FAVp017 Contemporary Czech animation

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2022
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Dita Stuchlíková (lecturer)
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
Timetable
Wed 12:00–13:40 C34
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
The main goal of the course is to give the widest possible overview of contemporary Czech animation, as much as possible in an authentic and direct way. Emphasis is placed on depicting the scope of contemporary animation and the number of forms in which it appears. The lectures will be complemented by short animated films, as it is not possible to talk about animation without the animation itself.
Learning outcomes
Students will learn to observe what is happening in contemporary Czech animation from many perspectives. They get to know the main characters and expand their awareness of the possibilities of the form of animation itself. It is important to realize that Czech animation did not end its golden age in the last century.
Syllabus
  • Introduction to Contemporary Czech Animation
  • The Beginning of the 21st Century
  • The Most Visible Personalities of Contemporary Czech Animation
  • Authorship as a Network and Method of Creation
  • Official Institutions and Student Film
  • Short film vs. feature and position of bedtime cartoons
  • Problems of 3D animation and the most used techniques
  • Custom creation
  • Ani-dok
  • Music videos, book illustrations and other forms of animation
  • Financing, producers and distribution
  • Contemporary animation studies
  • Game animation
  • Animation in academia and professional theoretical sphere
Literature
  • Nea Ehrlich, Animating Truth: Documentary and Visual Culture in the 21st Century, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2021.
  • The animation studies reader. Edited by Nichola Dobson - Annabelle Honess Roe - Amy Ratelle - Caroline Ruddell. First published. New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2019, xv, 336. ISBN 9781501332616. info
  • PIKKOV, Ülo. Animasofie : teoretické kapitoly o animovaném filmu. Translated by Anna Stejskalová - Eva Näripea. V Praze: Akademie múzických umění v Nakladatelství AMU, 2017, 220 stran. ISBN 9788073314460. info
  • PLASS, Jiří. Základy animace : základní pravidla klasické a virtuální animace. 1. vyd. Plzeň: Fraus, 2010, 196 s. ISBN 9788072388844. info
  • 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
Teaching methods
Lectures, screenings, guests
Assessment methods
Written test, continuous tasks
Language of instruction
Czech
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