FAVvp8 Ethnographic research on the film and television industry

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Pavel Skopal, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Pavel Skopal, Ph.D.
Department of Film Studies and Audiovisual Culture – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Film Studies and Audiovisual Culture – Faculty of Arts
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 10 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 6/10, only registered: 0/10
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The seminar will introduce students to the possibilities of ethnographic research in the film and television industry and the research results that such an approach brings. It will show how we can analyse the working environment and conditions of media industries and understand them from the perspective of their participants. It will also explain how such research can be conducted both from a historical perspective and as a participant-intern in the film or television industry.
Learning outcomes
Students will understand the methodology of ethnographic research, be able to apply it in historical research and in research on the contemporary media industry; understand the role of this approach in current research trends; and become familiar with the major research of this tradition, their methodology, and results.
Syllabus
  • 1. Media ethnography: the history and present of one approach 2. Hollywood, Bollywood and auteurs 3. Barrandov, Kudlov and craft 4. BBC, CT, and public service media work 5. Between the film industry and the public: an ethnography of the film festival 6. The film festival: research possibilities 7. The ethnography of animation and animation ethnography. Paul Fierlinger and the Indians of the Amazon Rainforest 8. "I made the most money in the world when I did no directing and no fame and no art and when I sat at my desk and drew". Research on Czech animation 9. Field research methodology: field diary I. 10. Field research methodology: field diary II. 11. Field research methodology: coding I. 12. Field research methodology: coding II.
Literature
  • Toby Lee, The Public Life of Cinema. Conflict and Collectivity in Austerity Greece. University of California Press, 2020
  • Tejaswini Ganti, Producing Bollywood: Inside the Contemporary Hindi Film Industry (Duke 2012)
  • CALDWELL, John Thornton. Production Culture. Industrial Reflexivity and Critical Practice in Film and Television. Durham: Duke University Press, 2008
  • SKOPAL, Pavel. Lidé, práce, animace. Světy animovaného filmu na Kudlově. Brno: Host, 2024
  • KRÁLOVÁ, Lucie. Rozumět televizi : dokumentární film v produkční kultuře České televize. Vydání první. V Praze: NAMU, 2021, 295 stran. ISBN 9788073315924. info
  • SZCZEPANIK, Petr. Továrna Barrandov : svět filmařů a politická moc 1945-1970. Vydání první. [Praha]: Národní filmový archiv, 2016, 419 stran. ISBN 9788070041772. info
  • BORN, Georgina. Uncertain vision : Birt, Dyke and the reinvention of the BBC. 1st pub. London: Vintage, 2004, 564 s. ISBN 0099428938. info
Teaching methods
Discussion of readings and projects, practical exercises.
Assessment methods
Completion of ongoing seminar assignments: reading of assigned literature, verified in seminar discussion; completion of sub-assignments in field research and coding classes. Final case study.
Náhradní absolvování
Substitute graduation is not possible.
Language of instruction
Czech
Study support
https://is.muni.cz/auth/el/phil/podzim2024/FAVvp8/index.qwarp
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
The course is taught every week.
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