Cinematography Analysis 1

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Code Completion Credits Range Language Instruction Semester
304CCA1 Z 1 2T English winter

Subject guarantor

Vladimír SMUTNÝ

Name of lecturer(s)

Vladimír SMUTNÝ

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Analyse the „camera's tools“ used in support of the emotional effect of the film screened

Mode of study

seminar

Prerequisites and co-requisites

Knowledge of cinematography as well as, analysis and review skills.

Course contents

Analyse the „camera's tools“ used in support of the emotional effect of the film screened. Film screenings and analyses from the cameraman's perspective

Cameraman's dramaturgy

A light atmosphere and how to create it for film and digital filming.

Camera movement.

Psychological and emotive effects of the picture composition.

Recommended or required reading

Manual for cinematographers : David Samuelson's „Hands-on“ manual for cinematographers, Oxford : Focal Press , 1998, ISBN: 0-240-51480-7

Film directing shot by shot : visualizing from concept to screen, Studio City, CA : Michael Wiese Productions in conjunction with Focal Press, 1991, ISBN: 0-941188-10-8 (brož.), 978-0-941188-10-4 (brož.)

Daniel Arijon: Grammar of the film language, Los Angeles : Silman-James Press , 1991, ISBN: 1-879505-07-X

Paul Génard: Lumiére: les premiére photographies en couleurs, Paris : Barret , 1974

Juhani Pallasmaa ; translation and checking: Michael Wynne-Ellis: The Architecture of image : existential space in cinema, Helsinki : Rakennustieto , 2007, ISBN: 978-951-682-628-1

Assessment methods and criteria

Credit is awarded for the completion and presentation of the course paper - topic to be agreed upon with the instructor + 70% attendance

Note

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Schedule for winter semester 2021/2022:

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
room 221
Room No. 221
(Lažanský palác)
SMUTNÝ V.
13:10–14:45
(lecture parallel1)
Wed
Thu
Fri
Date Day Time Tutor Location Notes No. of paralel
Tue 13:10–14:45 Vladimír SMUTNÝ Room No. 221
Lažanský palác 		lecture parallel1

Schedule for summer semester 2021/2022:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans