Pentium History of Audiovision: The Masters of Czech Animated Film

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The course aim is to evoke an active interest in the issues of progressive animated film. In this case Czech film. About the need to know it and its history, important figures and artistic trends. Each student will receive the task to complete and present a short paper on a selected artist or their works which they consider progressive including examples. Discussions will be moderated on given topics and will be possible to supplement with additional examples and even screenings.

Mode of study:

Lectures with screenings

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

General knowledge of the history of Czech animated film and its world context.

Course contents:

Students in the 2nd year have completed the required course „History of Animated Film 1 and 2“ whose content is a history of world animated creations (The Czech Republic is not excepted). Students in the subsequent summer semester will complete also the course „Figures of Czech Animation.“ Completing the exam they demonstrate that they have sufficient knowledge in the study and its history. We focus particularly on the following figures:

Jiří Trnka

Karel Zeman

Jiří Brdečka

Václav Bedřich

Břetislav Pojar

Jan Švankmajer

Václav Mergl

Jiří Barta

Pavel Koutský

Michaela Pavlátová

Aurel Klimt

The following, very well known creators are recommended for your own presentation (paper with examples).

Hermína Týrlová, Eduard Hofman, Stanislav Látal, Josef Kluge, Vladimír Jiránek, Macourek+Born+Doubrava, Vlasta Pospíšilová, Jaroslav Boček, Zdeněk Smetana, Garik Seko, Dagmar Doubková, Lubomír Beneš, Ivan Renč, Jaroslav Zahradník, Zdeněk Miler

Recommended or required reading:

Bendazzi Giannalberto, Cartoons: One Hundred Years of Cinema Animation, Indiana University Press 1994

Halas John, Masters of Animation, Published by BBC Books, London 1987

Bordwell David, Thompson Kristin, Dějiny filmu. Přehled světové kinematografie, AMU/NLN 2007

Animace a doba 1955-2000, ed. Stanislav Ulver, Film a doba, Praha 2004

Dutka Edgar, Animovaný film, AMU, Praha 2002

Kubíček Jiří, Úvod do estetiky animace AMU, Praha 2004

Urc Rudolf, Benešová Marie, Dějiny animovaného filmu I., VŠMU Bratislava 1995

Urc Rudolf, Dějiny animovaného filmu II., VŠMU Bratislava 1999

Tibitanzl Jiří, Panáčci na plátně, ČFÚ, Praha 1989

Animation Catalogue, Film Studios Zlín 1965-1991, Filmexport Prague

Český animovaný film 1934-1994, MKČR, KF a.s., Ateliéry Zlín a.s., Praha 1994

Assessment methods and criteria:

Attendance and the aforementioned paper.

Final test supplemented if necessary by an exam.

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This course is taught once every two years.

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