Visual Theory 1

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Code Completion Credits Range Language Instruction Semester
311VTH1 ZK 2 2T English winter and summer

Subject guarantor

Name of lecturer(s)

Marla Beth LAZROE

Learning outcomes of the course unit

By the end of the course students will:

-Present and build a basic working vocabulary with which to discuss, and write about, the way visual images, particularly photographs, are constructed;

-Identify and understand the visual functions of each of these elements in terms of their desired effect or impact on viewers;

-Analyze, explore and question the relationships between the image-maker, viewer, subject and commissioning agent and the various functions of images;

-Consolidate the above material in the context of contemporary uses of images.

Mode of study

lecture

Prerequisites and co-requisites

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Course contents

This course explores how visual images (concentrating mainly on photographs and film images) are constructed. It analyses the use of various aesthetic and design elements used by image-makers and the effects of these elements on the viewer. It is in lecture/seminar format in which students are given simple practical as well as theoretical assignments to enable them to experience the effects of these dynamics for themselves. There are both slide and video presentations to support the content of the lectures.

Recommended or required reading

Required Reading

LAZROE, Beth. Photography as Visual Communication, a curriculum. Prague: FAMU, 1998.

Recommended Reading

LAZROE, Beth. Perception, Culture, Representation and the Photographic Image. Ljubljana: World Young Photography, 1997.

HALL, Stuart. Representation: Cultural Representations and Signifying Practices. Milton Keynes: The Open University, 1997.

BERGER, John. Ways of Seeing, BBC and Penguin Books Ltd., London 1972.

FISKE, John. Introduction to Communications Studies. 2nd edition. London and New York: Routledge, 1990.

PRICE, Stuart. Media Studies, Pitman Publishing, London, 1994.

The Art of Photography. Nederland: Time-Life International, 1973.

WEBSTER, Frank. The New Photography, Responsibility in Visual Education. New York: Riverrun Press, 1985.

Library sections: Communications and media, Photography, Culture, Visual Culture, Social groups/classes, Visual/Cultural Anthropology.

Assessment methods and criteria

Minimum required attendance to the class is + 70%

The course grade will be calculated as follows:

attendance - 10%,

assignments/class participation - 40%,

Final essay examination – 50%

Note

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Schedule for winter semester 2020/2021:

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 207
Room No. 2
(Lažanský palác)
LAZROE M.
19:50–21:25
(lecture parallel1)
online
Thu
Fri
Date Day Time Tutor Location Notes No. of paralel
Wed 19:50–21:25 Marla Beth LAZROE Room No. 2
Lažanský palác 		online lecture parallel1

Schedule for summer semester 2020/2021:

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
()
LAZROE M.
19:00–21:25
(lecture parallel1)
Thu
Fri
Date Day Time Tutor Location Notes No. of paralel
Wed 19:00–21:25 Marla Beth LAZROE
lecture parallel1

The subject is a part of the following study plans