FAVK043 History of Non-Theatrical Film Exhibition

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2011
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Lucie Česálková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Voráč, Ph.D.
Department of Film Studies and Audiovisual Culture – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Sat 2. 4. 9:10–12:25 C34, Sat 21. 5. 9:10–12:25 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 will help students to bette undestand motivations of film exhibition outside the environment of standard cinemas; describe spatio-temporal circumstances of non-theatrical film event together with its technological aspects; explan socio-cultural context of these screenings; they'll gain insight into operations of non-theatrical chain of venues in its differences to common operations in economical terms.
Syllabus
  • Brief historical and methodological introduction - history of distribution, exhibition and reception with emphasis on circumstances outside standard movie theatre.
  • Silent era and its specifics.
  • Motivations (historical, politicl, social, cultural, economical, technological).
  • Particular chapters with regard to special surroundings and its institutional background (school, church, hospital, post, restaurant, cultural house, beach etc.)
  • Screens in public space.
Literature
  • Robert C. Allen, Relocating American Film History: The Problem of the Empirical. Cultural Studies 20, 2006, č. 1, s. 48–88.
  • Anthony Slide, Before Video: A History of the Non-Theatrical Film. New York: Greenwood Press 1992.
  • Gregory A. Waller (ed.), Moviegoing in America. Malden – Oxford: Blackwell Publishers Ltd 2002.
  • Robert C. Allen, The Place of Space in Film Historiography. Tijdschrift voor Mediageschiedenis 9, 2006, č. 2, s. 15–27.
  • Barbara Klinger, Beyond the Multiplex: Cinema, New Technologies, and the Home. Berkley: University of Califonia Press 2006.
  • Ina Rae Hark (ed.), Exhibition. The Film Reader. London: Routledge 2002.
  • Alexandra Schneider, „The Cinema Is the Theatre, the School, and the Newspaper of Tommorow“: Writing the History of Cinema’s Mobility. Cinema &Cie 11, 2008, č. 3, s. 57–66.
Teaching methods
Lecture, discussion, work on the group project.
Assessment methods
Written test, presentation of results of group project (essay).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on completion of the course: Písemný test
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