Puppetry Propaedeutic - Animation 1

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Learning outcomes of the course unit:

1. Appreciating the puppet and the production possibilities of its use

2. Provocation of psychophysical energy to the projection of the actor's emotions in the puppet?s role

3. Testing the basic principles of animation

4. Defining the mutual relations between actor and puppet

Mode of study:

Etudes, stage situation treatment exercises, discussion and analysis of executed work.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

1. Imagination

2. playfullness

3. Creativity

4. ability to inspire and execute

5. basic familiarity in the trade.

Recommended optional programme components:

One's small projects implemented with and without assistance of internal grant programs.

Course contents:

Curriculum

1. Understanding the specific qualities and possibilities of various types of puppet

2. Creative dependence on the set designer

3. The puppet in space

4. The puppet in drama

Syllabus

The process of teaching animation is dependent on the kinetic possibilities of the hand through material, the object, to the puppet. The student perceives the basic qualities of the material, its form and specific qualities. Special emphasis is placed on recognising the actor/puppet relations, on the possibility of including the actor in a non-illusive production.

Recommended or required reading:

- literature:

E.G.Craig: The Actor and the Uber-Marionette

Peter Brook: Empty Space

Jan Císař: Theory of Puppet Theatre Acting

Henryk Jurkowski: Magic of the Puppet

Miroslav Česal: The Live Actor in Puppet Theatre

Karel Makonj: P.Schuman and his Bread Puppet Theatre

- objects to practise animation on

- sets of different puppet types

- video recordings (examples of animation possibilities)

Planned learning activities and teaching methods:

Exercises

Assessment methods and criteria:

Activity in exercises, presentation, creativity

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Note:

This course is registered as a obligatory elective course for 1st year Alternative and Puppet Theatre, Set-design students.

Further information:

No schedule has been prepared for this course

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Directing and Dramaturgy for Alternative and Puppet Theatre (B.A.) (compulsory subject)