FAVBKt002 Between the character and the body: aspects of film acting

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2005
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jakub Kučera (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Voráč, Ph.D.
Department of Film Studies and Audiovisual Culture – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Sat 9:10–12:25 12
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This course will focus on various aspects of film acting, from the historical perspective on the changes in acting styles to the theoretical questions of the relation between the film and the human figure, the concept of film star, the body in film, or the gender studies perspective on male or female acting. Literature: Naremore, James: Acting in the cinema. The University of California Press 1988. Robertson Wojcik, Pamela (ed.): Movie Acting. The Film Reader. Routledge 2004. Lovell, Alan Kramer, Peter: Screen acting. Routledge 1999 Bingham, Dennis : Acting male. Masculinities in the films of James Stewart, Jack Nicholson, and Clint Eastwood. Rutgers University Press 1994. Brenez, Nicole: De la figure en géneral et du corps en particulier. Linvention figurative au cinéma. De Boeck 1998. Aumont, Jacques (ed.): Linvention de la figure humaine. Le cinéma : lhumain et linhumain. Cinémathèque français 1995.
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Povinně volitelná přednáška. Ukončení - kolokvium: písemný test.
Language of instruction
Czech
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