FAVBPa010 Introduction to Film Studies

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2020
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Radomír D. Kokeš, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Daniel Krátký (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Radomír D. Kokeš, 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
Tue 14:00–17:40 C34, Fri 16:00–19:40 C34
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
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Course objectives
The lecture is structured as an introduction to the film analysis as an art form and dynamic system, narrative and non-narrative. It focuses predominantly on the narrative film system as
a) narrative structure, narrative process, the fictional world arrangement and the dynamics of the fictional world, as well as
b) the stylistic system on the other hand. Film production and analysis is conceived as a process of solving problems, artistic on the part of filmmakers and research ones on the part of analysts.
The lecture is the basis for the understanding of the film work, the film making process and the possibilities of systemic film analysis, developing the intellectual tradition of Russian formalism, Czech structuralism, neo/formalistic film theories and the historical poetics of the cinema.
Learning outcomes
After finishing this course, students will have got familiar with :
- the basic tools of cinema as an aesthetic phenomenon, based on a particular filmmaking practice;
- basic tools for system analysis of the film work as artistic form;
- tool for a thorough outward analysis of a narrative work, both with regard to the specific aspects of its structure (narrative, fictional world, style), and their mutual functional relationships;
- tools for inward analysis of the narrative work in relation to the wider context of production practice, genre or tradition;
- ability to read and structure a professional text.
Syllabus
  • - Film form
  • - Film narrative
  • - Fictional world
  • - Film style
  • - Film production, various traditions of film practice, ways of classifying films
Literature
    required literature
  • KOKEŠ, Radomír. Rozbor filmu. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2015, 264 pp. Spisy Masarykovy univerzity v Brně, Filozofická fakulta, sv. 430. ISBN 978-80-210-7756-0. Munishop info
  • BORDWELL, David and Kristin THOMPSON. Umění filmu : úvod do studia formy a stylu. Translated by Petra Dominková - Jan Hanzlík - Václav Kofroň. 1. vydání. Praha: Akademie múzických umění v Praze, 2011, 639 stran. ISBN 9788073312176. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, home reading, continuous testing.
Assessment methods
Compulsory continuous tests during the semester, with at least 55% success rate. Successful completion of the tests is a condition for admission to the final oral exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Přednáška je určena pouze studentům prvního ročníku.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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