FAVz041 How Early Cinema Worked – Early Cinema and the Local

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2013
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Martin Loiperdinger (lecturer), doc. Mgr. Lucie Česálková, Ph.D. (deputy)
Mgr. Luděk Havel, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Voráč, 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 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
Early Cinema has largely been a cinema of visual attractions. The lecture will thus reveal the art of programming and performing cinematograph shows on fairgrounds, in town-halls and in permanent cinemas, which required special skills of showmanship which have been lost for nearly a century.
Based on the lectures, students will learn about the early culture of films and will be able to take into account the importance of local aspects of the film business.
Syllabus
  • Lecture topics:
  • 1) Screen Culture Before Cinema: Illustrated Lantern Lectures in British Poor Relief (using DVD “Screening the Poor” plus local data and bulletins)
  • 2) Living Photographs – the Triumph of the Cinématographe Lumière (16mm projection of my film “Cinématographe Lumière” with translation of the spoken text plus local studies of Cinématographe premieres in 1896)
  • 3) A Variety of Genres and the Performance of Sound in Early Cinema (using DVD “Crazy Cinématographe” with a focus on local films and the local film narrator)
  • 4) Venues, Programming and Audiences of Early Cinema (based on local newspaper adverts)
  • 5) Asta Nielsen – the Making of the International Film Star (based on the database “Importing Asta Nielsen”)
  • 6) Crazy Cinématographe – Early Cinema Today (based on video documentation of today’s fairground cinema in Luxemburg)
Literature
  • Martin Loiperdinger (ed.): Early Cinema Today: The Art of Programming and Live Performance
  • Martin Loiperdinger and Uli Jung (eds.), Importing Asta Nielsen. The International Film Star in the Making, 1910–1914
  • Martin Loiperdinger (ed.):Travelling Cinema in Europe. Sources and Perspectives
Teaching methods
Lecture.
October 14th - 17th, 2013.

Mon 14/10
14.10-15.45
15.50-17.25

Tue 15/10
12.30-15.45

Wed 16/10
15.50-17.25

Thu 17/10
8.20-9.55
Assessment methods
Full time students: 100% presence at the lectures is required. Distance students: two absences are tolerated. Introductory test (before the first course lecture, based on selected readings of prescribed literature). Final test (during exam period).
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught: in blocks.
General note: Kurz probíhá v rámci projektu č. CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0044 Inovace uměnovědných studijních oborů na Filozofické fakultě MU, který je spolufinancován Evropským sociálním fondem a státním rozpočtem České republiky. Viz. www.phil.muni.cz/music/opvk.
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