Course: Contemporary Feature Film 1

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Course title Contemporary Feature Film 1
Course code KAAT/SHRF1
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Gregor Lukáš, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Hollywood: Blockbuster 2.0 and Franchise Culture - Transformation of the studio model after 2000, IP and transmedia storytelling, VFX and virtual production, volume LED walls, distribution: global premieres vs. "day-and-date" release 2. New American Independent Cinema and the A24 Model - Strategies of A24, Focus Features, and Neon, festival circuit and platform release, representation of identity, minorities, and queer perspectives, influence of streaming acquisitions 3. Contemporary Europe: Auteur Cinema and Co-Productions - European funding and national film funds, producer-director collaboration, Cannes as a distribution accelerator, application of auteur theory in the 21st century 4. The Global South: Korea, India, Latin America - Rise of Korean cinema and the role of CJ ENM, Tollywood and pan-Indian blockbusters, festival diplomacy of Latin American films, streaming platforms as global distributors 5. Czech Cinema Since 2000 - Institutional framework: Czech Film Fund and Czech Television co-productions, generational shifts and new waves, domestic vs. festival reception, Czech genre experiments (horror, animation-live-action hybrid)

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecturing, Analysis of a work of art
  • Participation in classes - 26 hours per semester
  • Home preparation for classes - 39 hours per semester
  • Preparation for course credit - 10 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
Basic knowledge in cinematography development.
Basic knowledge in cinematography development.
Skills
Prerequisities are not set
Prerequisities are not set
learning outcomes
Knowledge
to distinguish the characteristics of the artists discussed
to distinguish the characteristics of the artists discussed
to characterise genres and their elements
to characterise genres and their elements
to list potential representative works for the discussed decades
to list potential representative works for the discussed decades
to ist potential representative authors for the discussed decades
to ist potential representative authors for the discussed decades
navigate through the fundamental figures of cinematography
navigate through the fundamental figures of cinematography
Skills
construct one's own argumentation
construct one's own argumentation
to analyse selected works
to analyse selected works
critically perceive audiovisual works
critically perceive audiovisual works
to analyse the artist's handwriting
to analyse the artist's handwriting
to engage in a discussion about a work
to engage in a discussion about a work
teaching methods
Knowledge
Analysis of a work of art
Lecturing
Lecturing
Analysis of a work of art
assessment methods
Preparation of a presentation, giving a presentation
Preparation of a presentation, giving a presentation
Oral examination
Oral examination
Recommended literature
  • BORDWELL, David a Kristin THOMPSON. Dějiny filmu: přehled světové kinematografie. V Praze: Akademie múzických umění, 2011. ISBN 978-80-7331-207-7.
  • Bordwell, David a Kristin Thopson. Umění filmu: úvod do studia formy a stylu. Praha, 2011. ISBN 978-80-7331-217-6.
  • Corner, John. Critical ideas in television studies. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1999. ISBN 0-19-874220-7.
  • KOKEŠ, Radomír D. Světy na pokračování: rozbor možností seriálového vyprávění. Praha: Akropolis, 2016. ISBN 9788074701467.
  • LEWIS, John. Looking past the screen: case studies in American film history and method. Durham: Duke University Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0-8223-3821-5.


Study plans that include the course
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