FAVBPa110 Film Studies Research

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 5 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: z (credit). Other types of completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Šárka Jelínek Gmiterková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Radomír D. Kokeš, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. et Mgr. Terézia Porubčanská, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. Mgr. Pavel Skopal, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Michal Večeřa, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Petr Veinhauer (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Pavel Skopal, 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 17. 9. 12:00–13:40 C34, Tue 24. 9. 12:00–13:40 C34, Tue 1. 10. 12:00–13:40 C34, Tue 8. 10. 12:00–13:40 C34, Tue 22. 10. 12:00–13:40 C34, Tue 29. 10. 12:00–13:40 C34, Tue 5. 11. 12:00–13:40 C34, Tue 12. 11. 12:00–13:40 C34, Tue 3. 12. 12:00–13:40 C34, Tue 17. 12. 12:00–13:40 C34
Prerequisites (in Czech)
FAVBPA100 Historical research && FAVBPA010 Introduction to Film Studies
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
The seminar focuses on preparing students for proper asking and answering research questions both while preparing a research project and within certain paradigms of film science research.
For these purposes, the students will be provided with proper methodological tools. They will test the usefulness of the tools in the process of a "test research".
Objectives of the course is to provide differentiation and specialization of teaching, practice of formulation and implementation of research projects, improvement and extension of students’ competences, preparation for implementation of stylistically, heuristically and analytically satisfactory graduate work.
Learning outcomes
After finishing this course, students will have been able to:
- consider the methodological complexity and specificity of research topics from various areas of film history,
- be familiar with basic theoretical and methodological literature to the presented research areas,
- prepare a research project on the cultural, aesthetic and economic history of cinema.
Syllabus
  • Students will be acquainted with the broader portfolio of research approaches:
  • 1) cultural history of cinema,
  • 2) economic history of cinema
  • 3) history of film style
  • 4) history of reception
  • 5) production studies
  • 6) star studies
  • 7) digital humanities.
  • These areas of research will be introduced in turn by the educators who focus on them. In doing so, the teaching will be done in individual research combinations of lecture and discussion of assigned texts. At the end of the semester, students will prepare a proposal for the application of their chosen method, based on methodological training and assigned readings, which will become the basis for discussion during the exam period.
  • This will increase the ability of students to formulate and work efficiently to solve the research problem, extend their methodological competence and help standardize the level of academic writing when formulating research intentions and outputs.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • ALLEN, Robert C. and Douglas GOMERY. Film History: Theory and Practice. McGraw - Hill, 1985. info
  • BURKE, Peter. Co je kulturní historie? Praha: Dokořán, 2011
  • STAIGER, Janet: Media Reception Studies. New York: NY University Press, 2005
  • Explorations in New Cinema History. Edited by Richard Maltby, Daniel Biltereyst, Philippe Meers. Oxford: Wiley Blackwell, 2011.
  • BORDWELL, David. Poetics of cinema. New York: Routledge, 2008, xii, 499. ISBN 9780415977784. info
  • Understanding media economics. Edited by Gillian Doyle. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage, 2002, vii, 184 p. ISBN 076196875X. info
    not specified
  • další literatura bude zadána v průběhu kursu
  • MUKAŘOVSKÝ, Jan. Studie z estetiky. Edited by Felix Vodička - Květoslav Chvatík. Vyd. 1. Praha: Odeon, 1966, 371 s. URL info
Teaching methods
1) Lecture: theoretical preparation in the form of methodological preparation
2) Home study of prescribed literature
3) Seminar: discussion of the literature, assignement of a trial research realized with the help of methodological tools and in accordance with required parameters
4) Home preparation of the assigned project
5) Consultation of the task in consultation hours

Seminar work will be carried out within a limited number of seminar groups, which strengthens the didactic effect, as it allows the teacher to focus on the specific problems faced by individual students.
Assessment methods
Závěrečné hodnocení bude do IS udělené ve zkouškovém období na základě diskuse nad vypracovaným návrhem projektu. Požaduje se
(a) orientace v existující literatuře k tématu,
(b) schopnost kritického uvažování nad probíranou látkou,
(c) zpracování cvičného projektového výzkumu,
Language of instruction
Czech
Study support
https://is.muni.cz/auth/el/phil/podzim2024/FAVBPa110/index.qwarp
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: Určeno k absolvování ve 3. semestru studia.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023.
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