Film theory 2
| Code | Completion | Credits | Range | Language Instruction | Semester |
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| 306FT2 | ZK | 2 | 26S | English | winter |
Subject guarantor
Georgy BAGDASAROV, Martin ČIHÁK, Zdeněk HUDEC, Tomáš Petráň
Name of lecturer(s)
Georgy BAGDASAROV, Martin ČIHÁK, Zdeněk HUDEC, Tomáš Petráň
Learning outcomes of the course unit
The course aim is to introduce students to the changes in editing from the beginnings of cinema to the advent of sound.
Mode of study
Discussions, analyses of media recording samples, Analyses of texts.
Prerequisites and co-requisites
Awareness of the significance of editing theory knowledge for one's own creating.
Course contents
The course applies structural and semiotic theories to analyses of a specific film work or part of a work. It introduces students to the connotations and methods of using the concepts of language, speech, code, sign, meaning, the signifier, the signified, text, metatext, narrative, message. It deals with the categories of signs and the typology of signs (icons, symbols, etc.).
Topics:
1.Film language, film speech, elements and dimensions of film language. Sign, symbol, emblematic depiction, symbolic depiction.
2.Nature and structure of film narrative. Creation of meaning in film. Meaning and representation.
3.Movement, time, space. Organization of space as a narrative element.
4.Image – autonomous space. Organization of signs in a space delineated by image. Double reality of image.
5.Why watch the image. The viewer creates the image, the image creates the viewer. Similarities between image and viewer.
6.Illusion and representation. Mental distance and identification. Image – source of affection.
7.Specific and abstract space. Composition and the point of view.
8.Analogy and reference. Plastic and iconic. Photogeny, photography, film.
Recommended or required reading
Guy Gauthier, 21 lecons sur l´ image et le sens.
L'analyse des films
de Jacques Aumont (Auteur), Michel Marie
Broché: 233 pages
Editeur : Armand Colin; Édition : 2e (24 novembre 2004)
Collection : Armand Colin cinéma
Langue : Français
ISBN-10: 2200341075
ISBN-13: 978-2200341077
L'image
de Jacques Aumont
Broché: 304 pages
Editeur : Armand Colin; Édition : 3e édition (20 avril 2011)
Collection : Cinéma / Arts Visuels
Langue : Français
ISBN-10: 2200355947
ISBN-13: 978-2200355944
Martine Joly, Introduction à l'analyse de l'image, Paris, Nathan, 1998
Assessment methods and criteria
Activity in lectures
Completion of on-going tests
Completion of the final exam.
Note
none
Schedule for winter semester 2020/2021:
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| Tue | 09:50–11:25 | Zdeněk HUDEC | Room No. 310 Lažanský palác |
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Schedule for summer semester 2020/2021:
The schedule has not yet been prepared
The subject is a part of the following study plans
- Montage-1920 (required subject)