FAVBKa09 History of World Cinema after 1945

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2019
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Jaromír Blažejovský, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Jaromír Blažejovský, Ph.D.
Department of Film Studies and Audiovisual Culture – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Patrycja Astrid Twardowska
Supplier department: Department of Film Studies and Audiovisual Culture – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Sat 23. 2. 9:00–12:40 C34, Sat 2. 3. 9:00–12:40 C34, Sat 9. 3. 14:00–15:40 C34, Sat 16. 3. 14:00–15:40 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
This course is focused on the history of film medium from the end of the World War II to the present time and its changes as technology, economic institution, cultural product and art. The course is based on Film History: An Introduction written by Kristin Thompson and David Bordwell and a critical reading of this book (parts 4-6).
The main objectives can be summarized as follows:
to give basic information about the most important film movements, genres, auteurs and events, especially from the point of view of "traditional" film history
to offer the basic frame for more specialized courses on the world cinema. e visual and sound technologies.
Learning outcomes
After finishing this course, students will have been able to:
understand the phenomenon of film Modernism
understand the importance of Neorealism and New Waves
describe connections between social development and film industry
analyze and interpret works of selected auteurs
be oriented in genre production
explain innovations in audio-visual technologies
critically think about approaches to film history.
Syllabus
  • Introduction and periodization.
  • Neorealism.
  • French cinema and tradition of quality.
  • Hollywood from the end of WWII to the fifties.
  • The development of technologies (color, widescreen, stereo sound, television, video, digital technologies).
  • Japanese cinema after WWII.
  • Hollywood from the mid-50´s to the end of the 60´s.
  • Genre cinema, comedy, western, musical, horror, sci-fi, historic epic movies, adventure, cloak and dagger.
  • New film in France, the French New Wave.
  • Italian post-neorealist cinema.
  • British cinema of the 60´s.
  • European co-productions.
  • New cinema in West Germany and Scandinavia.
  • Japanese cinema and New Wave.
  • Cinema of U.S.S.R.
  • Cinema of Central and Eastern Europe: Hungary, Poland, GDR, Yugoslavia, Romania, Bulgaria.
  • Spanish cinema under Franco regime and after.
  • Asian cinema, India, China.
  • Latin America and Brazilian cinema novo.
  • Cinema of the Third World.
  • Documentary, experimental and underground film.
  • Genre revision, political cinema, retro, disaster film.
  • New Hollywood.
  • The 70´s, return of great epics.
  • Technical innovations and new distribution strategies.
  • American independent cinema.
  • Cinema in the era of globalization, digitalization and new media.
  • European arthouse cinema.
  • Cinema of Turkey and Iran.
  • Korean cinema.
  • Postsocialist cinemas and Romanian New Wave.
  • Bollywood.
  • Quality TV.
Literature
    required literature
  • THOMPSON, Kristin and David BORDWELL. Dějiny filmu : přehled světové kinematografie. Translated by Helena Bendová - Jan Bernard - Michal Bregant - Zdeněk Holý - V. První vydání. Praha: Akademie múzických umění, 2007, 827 stran. ISBN 9788071068983. info
    not specified
  • KOVÁCS, András Bálint. Screening modernism : European art cinema, 1950-1980. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007, xii, 427. ISBN 9780226451657. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, screenings, reading, homework.
Assessment methods
Critical reflection of K. Thompson - D. Bordwell: "Film History: An Introduction". Written test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Information on the per-term frequency of the course: Předmět se vypisuje jednou za 2 roky.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2004, Spring 2007, Spring 2010, Spring 2013, Spring 2016.
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