Course: Non-fiction Cinematography

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Course title Non-fiction Cinematography
Course code KDU/NFKK
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Ptáček Luboš, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Bilík Petr, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Cycle of lectures will present the beginning and development of non-fictional cinematography. It will focus on key as well as less known authors and works which will be presented in the context of non-fictional cinematography. It will also stress the relations with films which are contra the mentioned works or continue the same tradition or deal with the same theme but in a different manner. The cycle will focus on experimental and abstract film and also the documentary and animated cinematography. The aim is not only historical background of non-fictional cinematography bud also analysis of particular tendencies (their genesis, changes, modifications). The students will have a change to discuss and interpret the mentioned works. 1-3/ Non-fiction at the beginning of the film era 3-6/ Avant-garde and its theoretical aspects in cinematography. 6-9/ Development of abstract animation 9-12/ Tendencies of the world document

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Projection (static, dynamic)
Learning outcomes
Analysis of experimental, non-fictional forms of cinematography.
Introduction of various approaches towards the film theory and practical aspects of cinematography which influenced the development of cinematography of 20th century.
Prerequisites
Knowledge of the history of world film.

Assessment methods and criteria
Mark, Oral exam

Knowledge of the presented material and of the mentioned movies.
Recommended literature
  • Adler, Rudolf. (2001). Cesta k filmovému dokumentu. Praha .
  • Čihák, Martin. (2001). Experimentální film: sborník textů k cyklu 27. LFŠ. Uherské Hradiště .
  • Gauthier, Guy. (2004). Dokumentární film, jiná kinematografie. Praha .
  • Russett, Robert. (1988). Experimental Animation. Cambridge .


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