Pentium History of Audiovision: The History of Documentary Film 2

Subject guarantor:

Vít JANEČEK

Name of lecturer(s):

Vít JANEČEK

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

In lectures students master the fundamental historiographic line of development of Czech and international documentary film and watch the basic examples or films which represent this.

Mode of study:

Lectures linked to film screenings and subsequent discussions.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

Considering the nature of the course, a contextual overview of the main writers, works and their data are required. Along with participation in lectures, a knowledge of the main synthetic works of obligatory literature are required. Confirmation of knowledge will be done with a test and oral exam which will take place directly after the test and can change the results of the confirmation of knowledge /based on the test/ about one grade. If the oral exam displays a lack of knowledge in some key areas the entire testing will be repeated.

Recommended optional programme components:

None

Course contents:

The method of these lectures originates in the same examples in the Survey of the History of World Cinema course at a more extensive level. The lecture and discussion with students are supplemented with film screenings. The agreed convention in the instruction of the History of Cinema at FAMU is that the „history“ is cosidered as up to period of the end of the 1980s. Later periods make up, in particular, the content of lectures devoted to contemporary documentary film (Petr Kubica, Documentary Dept.), or other lectures or modules.

Recommended or required reading:

Antonín Navrátil: Cesty k pravdě a lži (ČFÚ Praha 1968, Nakladatelství AMU 2002) - ad historie českého dokumentu do konce 60. let

Eric Barnow: History of Non-fiction Film - ad historie světového dokumentu do konce 80. let

Antonín Navrátil: Dziga Vertov (ČFÚ) - ad počátky jednoho z klíčových proudů reinterpretace reality

Jean Epstein: Poetika obrazů (Herrmann a synové Praha 1998) - ad počátky jednoho z klíčových proudů reinterpretace reality

Guy Gautier: Dokumentární film - jiná kinematografie, Nakladatelství AMU a Ji hlava 2004 - ad historie dokumentu západní provenience a dalších okruhů, teorie]

Monographs devoted to the works of filmmakers (found in the library under „Documentary Film“ in the subject catalog).

Also magazine articles.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods:

Lecture supplemented by screenings

Assessment methods and criteria:

A final test and related oral exam. Knowledge of the historical-contextual situation, audience experience and ability to interpret the film viewed into a wider context. Without the audience experience the exam may need to be repeated.

Course web page:

Podrobný sylabus najdete zde: http://cas.famu.cz/?p=29

Note:

This course is scheduled once every two years. It is registered for the 2011-2012 school year.

Further information:

This course is an elective for all AMU students

Schedule for winter semester 2013/2014:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2013/2014:

	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	místnost 217 Učebna KDT (Lažanský palác) JANEČEK V. 14:50–18:05 (přednášková par. 1)
Thu
Fri

Date	Day	Time	Tutor	Location	Notes	No. of paralel
	Fri	14:50–18:05	JANEČEK V.	Učebna KDT Lažanský palác		přednášková par. 1

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

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