Contemporary World Documentary Film 8

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Petr KUBICA

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Petr KUBICA

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This course presents profound, thematically and genre diverse films of Modern International Documentary film. Students are presented with films which within one year delve into the development of documentary cinematography. Its content defines current times: simple current recordings, of course, do not exclude that presentation of films that are significant, transcending their own time and space. The selection of documentaries from a wide range of annual international production is not a matter of coincidence and personal taste. The consistent and indisputable criteria for selection is a classification whose flexibility reflects the time's audiences' taste, represented at the time in the awards circuits of world film festivals. The selection of a film at a festival, its eventual circulation at multiple festivals and the subsequent selection by individual juries are sufficient reasons for learning about some works. Other criteria for the life of a work in public through national or international festivals are the knowledge of films through reviews and discussions in professional publications. Finally, the dramaturgical knowledge of the instructor plays a role in the selection of a film. Compared to an analysis course (Selected works of International Documentaries) the basis of this course „Modern International Documentary Film“ is the presentation of films in which at least third-year students come together (the films do not repeat). As an introduction, the film is categorized by its creation, appropriate national production, but more broadly in world cinematography. After this are moderated discussions: the essence of direct reaction, frequent emotional, subjective and frequently the haphazard investigation of the sense of the work. The collective presentation of the works depends upon the conviction that a documentary should be presented as an original artistic unit, open only to the point of the reaction of the audience, documentary students. The reception of a selected film is learned in an essay on which, aside from the basic requirements, credit is awarded. In an addendum is a list of selected festivals whose dramaturgical structure is one of the starting points for selecting documentary films for the course.

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Schedule for winter semester 2012/2013:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer 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	místnost 217 Učebna KDT (Lažanský palác) KUBICA P. 12:20–14:15 (paralelka 1)
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Date	Day	Time	Tutor	Location	Notes	No. of paralel
	Tue	12:20–14:15	KUBICA P.	Učebna KDT Lažanský palác		paralelka 1

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Dokumentární tvorba - magistr (qualification subject)