Regional centres of film education (Inspiration in EU countries)

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Subject guarantor:

Jan BERNARD

Name of lecturer(s):

Jan BERNARD

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

The aim of instruction is an introduction to the organizational, educational, financial and cultural-social practice aspects of regional centers in selected European countries which are devoted to film/audio-visual education. An important element of the education aspect is project considerations which the students apply in the preparation of a functional model of a regional center of film education/training in the Czech Republic.

Students learn to evaluate the Czech Republic situation from the financial, organizational and educational capacity aspects which those centers may have. An additional educational contribution for the students will be a model manager role play which they will be able to apply in the conditions and status of a regional center.

Mode of study:

Use of project and conceptual thinking. Simulating the role of the manager through „learning by doing“.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

Students research websites www.filmvychova.cz and are acquainted with the existing regional centers and activities in the Czech Republic (Center of Documentary Film Jihlava, Animanie Pilsen, Cinepor Ostrava, etc.) These can be found at http://filmvychova.cz/cz/kdo-je-kdo/.

As well the research foreign websites of recommended organizations to become acquainted with the manner and offerings of individual regional centers or their networks (for more see the recommended literature).

Course contents:

The interactive module presents how in selected EU countries (Great Britain, Poland, Denmark, Northern Ireland) the regional centers function in the awareness or direct training in film and the audio-visual. Examples will be used to explain what functions individual centers have, how they are linked to local institutions (schools, tourist centers, educational centers) and what role they play in the entire context of film training and education in the given country.

In connection with the first section, the students will be tasked to discuss, analyse and propose an „ideal“ model of a functional regional center for film/audio-visual education in the Czech Republic. The aim is to create a conceptual system which will sere as a basis for inspiration for existing (Center of Documentary Film Jihlava, Cineport Ostrava, Animanie Pilsen) or future regional educational center in the Czech Republic.

Recommended or required reading:

Regional center or individual network web pages:

www.intofilm.org

http://nervecentre.org/

http://www.nhef.pl/

http://www.station-next.dk/side.asp?side=3

http://www.northernirelandscreen.co.uk/

Assessment methods and criteria:

Grading will be through personal evaluation of module participation and the written regional film center proposal (2 standard A4 pages)

Course web page:

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Lecturer bio:

The lecturer studied film research - philosophy at the FF PP in Olomouc. In 2002 was a co-founder of the film club PASTICHE FILMZ, and has collaborated with the Academia Film Olomouc festival, the Animated Film Review, MFDF Jihlava, and the Summer Film School at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. From 2007-2011 was artistic director of the Association of Czech Film Clubs and Summer Film Schools, and beginning in 2011 as an independent lecturer, dramaturgist and project expert. The lecturer has been involved with film education since 2003. From 2007-2009 he was part of the project team - Improving skills of High School instructors in film, theatre and media - at the FF UP Olomouc Dept. of Theatre, Film and Media Studies. Beginning 2007, the lecturer has prepared and developed the project Film and the Schools (AČFK), and collaborated on methodology pamphlets within that project.

In 2011 the lecturer became a member of the working group for film education at the MKČR and taken part in the British Film Institute international project to map out film literacy i Europe (Screening Literacy) and is a member of the expert team FLAG (Film Literacy Advisory Group) of the European Commission. In 2015 the lecturer took part in preparations for the Framework for Film Education, a strategic document of the European Commission.

Further information:

This course is an elective for all AMU students

Schedule for winter semester 2015/2016:

Date	Day	Time	Tutor	Location	Notes	No. of paralel
30.10.2015		14:00–18:00	Jan BERNARD	Učebna 2 Lažanský palác		přednášková par. 1

Schedule for summer semester 2015/2016:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans: