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The History of World Cinema 1

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Code Completion Credits Range Language Instruction Semester
373DSK1 ZK 2 6/T Czech winter
Subject guarantor:
Jan BERNARD
Name of lecturer(s):
Jan BERNARD
Learning outcomes of the course unit:

The aim of the study is, in three semesters, to acquire a basic knowledge of the development of international cinematography from pre-history to the 1980s. This will include the most significant types, genres, directions, styles and personalities from the viewpoint of the whole scope of cinematography, including politcal, economic, artistic relationships, life-style and the like. Basic lecture information is supplemented by study of the course literature and individual viewings of recommended films.

The lectures and screenings are the fundamentals of the knowledge necessary for a better comprehension of related specialized lectures.

Mode of study:

Lecture supplemented by film samples and study projects.

Information from lecture is supplemented by study of presented literature and individual „close reading“ of recommended films.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

Lectures are intended for 1st year students and only requires a knowledge of world history, geography, literature, visual arts, theatre and the like at the primary school level. A certain level of English is required for reading of subject literature and subtitles of presented films.

Recommended optional programme components:

General history of cinema:

David Cook: A history of narrative film. New York 1990.

Gilles Deleuze: Film 1. Obraz-pohyb. Praha 2000.

Gilles Deleuze: Cinema 2. Time-image. London 1989.

Enno Patalas; Ulrich Gregor: Dejiny filmu. Bratislava 1968.

Course contents:

For 1st year students

Three semesters of lectures in the history of world film is design as a complete introduction to the history of world film for students in the first and second years of study. The lecture attempts, in accordance with so called film history, to acquaint students not only with the aesthetic and biographic levels of the history of cinema (artistically important artists and directions, their interaction, links to other types of art, etc.) but also with the socio-cultural, economic and institutional picture which cinematography of that time to an important extent is determined and which influenced by it. The course is supplemented with regular screenings of selected films.

Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Jan Bernard, CSc. (jan.bernard@famu.cz)

Location: FAMU Film room, Weds. 9:00-11:25, U1 11:30-13:55

Requirements for successful completion of the course:

1) Reading of required literature, that is, the books: David Bordwell; Kristin Thompson: Film History: An Introduction. McGraw-Hill, 1994 or the Czech edition „Historie Filmu“, several copies available in the FAMU library. For the test concluding each semester, it is sufficient to read all the parts of those books which cover the periods covered in lectures in the given semester.

Gerneral supplementary literature for lectures (D´Agostini, Paolo: Legendární filmy, Praha 1989; Sova, Dawn B.: Zakázané filmy, Praha 2005; Toterberg, Michael (ed): Lexikon světového filmu, Praha ? Litvínov 2005). The supplementary literature for individual lectures is largely found in the syllabuses. (The supplementary literature is not required. It only serves as help for student studies in subsequent years.)

2) Viewing compulsory films

An inseparable part of the lecture material is the viewing of 2-3 compulsory films, of which at least one will be shown at the school in the lecture. The others must be viewed by the students independent of the lecture. With the exception of some films shown during lectures, all compulsory films are available on VHS or DVD in the FAMU video library.

Be aware that the test or exam one question will focus on the verification of knowledge of the compulsory films.

3) Knowledge of the lecture material.

Grading:

Each of the three semester series of the History of Film is concluded with an exam in which one fundamental topics is tested, as second supplementary question is on one film. Aside from some very important cases, the exact year of production is not required. It is sufficient to place it within +/-5 years. For example: The first/second half of the 1920s, turn of the 1940s to 50s, beginning of the 1960s, etc.)

History up to 1945 (for first-year students)

1. (1.10.) No class - matriculation

2. (8.10.) Early film (1895 - 1907) and the history of media

Lecturers: Vít Janeček

Projekce: Werner Nekes: Media Magica parts I., IV. and V, Films of the Brothers Lumiér and Georgese Méliése, films of the Brighton school (dvd)

3. (15.10) 1908 - 20 in the USA and Europe: established narrative

Lecturer: Jan Bernard

Films: Broken Blossoms (1919, David Wark Griffith) DVD + The Treasure of Arne (1919, M. Stiller)

2nd. and 3rd films: Intolerance (1916, David Wark Griffith); The Phantom Carriage (1921, Victor Sjostrom)

Editing documentary: Kevin Brownlow, David Gill: Another - European Cinema I,1995, 55´; Melvyn Bragg: Lilian Gish, 1983, 25´; David Gill, Kevin Brownlow: D.W. Griffith - The Father of Film I-III, 1993, 150´

+ The 1920s in the USA

Lecturer: Jan Bernard

Screening: Greed (1925, Erich von Stroheim, VHS)

2nd film: College (1927, Buster Keaton, DVD)

4. 22.10) The history of photography - a view at the bsaics of development twists in the 19th and 20th centuries

Lecturer: Pavel Scheufler, Pavel Pavel Vančát

Screening: photographs which are an integral part of the lecture

5. (29.10.) France 1920s

Lecturer: Vít Janeček

Screening:: Straw Hat (1927, René Clair) film NFA

6. (5.11.) Germany 1920s

Lecturer: Michal Bregant

Screenings: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920, Robert Wiene, DVD), Nosferatu (1922, Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, DVD)

2nd. film: Metropolis (1927, Fritz Lang)

7. (12.11.) Soviet Assembled Cinema of the 1920s

Lecturer: Martin Čihák

Screening: Ten Days that Shook the World (1927, Sergej Eisenstein) National Film archives

2nd. film: Mother (1926, Vsevold Pudovkin) USA of the 1920s

8. (19.11.) Experimental film of the 1920s

Lecturer: Stanislav Ulver

Projekce: L'âge d'or (1930, Luis Bunuel, Salvador Dali) film NFA

2nd.-4th. film: Only Hours (1926, Alberto Cavalcanti), ? propos de Nice (1929, Jean Vigo), Symphonie diaganale (Viking Eggeling, 1924)

9. (26.11.) Dokumentary film up to 1940

Lecturer: Vít Janeček

Screening: Chang (l927, Merian S. Cooper, Ernst Schoedsack, DVD)

2nd. film The Man with the Movie Camera (1929, Dziga Vertov, DVD)

3rd. film: The Fall of the Romanov Dynasty (1927, Esfir Šub)

10. (3.12.) Hollywood 1930-1945 I. (Figures of the film classics)

Lecturer: Jan Bernard

Screening: Citizen Kane (1941, Orson Wells

2nd film: North vs. South (1939, Victor Fleming)

11. (10.12.) Transition to sound, color and the style of the 1930s

Lecturer: Vít Janeček

Screening: The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933, Fritz Lang)

2nd. film: Under the Rooves of Paris (1930, Rene Clair)

12. (17.12.) Hollywood 1930-45 II. (genre film)

Lecturer: Jan Bernard

Screenings:: Duck Soup (1933, Leo McCarey, dvd), Stagecoach (1939, John Ford) DVD

2nd. film: The Deep Sleep (1946, Howard Hawks)

Edited Documentaries:

Kevin Brownlow: Universal Horror ( Historie hororu), 1998, 96´ ; D.W. Griffith: The Father of Film (D.W. Griffith - Otec filmu I-III), 1993, 150´; Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow, 1987; I'm King Kong!: The Exploits of Merian C. Cooper, 2005; Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic, 2004

Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood (European Cinema)

- The End of an Era (1995)

- Opportunity Lost (1995)

- The Music of Light (1995)

- The Unchained Camera (1995)

- Where It All Began (1995)

Martin Scorsese, Michael Henry Wilson: A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (A Century of Film), 1995, 225´

Gangster Chronicles I, II, 1998,100´

Recommended or required reading:

Required:

David Bordwell; Kristin Thompson: Film History: An Introduction. McGraw-Hill, 2003. česky: Dějiny filmu, AMU-LN, Praha 2007 nebo

W.W.Dixon-G.A. Foster: A Short History of Film , Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 2008

(příslušné kapitoly)

Co je fotografie, 150 let fotografie - katalog, Videopress, Praha 1989

Supplementary:

obecné dějiny kinematografie:

David Cook: A history of narrative film. New York 1990.

Gilles Deleuze: Film 1. Obraz-pohyb. Praha 2000.

Gilles Deleuze: Cinema 2. Time-image. London 1989.

Enno Patalas; Ulrich Gregor: Dejiny filmu. Bratislava 1968.

Editing documents:

Kevin Brownlow: Universal Horror ( Historie hororu), 1998, 96´ ;; D.W. Griffith: Father of Film (D.W. Griffith ? Otec filmu I-III), 1993, 150´; Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow, 1987; I'm King Kong!: The Exploits of Merian C. Cooper, 2005; Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic, 2004

Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood (Evropská kinematografie - Jiný Hollywood)

- End of an Era (1995)

- Opportunity Lost (1995)

- The Music of Light (1995)

- The Unchained Camera (1995)

- Where It All Began (1995)

Martin Scorsese, Michael Henry Wilson: A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (Století filmu), 1995, 225´

Gangsterská kronika I, II, 1998,100´

Planned learning activities and teaching methods:

Lecture + class screenings

Assessment methods and criteria:

Each (of the three) semesters in the series is concluded with an oral exam in which one of the fundamental topics is tested. The second is supplementary and the third is about a film. (execept in very exceptional and significant cases, knowledge of the exact year of production of a film or phenomenon will not be required: +/- 5 year precision is sufficient, ex; half of the 20s, turn of the 40s to 50s, beginning of the 60s, etc.)

Attendance is a requirement for grading - attendance at screenings is required - 3 absences are allowed.

Course web page:
http://cas.famu.cz/
Note:

The aim of the lecture series and screenings is, in three semesters, to provide a basic knowledge of the development of world cinema from its pre-history to the 1980s, particularly the most important types, genres, trends, styles and figures from the viewpoint of overall cinematic depository, including political, economic and artistic contexts from the viewpoint of the lifestyle of the population, etc.

Lectures and screenings are the foundation of knowledge necessary for a better understanding of the contexts of specialized lectures.

Further information:
This course is an elective for all AMU students
Schedule for winter semester 2014/2015:
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
Wed
místnost 124
Projekce FAMU
(Lažanský palác)
BERNARD J.
09:00–11:25
(paralelka 1)místnost 107
Učebna 1
(Lažanský palác)
BERNARD J.
11:30–13:55
(přednášková par. 1)
Thu
Fri
Date Day Time Tutor Location Notes No. of paralel
Wed 09:00–11:25 BERNARD J. Projekce FAMU
Lažanský palác 		paralelka 1
Wed 11:30–13:55 BERNARD J. Učebna 1
Lažanský palác 		přednášková par. 1
Schedule for summer semester 2014/2015:
The schedule has not yet been prepared
The subject is a part of the following study plans:
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