FAVh055 Prague Animation Film Studios 1945-1991

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Michal Večeřa, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
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
Tue 14:00–15:40 C34, except Tue 14. 11.
Prerequisites
None
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 23 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 12/23, only registered: 0/23
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the seminar will be to introduce students to animated films produced during the period of nationalised cinema. Through seminar classes focusing on various aspects of animated film - production, distribution, exhibition, film techniques, shooting conditions, etc. students will learn about the field of animation from the industrial perspective. The study curriculum thus 1) extends the knowledge acquired on the history of Czech cinema and 2) develops students' independent research skills through the processing of assigned tasks.
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to:
- understand the specifics of animated film production in the state-socialist system
- identify and describe the basic problems associated with the technical background for film production
- name the specific problems of individual animation techniques
- understand the impact of the changing political situation on film production
- identify the sub-themes associated with the problems of distribution of animated films in a given period
- analyse selected topics independently
Syllabus
  • - Introductory lesson
  • - Animation production system - concepts and their applications
  • - dramaturgy - program and commissioned film, television and nightclubs, co-productions
  • - distribution of short films - cinema, festivals, programme composition
  • - animation film studios - facilities, location in the city
  • - origin, development and function of individual professions - production crew leader, dramaturg, director, animator
  • - prominent personalities and their teams of collaborators - Gene Deitch, Zdeněk Miller, Josef Kábrt, Josef Kluge, etc.
  • - individual film projects
Literature
  • • Noordegraaf, Julia, Kathleen Lotze, and Jaap Boter. 2018. “Writing Cinema Histories with Digital Databases: The Case of Cinema Context”. TMG Journal for Media History 21 (2): 106–26. DOI: http://doi.org/10.18146/2213-7653.2018.369
  • SZCZEPANIK, Petr. Továrna Barrandov : svět filmařů a politická moc 1945-1970. Vydání první. [Praha]: Národní filmový archiv, 2016, 419 stran. ISBN 9788070041772. info
  • ČESÁLKOVÁ, Lucie. Atomy věčnosti : český krátký film 30. až 50. let (Atoms of Eternity : Czech Short Film of the 1930s-1950s). Vyd. 1. Praha: Národní filmový archiv, 2014, 430 pp. ISBN 978-80-7004-163-5. info
  • PLASS, Jiří. Základy animace : základní pravidla klasické a virtuální animace. 1. vyd. Plzeň: Fraus, 2010, 196 s. ISBN 9788072388844. info
  • DUTKA, Edgar. Scenáristika animovaného filmu ; : Minimum z historie české animace. 2., rozš. vyd. V Praze: Akademie múzických umění, 2006, 137 s. ISBN 8073310694. info
  • Animace a doba : sborník textů z časopisu Film a doba, 1955-2000. Edited by Stanislav Ulver. Vyd. 1. [Praha]: Sdružení přátel odborného filmového tisku, 2004, 398 s. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, reading, seminar discussion, completion of assignments, preparation of seminar work
Assessment methods
Participation in seminar classes, completion of assigned tasks, preparation of seminar work.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
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