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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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The course is focused on turbulent historical era of 20th century, transformation of Czechoslovak state and community from its foundation in 1918 to establishing of democratic Czech republic in 1993. Main historical and political issues, events, figures and personalities will be stressed in view of Czechoslovak/Czech cinema which evolved from simple public entertainment into industrial bussiness, important art form of expression, symbol of exceptional national self reflextion, witness of historical events and movements and last but not least - mean of crucial political disputes and censorship interventions. We will discover elementary and transformative role of cinema in forming years of Masaryk's Czechoslovak democratic state from 1918, explore raise of Hollywood-like film bussiness in 30's, revelation of pioneer film artists (Machaty, Vancura, Fric, Vavra), situation during occupation and deep root changes after nationalization of Czechoslovak cinema in Communist Czechoslovakia.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming), Projection (static, dynamic)
- Home preparation for classes
- 13 hours per semester
- Preparation for examination
- 15 hours per semester
- Participation in classes
- 26 hours per semester
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| prerequisite |
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| Knowledge |
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| No specific prerequisites |
| No specific prerequisites |
| learning outcomes |
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| The course is intended for students after gaining basic experience with film realization. |
| The course is intended for students after gaining basic experience with film realization. |
| Producer: a definition |
| Producer: a definition |
| The audiovisual industry: an overview |
| The audiovisual industry: an overview |
| Description of the terms: script, production schedule and budget. |
| Description of the terms: script, production schedule and budget. |
| Finance (types of financing, financing plan, sources of finance) |
| Finance (types of financing, financing plan, sources of finance) |
| Development of the project & production phase (preparation - shoot - postproduction). |
| Development of the project & production phase (preparation - shoot - postproduction). |
| Distribution, marketing and release, the film festival circuit. |
| Distribution, marketing and release, the film festival circuit. |
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| The student can describe the work of a film producer |
| The student can describe the work of a film producer |
| The student understands what a script is and understands its structure. |
| The student understands what a script is and understands its structure. |
| The student can extract essential information from the script. |
| The student can extract essential information from the script. |
| The student can build a basic concept of a budget. |
| The student can build a basic concept of a budget. |
| The student uses and understands basic film vocabulary. |
| The student uses and understands basic film vocabulary. |
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| Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing) |
| Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming) |
| Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming) |
| Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing) |
| Projection (static, dynamic) |
| Projection (static, dynamic) |
| assessment methods |
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| Didactic test |
| Didactic test |
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Recommended literature
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COLLECTIVE. Czech Feature Film Anthology. Prague, Narodni filmovy archiv, 2012.
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HAMES, Peter. Czech and Slovak Cinema: Theme and Tradition. Edinburgh University Press, 2009.
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HAMES, Peter (ed.). Cinema of Central Europe. London, Wallflower Press, 2005.
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Hames,Peter. Czechoslovak New Wave. Berkeley, 1985.
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PAUL, David. Politics, Art and Commitment in the East European Cinema. London, Macmillan, 1983.
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SKVORECKY. All the Bright Young Men and Women. A Personal History of the Czech Cinema. Toronto, 68 Publishers, 1971.
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