FAVp013 Theory and Practice of Animated Film

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Michal Večeřa, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Michal Večeřa, 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 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 1/15
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
A several-day block of lectures and workshops will take place at Anifilm Třeboň from May 5th to 11th 2024. Czech and foreign experts will introduce selected topics from theory, history and practice of animated films. Anifilm also offers a bargain price for an accreditation and an accommodation to all lecture's subscribers. The programme of the lectures and workshops together with conditions of their attendance will be specified in advance.

The main aim:
This course provides more detailed comprehension of theory, history and practice of animated film.
Learning outcomes
During the course students will attend lectures an workshops which will improve their understanding of film animation within historical context, learn new theoretical concepts and get in touch with current production trends.
Syllabus
  • Concrete lectures and workshops will be chosen according to actual program.
Literature
    required literature
  • http://www.awn.com/blogs/sprockets
    recommended literature
  • ULVER, Stanislav. Animace a doba. Sborník textů z časopisu Film a doba 1955-2000. 1st ed. Sdružení přátel odborného filmového tisku v Praze, 2004, 398 pp. info
  • BENDAZZI, Giannalberto. Cartoons : one hundred years of cinema animation. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1994, xxiii, 514. ISBN 0253311683. info
  • DĚCKÁ, Eliška. Karnevaly animátorské komunity. Iluminace. Praha: Národní filmových archiv, 2014, vol. 26, No 1, p. 83-96, 13 pp. ISSN 0862-397X. info
  • DUTKA, Edgar. Minimum z dějin světové animace. 1. vyd. V Praze: Akademie múzických umění, 2004, 159 s. ISBN 8073310120. info
  • MAUREEN, Furniss. Art in Motion – Animation Aesthetics. London: John Libbey Publishing, 2007, 276 pp. ISBN 0-86196-663-5. info
  • KUBÍČEK, Jiří. Úvod do estetiky animace. 1. vyd. Praha: Akademie múzických umění, 2004, 110 s. ISBN 8073310198. info
  • KUBÍČEK, Jiří. Bejvávalo. Co spojuje animovaný film s egyptskými pyramidami. A2 : kulturní týdeník. Praha: Společnost Kulturní týdeník A2, 2008, vol. 4, No 16, p. 1, 11, 2 pp. ISSN 1803-6635. info
  • PAUL, Wells. Understanding animation. London: Routledge, 1998, 265 pp. info
  • WELLS, Paul. Animation : genre and authorship. 1st pub. London: Wallflower Press, 2002, 149 s. ISBN 1903364205. info
  • Iluminace 4/2009 (téma: Současné myšlení o animovaném filmu)
  • http://blog.animationstudies.org/
  • www.padesatky.info
Teaching methods
Lectures and workshops at Anifilm Liberec (May 6th – 11th 2021).
Assessment methods
Attendance of lectures and workshops, essay.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Teacher's information
http://www.anifilm.cz/cs/
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Autumn 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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