The Camera in Documentary Film 1
Code | Completion | Credits | Range | Language Instruction | Semester |
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304KDF1 | Z | 1 | 2/T | Czech | winter |
- Subject guarantor:
- Petr KOBLOVSKÝ
- Name of lecturer(s):
- Petr KOBLOVSKÝ
- Learning outcomes of the course unit:
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An awareness of the boundlessness of genres in film, Equal use of expression tools (feature film vs. documentary)
- development of the cameraman - director relationship.
- adoption of basic lighting principles and use of ambient light in documentary genres.
- discussions about projects (terminology of basic thoughts and motivation and their conveyance to collaborants).
- Mode of study:
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Systematic preparations by Camera Dept. students to function as the cameraman for shooting a documentary film.
Discussions, analyses, screenings.
- Prerequisites and co-requisites:
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The requirement is the completion of "The Fundamentals of Cameraman practice in the 1st year of study at the Camera dept.
- Course contents:
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1. Film or TV camera - particulars and selection for documentary projects.
2. Cinematic formats.
a/ Film: Super8, 16mm, 35mm, 70mm, IMAX, OMNIMAX
b/ Television: VHS, DV, HDV, Betacam, HDTV
c/ Computer multimedia
3. DVCAM - HD - DigitalCinema - new - free technology
4. Film stock, selection, exposure trials, the film lab.
5. Lighting techniques for documentary film
6. Camera movement, technical equipment for movement, image stabilizers, Hand cameras.
7. Infra-red shooting
8. Shooting in rain, snow, freezing conditions and sandstorms.
9. Arctic and high altitude environments.
10. Tropical environments
11. Expedition equipment
12. The camera in space, at the bottom of the ocean
13. High-speed and time-lapse recording
14. Macro and micro-recording
15. Film and digital effects in documentary film.
16. Film reporting, archiving issues
17. Television reporting, Technological procedures and history.
- Recommended or required reading:
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Petr Prokop - Současné filmové kamery
Petr Prokop - Zakládání filmových kamer
Rudolf Adler - Cesta k filmovému dokumentu
Béla Balázs - Film. Vývoj a podstata nového umenia.
Slovenské vydavatelstvo krásnej literatury 1958
Film je umění - Sborník statí Orbis Praha 1963
Guido Aristarco - Dějiny filmových teorií Orbis Praha 1968
Robert Flaherty - Materiály k dějinám dokumentárního filmu
Anton Wilson´s - Cinema Workshop
Kodak - Student Filmmaker´s Handbook
-Czech and World Documentary film database(source: Institut dokumentárního filmu)
-Photographic literature (including the FAMU Library)
-personal participation of the camermen and directors.
-discussions about their expression tools.
- Assessment methods and criteria:
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Credit is awarded based on: active participation in class.
- Course web page:
- Note:
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- Schedule for winter semester 2016/2017:
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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 Thu Fri Date Day Time Tutor Location Notes No. of paralel Thu 19:00–20:35 Petr KOBLOVSKÝ Sborovna KK
Lažanský palácpřednášková par. 1 - Schedule for summer semester 2016/2017:
- The schedule has not yet been prepared
- The subject is a part of the following study plans:
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- Documentary Film - Bachelor (qualification subject)
- Cinematography - Bachelor (qualification subject)