Czech Documentary Filmmaker and their Critical Response 1
| Code | Completion | Credits | Range | Language Instruction | Semester |
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| 303CF1 | Z | 1 | 18S | Czech | winter |
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Learning outcomes of the course unit
The course focuses on Czech directors who are devoted to feature and documentary film, focusing on film works in which those two positions of cinematography overlap. (In which the difference between feature and documentary is perceive as a working difference)
Mode of study
The course is devoted to one filmmaker. Students have assigned films which are presented with introductory comments and samples accenting the intentions of the course. Discussions over individual films which demonstrate selected times in the history of Czech film.
Prerequisites and co-requisites
Completion of Faculty lectures in Czech Cinema History.
Course contents
Based on selected works of Czech cinema and their history, the course deals with, among others, the imaginary world of fiction film whose reality is taken from the use of so-called documentary tools. The tension among documentaries covering reality and the illusory or creative potential of film, as well, creates a space in which history takes place (and in which their current interpretation takes place). So called feature-film may unwilingly become the delict subject of a particular period. This could also all be just a part of the time in which it was shot. The stylization often paradoxically corresponds to its time more than the period of the staged documentary. The course is an opportunity to consider how various film codes created significance and if it is possible to classify it in film typology whose criteria are fiction and documentary.
Recommended or required reading
The basic study material is selected films of Czech directors:(Aphabetically):
Miloš Forman, Pavel Hobl, Věra Chytilová, Vojtěch Jasný, Jaromil Jireš, Elmar Klos (Ján Kádar), Karel Kachyňa, Jan Němec, Vít Olmer, Evald Schorm, Vladislav Vančura, Otakar Vávra, Drahomíra Vihanová, Petr Zelenka
Assessment methods and criteria
Conditions for successful completion of the course:
class attendance and participation
film presentations including selections of examples
completion of the semester paper (analytical texts about a selected filmmaker).
Schedule for winter semester 2018/2019:
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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
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| Date | Day | Time | Tutor | Location | Notes | No. of paralel |
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| Tue | 14:00–16:25 | Vladimír HENDRICH | Room No. 217 Lažanský palác |
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Schedule for summer semester 2018/2019:
The schedule has not yet been prepared
The subject is a part of the following study plans
- Documentary Film - Bachelor - 1819 (required subject)