FAVh014 History of Cinema in Brno - methods and approaches of local cinema history

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2019
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. et Mgr. Terézia Porubčanská, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Michal Večeřa, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Michal Večeřa, Ph.D.
Department of Film Studies and Audiovisual Culture – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Patrycja Astrid Twardowska
Supplier department: Department of Film Studies and Audiovisual Culture – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 14:00–15:40 C34, except Wed 4. 12.
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 lectures will consist of a theoretical and practical part. Based on a series of case studies, the theoretical part will introduce the main topics of the research paradigm called "new cinema history", its fields of research and methodological approaches. The practical part will work with the database of the Cinematic Brno. It will serve as a work platform for a set of exercises introducing selected tools and methods of data analysis applied in the research of the history of local cinema culture.
Learning outcomes
Students will acquire basic knowledge of research approaches used within the new cinema history paradigm. Moreover, they will learn selected methods of historical data collection and analysis, as for example the quantitative analysis of cinema programmes, spatial analysis and map visualisation or quantitative and qualitative analysis of oral history.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to new cinema history
  • 2. Distribution and exhibition
  • 3. Reception and cinema-going
  • 4. Comparative approaches to the local cinema history
Literature
  • Maltby, Richard, Daniël Biltereyst, and Philippe Meers. 2011. Explorations in New Cinema History: Approaches and Case Studies. Malden: Wiley-Blackwell.
  • Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media, Issue 11 - Cinema Heritage in Europe, Summer 2016
  • Brno :vývoj města, předměstí a připojených vesnic. Edited by Karel Kuča. Vyd. 1. Praha : Baset, 2000. 644 s. ISBN 80-86223-11-6
  • SKOPAL, Pavel and Lucie ČESÁLKOVÁ. Filmové Brno. Dějiny lokální filmové kultury (Cinematic Brno. History of local cinema culture). Praha: Národní filmový archiv, 2016, 338 pp. ISBN 978-80-7004-176-5. info
  • Watching films : new perspectives on movie-going, exhibition and reception. Edited by Karina Aveyard - Albert Moran. 1st pub. Bristol: Intellect, 2013, xxi, 418. ISBN 9781783200429. info
  • Cinema, audiences and modernity : new perspectives on European cinema history. Edited by Daniël Biltereyst - Richard Maltby - Philippe Meers. 1. pub. London: Routledge, 2012, xiv, 213. ISBN 9780203804636. info
  • Digital tools in media studies : analysis and research : an overview. Edited by Michael Ross - Manfred Grauer - Bernd Freisleben. Bielefeld: Transcript, 2009, 191 s. ISBN 9783837610239. info
  • KUHN, Annette. Dreaming of Fred and Ginger : cinema and cultural memory. New York: New York University Press, 2002, xii, 273. ISBN 081474771X. info
Teaching methods
Practical research tasks, their presentation and evaluation.
Assessment methods
Research project based on the local cinema history. Obligatory presence.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.
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