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.

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 2017-2018 school year.

Further information:

This course is an elective for all AMU students

Schedule for winter semester 2017/2018:

	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	room 217 Room No. 217 (Lažanský palác) JANEČEK V. 14:50–18:05 (přednášková par. 1)
Thu
Fri

Date	Day	Time	Tutor	Location	Notes	No. of paralel
	Wed	14:50–18:05	Vít JANEČEK	Room No. 217 Lažanský palác		přednášková par. 1

Schedule for summer semester 2017/2018:

Date	Day	Time	Tutor	Location	Notes	No. of paralel
04.04.2018		–	Vít JANEČEK			přednášková par. 1

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Documentary Film - Bachelor - 1718 (required subject, required optional subject)
• Documentary Film - Bachelor -1718-3y (required subject, required optional subject)