FAVBPa10 Seminar A (connected with Introduction to Film Studies)

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2015
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: graded credit.
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Radomír D. Kokeš, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Voráč, 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 of Seminar Groups
FAVBPa10/01_ctvrtek: Thu 8:20–9:05 C34, R. Kokeš
FAVBPa10/02_ctvrtek: Thu 9:10–9:55 C34, R. Kokeš
FAVBPa10/03_ctvrtek: Thu 10:00–10:45 C34, R. Kokeš
FAVBPa10/VIDEOTIME: Tue 15:50–19:05 C34, R. Kokeš
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Film analysis. The Seminar is related to the course Introduction to Film Studies. Course objectives: deep understanding of the basic principles of film form, narrative and style, and an ability to analyze them. At the end of the course student should: - understsand the key concepts of systematic analysis of film - be able to analyze film narrative and style using formalistic analytical techniques - be able to express findings of the analysis in an original and clearly structured analytical essay, where each argument is based on concrete example
Syllabus
  • - Methodological introduction to neo-formalist film analysis
Literature
    required literature
  • KOKEŠ, Radomír. Rozbor filmu. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2015, 264 pp. Spisy Masarykovy univerzity v Brně, Filozofická fakulta, sv. 430. ISBN 978-80-210-7756-0. Munishop info
  • THOMPSON, Kristin. Breaking the glass armor : neoformalist film analysis. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1988, x, 361. ISBN 0691067244. info
    recommended literature
  • Puzzle films : complex storytelling in contemporary cinema. Edited by Warren Buckland. Malden, Mass.: Wiley-Blackwell, 2009, ix, 241. ISBN 9781405168625. info
  • BUCKLAND, Warren. Directed by Steven Spielberg : poetics of the contemporary Hollywood blockbuster. New York: Continuum, 2006, xiii, 242. ISBN 0826416926. info
  • TOMAŠEVSKIJ, Boris Viktorovič. Teorie literatury. 1. vyd. Praha: Lidové nakladatelství, 1970, 157 s. URL info
Teaching methods
seminar, home-work
Assessment methods
Required course, qualifying examination: film analysis (5 + 10 pages)
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Seminář je určen pouze studentům prvního ročníku.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
Teacher's information
http://www.douglaskokes.cz/vyuka/pa2015p/
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2004, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Autumn 2008, Spring 2010, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Spring 2020.
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