Seminar on Media Criticism

Subject guarantor:

Stanislav ULVER

Name of lecturer(s):

Stanislav ULVER

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

The course aim, taking place an elementary school, is to inspire students to write a short critical text at a level acceptable to professional press. A requirement is student mutual collaboration - and close individual contact of the instructor to the student in the finalization process and review of the resulting essay. See course content.

Mode of study:

Text presentation which may be - optimally - published in a trade periodical. The topic (primarily in film, television television, photography new medidal and etc) They will be selected such to not only be contemporary and in some cases controversial.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

Active interest in modern art and ability to reflect upon it critically. Suitable, particularly, for screenwriters and documentarists.

Recommended optional programme components:

Course contents:

Topics (primarily from the area of film, television, photography, new media and the like) will be selected so that they are not only current but sometimes controversial. Along with one or two papers (3 pages) for all students in which they select a topic pertinent to their specialization or immediate interests. Also students wll present a co-written paper in which the content and form of the work will be evaluated. The selected topic will undergo critical group discussions to which the author should respond; the instructor will also express ideas. Some subject matter can be supplemented with invited guests (creators or experts), screenings, group visits to exhibitions, etc. If the resulting essays are at the appropriate level they will be published in profession publications and the author will be compensated.

Examples of recommended topics:

What is subversive film?

David Lynch Web films

Is Jan Němec avant garde?

Staging reality in a documentary and truth (Karel Vachek, Michael Moore)

Lars von Trer as enfant terrible and a creator of melodrama

Editing composition and global time-space.

Pornographic elements in Michael Winterbottom's „9 Songs“

Manovich vision of Dziga Vertov

Roy Andersson's „Static World“

The new generation and the „old“ new wave.

Critical reflections upon controversial works created at FAMU

Recommended or required reading:

Film a doba

Iluminace

Cinepur

and others according to topic

Planned learning activities and teaching methods:

Assessment methods and criteria:

Text presented by the author and active participation in class.

Course web page:

Note:

Further information:

This course is an elective for all AMU students

Schedule for winter semester 2012/2013:

	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	místnost 307 Učebna 6 (Lažanský palác) ULVER S. 17:20–18:55 (přednášková par. 1)
Fri

Date	Day	Time	Tutor	Location	Notes	No. of paralel
	Thu	17:20–18:55	ULVER S.	Učebna 6 Lažanský palác		přednášková par. 1

Schedule for summer semester 2012/2013:

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 (qualification subject, optional subject)
• Animovaná tvorba - magistr (optional subject)
• Scenáristika a dramaturgie - bakalář (qualification subject, 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 (qualification subject, 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)
• Audiovizuální studia - magistr (optional subject)
• Fotografie CZ: Restaurování fotografie (optional subject)