FAVBKa11 Film Seminar B (connected with Introduction to Film Theory)

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2019
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Pavel Skopal, Ph.D. (lecturer)
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
Timetable
Sat 21. 9. 14:00–17:40 C34, Sat 7. 12. 14:00–17:40 C34
Prerequisites (in Czech)
FAVBKa10 Seminar A || FAVBPa10 Seminar A
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course will focus on understanding of modernist cinema, its characteristics, aesthetics, and historical changes. We will use the concpet of the film historian András Bálint Kovács and his approach to modern cinema narration. His concept will be compared with the terms of Art Cinema Narration and Parametric Narration as used by David Bordwell. We will analyze three Czech modernist movies: Démanty noci, O slavnosti a hostech a Markéta Lazarová.
Syllabus
  • I. Modernism, Film Avantgarde, Art Cinema - definition of the concepts II. Narration in Modern Cinema III. Genres of Modern Cinema IV. Continuity and Discontinuity in Modernist Narration V. Style in Modern Cinema VI. Historical Trends of Modern Cinema VII. Analysis I: Démanty noci VIII. Analysis II: O slavnosti a hostech IX. Analysis III: Markéta Lazarová
Literature
    required literature
  • Narration in the Fiction Film. David Bordwell. Wisconsin: Wisconsin University Pressm 1985, s. 384, ISBN 0-299-10174-6
  • KOVÁCS, András Bálint. Screening modernism : European art cinema, 1950-1980. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007, xii, 427. ISBN 9780226451657. info
Teaching methods
Class presentation and discussion.
Assessment methods
Reading, seminar activity - 6x 10 50%; film analysis 40%.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2005, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017.
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