Alternative Perspectives 5

Course unit code:

311MAP5

Course unit title:

Mode of delivery:

zápočet

Range:

2/D

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

letní

Number of ECTS credits allocated:

Garant předmětu:

Henry Lyman HILLS

Name of lecturer(s):

Henry Lyman HILLS

Study Objectives:

Mode of delivery:

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

Recommended optional programme components

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 and sound design. As the primary focus of this class is analysis based on the direct experience of projected works, attendance is mandatory.

Friday, February 17, 10:00-13:00 & 15:00-18:00 FAMU Auditorium

Saturday, February 18, 11:00-13:30 & 15:30-18:00 classroom 3

Study materials:

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Dani Leventhal

At once tender and savage, Dani Leventhal?s video diaries capture the banal and the horrific to reveal the transcendent beauty and pain of daily life. In the award-winning Draft 9, Leventhal cuts between skinned animals, salsa dancers, a Holocaust-survivor, and her own romantic liaisons to create, in the words of critic Genevieve Yue, ?something that is extraordinarily immediate, both fresh and painful, hard to watch and yet impossible not to watch.? Leventhal studied sculpture at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and received an MFA in Film/Video from Bard College. In 2009, she received the Visual Arts Award from the Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice. She was born in Columbus, Ohio in 1972 and lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.

Henry Hills somehow alternates between Prague and Vienna, New York and his cabin in rural Georgia. His new film „arcana“ premiered at the New York Film Festival and recently screened at Rotterdam Film Festival. He was a 2009 Guggenheim fellow and his work is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art.

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:

extra screening:

Dani Leventhal in person, pt. 1

Skolska 28 Gallery, Thursday, Feb 16, 20:00

class 1

Zbigniew Rybczynski TANGO (1979) 8m.

Ladislav Galeta TV PING-PONG (1975/78) 2m

PIRAMIDAS (1972-84) 12m

TWO TIMES IN ONE SPACE (1976/84) 12m

WATER PULU 1869 1896 (1988) 9m

WAL(L)ZEN (1989) 6m

Mauricio Kagel ANTITHESE (1965) 19m

class 2

Dani Leventhal in person, pt 2

class 3

a selection of classic video art of the 70's

Joan Jonas Vertical Roll (20m)

Charlemagne Palestine Island Song (16m)

Gary Hill Around and About (6m)

Dennis Oppenheim Material Interchange, Identity Transfer

Compression Fern (Hand)

Disappear

I'm Failing

Mittens

Air Pressure

Fusion Tooth and Nail

Slow Punch

and maybe more

class 4

Bunuel/Dali L'AGE D'OR

Jean Vigo ZERO FOR CONDUCT

Further information:

This course is an elective for all students of this school

Schedule for winter semester 2011/2012:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2011/2012:

Datum	Den	Čas	Tutor	Místo	Notes	Č. paralelky
17.02.2012		10:00–18:00	HILLS H.	Projekce FAMU Lažanský palác	Coordinator Jitka Hejtmanová, 15.00. - 18.00 break	paralelka 1
18.02.2012		11:00–18:00	HILLS H.	Projekce FAMU Lažanský palác	13.30. - 15.30 break	paralelka 1

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)