Animation 2

Display Schedule

Subject guarantor

Name of lecturer(s)

Contents

Animation of an object, puppet, or material which may be the basis or part of a work for stage.

Curriculum:

• material - perception of tis characteristics in the creation of an imaginative etude,
• playing with an object - gag - punchline,
• types of puppets from a mannequin through marionette to a puppet,
• teamwork,
• individual preparation and exectuion of a simple production.

Learning outcomes

To introduce students with the particualrs of puppet theatre from the simplest forms to the current perception of this type of theatre as one of the tools of a synthetic stage form.

Prerequisites and other requirements

A requirement is a relationship of the students to the material and purpose for its animation.

1. Intentional, talented, creative action in stage situations.
2. Developed acting imagination.
3. Puppet animation trade skills.
4. Communication skills.
5. Acting ethics.

Literature

Jan Císař: Teorie herectví loutkového divadla (SPN 1985)

Jan Švankmajer: Síla imaginace (Dauphin a MF 2001)

Miroslav Česal: Živý herec na loutkovém divadle (uč. text DAMU 1983)

Henryk Jurkowski: Magie loutky (Studio Y 1997)

Karel Makonj: Od loutky k objektu (Pražská scéna 2007)

Evaluation methods and criteria

Activity in exercises, presentation and creativity.

Note

This course is a closed study-year group.

Schedule for winter semester 2023/2024:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2023/2024:

• Week view
• List

The subject is a part of the following study plans

• Directing for Devised and Object Theatre in English (M.A.) (Elective subjects)
• Directing of Devised and Object Theatre (Elective subjects)