Cinematography: A Practice

Subject guarantor:

Jiří MYSLÍK

Name of lecturer(s):

Jiří MYSLÍK

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

Aim of the practical: A practical introduction to the basics of simple cinematic communication with an emphasis on the continuity of the shots, their size, composition and central connections.

Mode of study:

Contact instruction in preparations, independent shooting.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

Completion of the introductory course of „Focusing“ in Poněšice and at the Camera Dept. before the implementation exercise.

Recommended optional programme components:

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Course contents:

Students prepare a image screenplay of the following situations:

MEETING - two characters in an exterior

Students resolve simple situation:

Somewhere in a park (on the street, ?), two characters meet and a situation arises completed with a punchline.

This situation should be told in six to eight shots.

We recommend that each crew invite two people to be the characters for the shooting.

Recommended or required reading:

Josef Motejl: Filmové kamery značky Bolex

http://motion.kodak.com/DK/da/motion/Education/Publications/index.htm

http://motion.kodak.com/motion/uploadedFiles/US_plugins_acrobat_en_motion_education_sensitometry_workbook.pdf

Planned learning activities and teaching methods:

Exercises

Assessment methods and criteria:

Presentation and evaluation of shooting material.

Course web page:

Note:

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Schedule for winter semester 2013/2014:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2013/2014:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Animation - Master (faculty subject)
• Documentary Film - Bachelor (faculty subject)
• Scriptwriting and Dramaturgy - Bachelor (faculty subject)
• Film Directing - Bachelor (faculty subject)
• Cinematography - Bachelor (faculty subject)
• Production - Bachelor (faculty subject)
• Audiovisual Studies - Bachelor (faculty subject)
• Editing - Bachelor (faculty subject)
• Sound Design - Bachelor (faculty subject)
• Photography CZ - Bachelor (faculty subject)