Experimenting with Reality

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Subject guarantor:

Alice RŮŽIČKOVÁ

Name of lecturer(s):

Alice RŮŽIČKOVÁ

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

Expand knowledge of artistic approaches in working with documentary material or originate from documentary or a documentary starting point. Experimenting with means of expression, media or audience perception.

Mode of study:

Lectures with screenings, presentations

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

Interest in documentary and experimental cinematography

Course contents:

This module focuses on diverse forms of so called experimental documentaries - films and videos which experiment with means of expression of film language, narration, media, presentation channel or audience environment or receptive habits of the audience. Of course, this originates in references to reality or direct documentary or documentation materil. Instruction demonstrates and will analyze examples of the artistic strategies of these pieces. We focus, primarily, on contemporary production. In the first part of the module we introduce historic examples.

Friday 7.4.2017 - classroom 217

10:00-13:00

- experimental film with signficant references to reality - examples of diverse approaches in history

- borderline and hybrid forms of film working with reality

- experimental documentaries around the world from the last 10 years - selected tendencies

- orginal methods, concepts and artistic manifestos

- resource work with sound and music

- examples in samples or entire short films

Friday 7.4.2017 - classroom 217

14:00-17:00

- diverse work with found footage, taxonomy of film found footage

- formats on the border of film and graphic arts

- films made with computers or other autonomous devices (ex: haptic camera), development of such devices

- various forms of self-criticism in experimental pieces

- production and distribution models of contemporary cinematorgraphy in examples from various countries

Recommended or required reading:

Film screenings in class.

Assessment methods and criteria:

90% attendance and active in class, completion of assignments:

Students may bring to class either a 2-6 minutes example their work, a classmates work or any older than 10 years which they consider experimental film or is on the edge or a hybrid (which works with reality) and prepares a approx. 3-5 min. contribution (interest in contributions is to be announced by the 26th of March by email at andreas@document-festival.cz - the presentations will take place at the beginning of the afternoon part of the module - there may be a max. of 10), within this there will be an analysis of the means of expression, relationship to reality and manner of significance of the construction of the work, or a selection of 3-4 of the presentations or any other hybrid or borderline piece and write a short (approx. 10 lines) of a micronalysis or collection of commments (overall extent 1-2 standard pages). This is to be sent to the same email address by 20. April 2017.

Course web page:

Note:

none

Further information:

This course is an elective for all AMU students

Schedule for winter semester 2016/2017:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2016/2017:

Date	Day	Time	Tutor	Location	Notes	No. of paralel
07.04.2017		10:00–17:00	Alice RŮŽIČKOVÁ	Učebna KDT 217 Lažanský palác		paralelka 1

The subject is a part of the following study plans: