Chapters from Film History and Criticism 1

Course unit code:

311FHC1

Course unit title:

Chapters from Film History and Criticism 1

Mode of delivery:

zkouška

Range:

4/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:

Michal BREGANT, Petra DOMINKOVÁ

Name of lecturer(s):

Michal BREGANT, Petra DOMINKOVÁ

Study Objectives:

Students adopt stylistic aspects of mise-en-scene in the history of world cinema.

Mode of delivery:

Lecture

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

No

Recommended optional programme components

No

Course contents:

Theory and practice of mise-en-sc?ne. Significant styles and creative approaches in modern film history are present in this course through practical a factual analysis of a dozen of great films. Notion of mise-en-sc?ne will be examined both as a tool of directing and a critical/analytical approach. Analyses are focused on realist code but open also to other styles.

Disclosure of possible meanings and interpretation of them is the aim of the course. During the sessions students will watch films in their entirety (English version or subtitled) and short examples illustrating particular topics. Discussion through which the international students can share their own film experiences based on their own cultural tradition is important part of each lesson. Mutual exchange of ideas and artistic experiences enables the students to gain as much inspiration as possible.

Students should ask anything that is not clear enough, bring their own ideas and participate actively in the whole course.

Study materials:

David Bordwell ? Kristin Thompson: Film Art. An Introduction. (International Edition.) McGraw-Hill, 1993.

David Bordwell ? Kristin Thompson: Film History. An Introduction. International Edition. McGraw-Hill, 1994.

Anikó Imre, ?The Politics of Hiccups,? Cineaction 64 (August 2004), pp. 8 ? 17.

Hugh S. Manon, ?Qui Perd Gagne: Failure and Cinematic Seduction,? International Journal of Žižek Studies, vol. 1, no. 3 (2007). Available on-line http://zizekstudies.org/index.php/ijzs/article/view/56/126

Bill Nichols (Ed.): Movies and Methods. University of California Press 1976 (vol. 1); 1985 (vol. 2)

Clara Orban, ?Antonioni ?s Women, Lost in the City.? Modern Language Studies, vol. 31, no. 2 (Autumn 2001), pp. 11 ? 27.

Michael Rabiger: Directing. Film Techniques and Aesthetics. Focal Press 2003.

Robert Sklar: Film. An International History of the Medium. Thames and Hudson 1993.

Robin Wood, Personal views: Explorations in film. Wayne State University Press,2006, pp. 119 ? 141

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Planned learning activities and teaching methods

No

Assessment methods and criteria

Mid-term essay:

1 000 words

Due date: 3 November 2010

Students will receive recommended topics for the paper two weeks before it is due. Papers have to be typed. Due date is not flexible. If a student must request an extension, she/he has to do it before the paper is due. All sources (films, books, articles, interviews, websites etc) have to be cited: any time student quotes or paraphrases someone else´s work she/he has to give her/him credit.

Final test:

Eight essay questions based on readings (handouts), films seen and topics discussed in the class. Date: 15 December 2010.

Grading will be based on three aspects:

Essay: 40%

Final Test: 40%

Participation in discussion: 20%

Language of instruction:

English

Work placement(s):

Pracovní stáž není u tohoto předmětu zavedena.

Course web page:

Note:

No

Further information:

This course is an elective for all AMU 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
Fri	místnost 241 Učebna 3 (Lažanský palác) BREGANT M. 13:10–16:25 (přednášková par. 1)
Thu
Fri

Datum	Den	Čas	Tutor	Místo	Notes	Č. paralelky
	Fri	13:10–16:25	BREGANT M.	Učebna 3 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:

• 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)