Pentium History of Audiovision: The History of Documentary Film 1

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Subject guarantor:

Vít JANEČEK

Name of lecturer(s):

Vít JANEČEK

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

During lecture students learn the most fundamental history lines in the development of Czech and world documentary film and ascertain the most fundmental examples or entire films which represent that.

Mode of study:

Lectures supplemented by example screenings or entire films.

In the Winter semester 2015/2016 this course will be an intensive block of classes with Doc. Janeček at an assembly at Poněšice on 8.1.2016 (meeting at 17:30, with dinner provded) - 12.1.2016 (program ending at 12:00, following with lunch and departure).

For regularly registered students (the course is two semesters) room and board and disbursement for transportation will be provided.

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.

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:

Meran Richard Barsam: Nonfiction film: a critical history, Indiana Univ. Press, 1992

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.

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.

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Note:

This course takes place once every two years. It is scheduled for the 2015-2016 school year.

Further information:

This course is an elective for all AMU students

Schedule for winter semester 2015/2016:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2015/2016:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Documentary Film - Bachelor (faculty subject, optional subject)