Alternative Perspectives 1

Course unit code:

311MAP1

Course unit title:

Mode of delivery:

zápočet

Range:

12/S

Type of course unit:

Study plan Animovaná tvorba - bakalář – optional subject
Study plan Dokumentární tvorba - magistr – compulsory optional subject
Study plan Dokumentární tvorba - bakalář – optional subject
Study plan Animovaná tvorba - magistr – compulsory optional subject
Study plan Scenáristika a dramaturgie - bakalář – optional subject
Study plan Scenáristika a dramaturgie - magistr – compulsory optional subject
Study plan Režie - bakalář – optional subject
Study plan Režie - magistr – compulsory optional subject
Study plan Kamera - bakalář – optional subject
Study plan Kamera - magistr – compulsory optional subject
Study plan Produkce - bakalář – optional subject
Study plan Produkce - magistr – compulsory optional subject
Study plan Audiovizuální studia - bakalář – optional subject
Study plan Střihová skladba - bakalář – optional subject
Study plan Střihová skladba - magistr – compulsory optional subject
Study plan Zvuková tvorba - bakalář – optional subject
Study plan Zvuková tvorba - magistr – compulsory optional subject
Study plan Fotografie CZ - bakalář – optional subject
Study plan Fotografie CZ - magistr – compulsory optional subject
Study plan Fotografie EN - bakalář – optional subject
Study plan Fotografie EN - magistr – optional subject
Study plan Audiovizuální studia - magistr – compulsory optional subject
Study plan Cinema and Digital Media - Cinematography – compulsory optional subject
Study plan Cinema and Digital Media - Screenwriting – compulsory optional subject
Study plan Fotografie CZ - magistr: restaurování – compulsory optional subject
Study plan Erasmus – optional subject
Study plan Cinema and Digital Media - Directing – compulsory 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:

Garant předmětu:

Henry Lyman HILLS

Name of lecturer(s):

Henry Lyman HILLS

Study Objectives:

Introduce world quality non-narrative and experimental films to students.

Mode of delivery:

Seminars, screenings, discussion

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

None

Recommended optional programme components

No.

Course contents:

Alternative Perspectives is an intensive viewing class, focusing principally on films that are not seen in other classes in this school, being principally radical, non-narrative, experimental films, sometimes long and often difficult, although certain classic silent and early sound films, which are frequently discussed but rarely viewed, will also be explored, insofar as they represent some of the most innovative departures in film history in the practices of montage (Intolerance) and sound design (Vampyr). As the primary focus of this class is analysis based on the direkt experience of projected works, attendance is mandatory.

classes:

Friday, November 11, 10 am - 1 pm & 3 pm - 6 pm Projection Room

Saturday, November 12, 11 am - 1:30 pm & 3 pm - 6 pm Classroom 3

Study materials:

Recommended films

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

films to be screened:

class 1 - European early film & 20?s avant-garde

Etienne Jules Marey

the Lumieres

Georges Melies

Emile Cohl

Segundo di Chomon ---

Ferdnand Leger BALLET MECHANIQUE

Charles Dekeukleire IMPATIENCE

Len Lye TRADE TATTOO

Paul Leni REBUS-FILM No. 1

class 2 Pat O'Neill

class 3 Guy Sherwin

class 4 - Abstract Film

Walther Ruttmann OPUS 1 (1921)

WEEKEND (1928)

Hans Richter FILM IS RHYTHM (?1921?)

Viking Eggeling SYMPHONIE DIAGONALE (1924)

Oscar Fischinger SPIRALS (1926)

STUDIE Nr. 7 (1931)

ALLEGRETTO (1936-43)

RADIO DYNAMICS

Robert Breer EYE WASH (2 versions)

Jordan Belson SAMADHI

Lis Rhodes DRESDEN DYNAMO (1971)

Mike Leggett SHEPHERD?S BUSH (1971)

Extra screening BETZY BROMBERG in person with her 35mm abstract feature A DARKNESS SWALLOWED

8 pm Ponrepo, November 24

Assessment methods and criteria

Students must keep a JOURNAL of experimental films they see, both in class and outside. This should include sufficient information to convince me that you have seen the films, plus commentary indicating that some of what you have seen has given you some thoughts. Plagiarism from the internet is not acceptable and will result in failure and ridicule. These are due (by e-mail) the end of the last week of classes. If you use Windows, please send as PDF file.

Language of instruction:

English

Work placement(s):

Pracovní stáž není u tohoto předmětu zavedena.

Course web page:

Note:

HENRY HILLS (http://www.henryhills.com/)

a 2009 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellow, has been making dense, intensely rhythmic experimental films since 1975. Owing to a

personal involvement in film scenes in San Francisco in the 70´s & 80´s & in New York from the 80´s to the present, and his activities as a curator, he has a personal relationship with almost all the major figures in the Experimental Film movement. He is intimate with the evolving concerns and thus can present a first-hand history, both anecdotal and theoretical. His own work, which seeks abstraction within sharply-focused naturalistic imagery, the eternal within the temporal, and the ethereal within the mundane, promotes an active ttentiveness through a relentlessly concentrated montage. He brings a long association with various other art scenes as well, including „language“ poetry, the „downtown“ mprovised music scene, and post-Judson postmodern dance. His work is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art, was included in the Whitney Museum „The American Century: Art and Culture 1900-2000“ program, and screened in last year´s New York and San Francisco film festivals. A DVD of his 5 selected 16mm films is available on Tzadik (http://www.tzadik.com/) and his feature-length theater document JOHN ZORN/RICHARD FOREMAN - ASTRONOME - A NIGHT AT THE OPERA has just been released (also Tzadik). He is currently working on a multi-screen HD installation based on footage shot on his train commute between Vienna and Prague.

Schedule for winter semester 2011/2012:

Datum	Den	Čas	Tutor	Místo	Notes	Č. paralelky
11.11.2011		10:00–18:00	HILLS H.	Projekce FAMU Lažanský palác		přednášková par. 1
12.11.2011		11:00–18:00	HILLS H.	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 (faculty subject, optional subject)
Dokumentární tvorba - bakalář (optional subject)
Animovaná tvorba - magistr (faculty subject, optional subject)
Scenáristika a dramaturgie - bakalář (optional subject)
Scenáristika a dramaturgie - magistr (faculty subject, optional subject)
Režie - bakalář (optional subject)
Režie - magistr (faculty subject, optional subject)
Kamera - bakalář (optional subject)
Kamera - magistr (faculty subject, optional subject)
Produkce - bakalář (optional subject)
Produkce - magistr (faculty subject, optional subject)
Audiovizuální studia - bakalář (optional subject)
Střihová skladba - bakalář (optional subject)
Střihová skladba - magistr (faculty subject, optional subject)
Zvuková tvorba - bakalář (optional subject)
Zvuková tvorba - magistr (faculty subject, optional subject)
Fotografie CZ - bakalář (optional subject)
Fotografie CZ - magistr (faculty subject, optional subject)
Fotografie EN - bakalář (optional subject)
Fotografie EN - magistr (optional subject)
Audiovizuální studia - magistr (faculty subject, optional subject)
Cinema and Digital Media - Cinematography (qualification subject, optional subject)
Cinema and Digital Media - Screenwriting (qualification subject, optional subject)
Fotografie CZ - magistr: restaurování (faculty subject, optional subject)
Erasmus (optional subject)
Cinema and Digital Media - Directing (qualification subject, optional subject)
Fotografie EN - magistr: restaurování (optional subject)