Czech Scientific and Popular Cinema
| Code | Completion | Credits | Range | Language Instruction | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 303MVPF | Z | 2 | 2/D | Czech | summer |
- Subject guarantor:
- Alice RŮŽIČKOVÁ
- Name of lecturer(s):
- Alice RŮŽIČKOVÁ
- Learning outcomes of the course unit:
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To inspire the personal creation of Czech scientific-popular film.
- Mode of study:
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Lectures with screenings
- Prerequisites and co-requisites:
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None
- Recommended optional programme components:
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AFO catalog
- Course contents:
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The lecture aim is to acquaint students with the basic development tendencies, genre nature and particulars of Czech science-popular film from its beginnings to the present. The lecture is chronologically divided into 4 blocks (Fri. 10-13:00, beginnings and pre-war situation, Fri. 14-18:00 the situation after nationalization, Sat. 10-13:00 the pinnacle era of the 60s, Sat. 14-18:00 twilight of the 70-80s to the present). in which it is possible to trace the variety of individual original approaches. Party interests do not remain an issue of the educational use of popular instructional films in educational practice in connection with the production system of the former State film (Comenium, Kratky film, etc.). The lecture is supplemented by a number of film examples which serve as an origin for the analysis of the studied phenomenon.
- Recommended or required reading:
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Antonín Navrátil - Cesty k pravdě či lži, Nakladatelství AMU, 2002
Rudolf Adler - Cesta k filmovému dokumentu, Nakladatelství AMU, 2001
Luboš Ptáček a kol. - Panorama českého filmu, Nakladatelství Rubico, 2000
Cinepur č. 56, 2008 - téma svět v obrazech (popular science and educational films)
- Planned learning activities and teaching methods:
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16mm projector film screenings by filmmakers:
Jan Evangelista Purkyně, Jiří Weiss, Jiří Lehovec, Bohumil Vošahlík, Václav Švarc, Jan Calábek, Jan Václav Staněk, Josef Šuran, Ladislav Klusáček, Kurt Goldberg, Rudolf Krejčík, Václav Bedřich, Jaroslav Šikl, Václav Hapl, Josef Císařovský, Pavel Koutecký, Martin Ryšavý, Jan Hošek a další.
- Assessment methods and criteria:
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Minimum 75% attendance at the module + a resume of 2 standard pages sent by 30.5.2014 to alice.ruzickova@famu.cz
Grading : 40% attendance, 30% participation in instruction, 30% resume test.
- Course web page:
- Note:
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This course is a module and is an appropriate supplement to "The Genre Spectrum in Documentary Film 1 & 2.
- Schedule for winter semester 2013/2014:
- The schedule has not yet been prepared
- Schedule for summer semester 2013/2014:
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Date Day Time Tutor Location Notes No. of paralel 14.03.2014 10:00–18:00 RŮŽIČKOVÁ A. Učebna KDT
Lažanský palácparalelka 1 15.03.2014 10:00–18:00 RŮŽIČKOVÁ A. Učebna KDT
Lažanský palácparalelka 1 - The subject is a part of the following study plans:
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- Animation - Master (optional subject)
- Documentary Film - Master (qualification subject, faculty subject, optional subject)
- Documentary Film - Bachelor (optional subject)
- Animation - Master (faculty subject, optional subject)
- Scriptwriting and Dramaturgy - Bachelor (optional subject)
- Scriptwriting and Dramaturgy - Master (faculty subject, optional subject)
- Film Directing - Bachelor (optional subject)
- Film Directing - Master (faculty subject, optional subject)
- Cinematography - Bachelor (optional subject)
- Cinematography - Master (faculty subject, optional subject)
- Production - Bachelor (optional subject)
- Production - Master (faculty subject, optional subject)
- Audiovisual Studies - Bachelor (optional subject)
- Editing - Bachelor (optional subject)
- Editing - Master (faculty subject, optional subject)
- Sound Design - Bachelor (optional subject)
- Sound Design - Master (faculty subject, optional subject)
- Photography CZ - Bachelor (optional subject)
- Photography CZ - Master (faculty subject, optional subject)
- Audiovisual Studies - Master (faculty subject, optional subject)
- Restoring of Photogrphy (optional subject)