Marcus Bergner: What would happen if...?

Course unit code:

311MWHAT

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Mode of delivery:

zápočet

Range:

4/D

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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

Number of ECTS credits allocated:

Garant předmětu:

Marcus BERGNER

Name of lecturer(s):

Marcus BERGNER

Study Objectives:

Mode of delivery:

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

No.

Recommended optional programme components

Course contents:

What would happen if ...? (Investigating New Possibilities for Narrative Film)

This module will focus on developing new and unexpected narrative forms and effects for a range of different films. Participants will be provided with both practical and conceptual perspectives from which to start transforming and enriching their own work with narrative film. This will centre on rethinking and re-imagining standard approaches to scripting and editing film by introducing individual methods of experimentation and observation. It will also involve considering narrative film in close relation to other artistic forms and modes of expression (graphic, literary, performative and plastic forms). By rearranging and reconsidering various procedures within the production of film it is possible to start to substantially revitalise and reshape the narrative potentiality and use of resulting film material. The module will run over four days and two weekends. Each day will be based on the introduction of a different topic or method of research. Participants will be required to produce a short film sequence that records the progress of his or her research in the module.

Day One: „Film and other art forms“

By viewing excerpts from the films by a number of well know filmmakers such as Alfred Hitchcock, Jim Jarmush, Chantel Akerman we will look at how these films are able to be considered in relation with other art forms including painting, literature, music and theatre. This will offer a basis or framework from which to begin considering and developing processes of ?form-finding? with regards to individual approaches to narrative filmmaking. Participants will begin working on an ?ideas notebook? that records and guides their work within the module.

Day Two: „Alternating between visibility and invisibility“

Creating effective film sequences means considering what falls outside or beyond visibility as much as what remains visible and recognisable. Innovative models for this can be found within experimental film, painting and graphic art. Short Films by John Smith, Aida Ruilova, Christoph Janetezko, Margaret Tait amongst others will be screened and discussed. Participants will select sequences from their own films for a series of specific exercises that highlight and explore qualities/uses of visibility and invisibility.

Day Three: „Drawing from observation and intuition“

The process of drawing, whether for practical or aesthetic reasons, provides an important model and means to envisaging and exploring different narrative possibilities for film. Films that use drawing as a visual and structural motif or stylistic basis will be screened and discussed. The heightened levels of observation and intuition that are produced when drawing will be applied to redesigning and re-visualising the photogenic or spatial qualities of selected film sequences made by the participants.

Day Four: „Making do by making mistakes“

As in science and mathematics, the role of the mistake can hold an important but often-overlooked part within the production of film and art. By concentrating on the artistic potentiality of mistakes and qualities or elements generated by them offers a valuable resource for enriching and transforming the effectiveness of any narrative film. Intentional and unintentional mistakes can be used as a way of remaking/re-visualising selected film sequences. For instance ?errors of continuity and recognition? can delineate opportunities for redirecting and re-intensifying the narrative intent and impact of a film sequence. A number of recent short films that transform narrative structures and effects by altering and manipulating standard rules of continuity and cinematic meaning will be screened and discussed.

Feb 11 - 12, 2012

Feb 18 - 19, 2012

From 10 am to 12 pm, 1 pm to 6 pm

Room no. 3

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Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Assessment methods and criteria

Language of instruction:

English

Work placement(s):

Pracovní stáž není u tohoto předmětu zavedena.

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Note:

Schedule for winter semester 2011/2012:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2011/2012:

Datum	Čas	Tutor	Místo	Notes	Č. paralelky
11.02.2012	10:00–18:00	BERGNER M.	Učebna 2 Lažanský palác	coordinator Jitka Hejtmanová, 12.00 - 13.00 break	paralelka 1
12.02.2012	10:00–18:00	BERGNER M.	Učebna 2 Lažanský palác	12.00 - 13.00 break	paralelka 1
18.02.2012	10:00–18:00	BERGNER M.	Učebna 2 Lažanský palác	12.00 - 1300 break	paralelka 1
19.02.2012	10:00–18:00	BERGNER M.	Učebna 2 Lažanský palác	12.00 - 13.00 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)