about Central European cinematography, mainly considering the most significant points and movements (that is, the Czech and Slovak New Wave, First, Second and Third Polish Cinema, Contemporary Rumanian New Wave, Hungarian Waves of the 50s and 60s, etc.)
- Mode of delivery:
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Theory classes including lectures, screenings, film excerpts and finally debates.
Feature film screenings presented by the lecturer.
- Prerequisites and co-requisites:
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The lectures do not presuppose any previous knowledge of Central European Cinematography therefore there are no conditions for registration.
- Recommended optional programme components
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Recommended optional component: Other films mentioned in lectures.
- Course contents:
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A short description of the cinematography of five Central European nations; Czech, Slovak, Polish, Hungarian and Rumanian: Each will have 2-3, 90 minute lectures devoted to them plus an appropriate number of screenings of feature films (1 lecture + 1 screening each week); Exception: Slovak cinematography; in consideration of the rather small number of films there will be only one lecture and one screening. A short sequence of other recordings will be presented during lectures; working language - English.
- Study materials:
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Recommended literature:
Peter Hames: The Cinema of Central Europe - Wallflower Press, 2004
(with a preface by Istvan Szabó)
Peter Hames - Československá Nová vlna. KMa - Praha 2008
(In English: Peter Hames: The Czechoslovak New Wave
(Berkeley, Los Angeles, London 1985)
Jan Žalman - Umlčený film (existuje vice vydani)
Josef Škvorecký: All The Bright Young Man and Women: A Personal
History of the Czech Cinema (Toronto 1971)
Cook, David: A History of Narrative Film (A996)
István Nemeskürty. Word and image; history of the Hungarian cinema.
Budapest: Corvina Press, 1968
(A newer edition is available of: Nemeskurty, Istvan, Short History of
the Hungarian Cinema , New York, 1980)
István Zsugán. A Subjective History of the Hungarian Film: 1964-
1994. Budapest: Osiris-Századvég, 1994
Petrie, Graham, History Must Answer to Man: The Contemporary
Hungarian Cinema , New York, 1981
Andrei Gorzo: 1234 Romanian Directors - A History of the Romanian
Cinema Until 2000, Bucharest, Curtea Veche, 2001
Marek Haltof: Polish National Cinema, Berghahn Books, 2002
Charles Ford and Robert Hammond: Polish Film: A Twentieth Century History
Screenings:
Eva tropí hlouposti
Sedmikrásky
Návrat idiota
Vtáčkovia, siroty a blazni
Kamenná svatba
Papír bude modrý
Profesor Hanibal
Příjemné dny
Kanál
Zítra bude jasno
- Planned learning activities and teaching methods
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If possible the lecturer will attempt to cover all the lands whose cinematography the course includes, a guest from the appropriate cultural institute or embassy who will present a social-historical context of the given land. The lecturer will also, in addition to film information, provide additional excursion, etc.
- Assessment methods and criteria
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For successfull completion of the course the student must sit an oral exam or write a ten-page essay at the end of the semester.
- Language of instruction:
- English
- Work placement(s):
- Pracovní stáž není u tohoto předmětu zavedena.
- Course web page:
- Note:
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Considering the complexity of Central European orthographies and pronunciation the students will have available layouts with brief content from each lecture.
- Further information:
- This course is an elective for all AMU students
- Schedule for winter semester 2011/2012:
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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 Fri Datum Den Čas Tutor Místo Notes Č. paralelky Tue 16:30–18:05 DUTA D. Učebna 3
Lažanský palácpřednášková par. 1 Thu 19:00–21:25 DUTA D. Projekce FAMU
Lažanský palácpřednášková 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:
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- Animovaná tvorba - bakalář (optional subject)
- Dokumentární tvorba - magistr (optional subject)
- Dokumentární tvorba - bakalář (optional subject)
- Animovaná tvorba - magistr (optional subject)
- Scenáristika a dramaturgie - bakalář (optional subject)
- Scenáristika a dramaturgie - magistr (optional subject)
- Režie - bakalář (optional subject)
- Režie - magistr (optional subject)
- Kamera - bakalář (optional subject)
- Kamera - magistr (optional subject)
- Produkce - bakalář (optional subject)
- Produkce - magistr (optional subject)
- Audiovizuální studia - bakalář (optional subject)
- Střihová skladba - bakalář (optional subject)
- Střihová skladba - magistr (optional subject)
- Zvuková tvorba - bakalář (optional subject)
- Zvuková tvorba - magistr (optional subject)
- Fotografie CZ - bakalář (optional subject)
- Fotografie CZ - magistr (optional subject)
- Fotografie EN - bakalář (optional subject)
- Fotografie EN - magistr (optional subject)
- Audiovizuální studia - magistr (optional subject)
- Cinema and Digital Media - Cinematography (optional subject)
- Cinema and Digital Media - Screenwriting (optional subject)
- Fotografie CZ - magistr: restaurování (optional subject)
- Erasmus (optional subject)
- Cinema and Digital Media - Directing (optional subject)
- Fotografie EN - magistr: restaurování (optional subject)