FAVh026 Czech Production system during the interwar period

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2021
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 10:00–11:40 C34, except Tue 11. 5.
Prerequisites
There are none.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 24 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/24, only registered: 0/24, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/24
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Course objectives
The course aims to develop deeper knowledge about czech cinematic industry during the interwar period with special emphasis on the production of fiction films and contemporary system of production. With its the the course is connected to the Dějiny české kinematografie I, but it is concerned only about period between two world wars, which is examined in bigger depth. The structure of the seminar will be divided in more specific topics which could influenced contemporary production system - the problematics of the cinema of small nation, the mode of production, external interventions to the production system and planning of the production. Ale of these areas will be combined together in more general question of forming of stable and systematic film production. More specifically the seminar lectures will be concerned about the problematics of production cycles and trends within the circumstances of czech interwar cinema. The lecture will consist of the combination of frontal lectures, discussion about the given reading and fulfilling given tasks. Final criteria of evaluation will be based on the final written essay.
Learning outcomes
After finishing this course
- students will be able to orientate themselves in the development of Czech cinematic industry during the interwar period
- students will get te knowledge about the Czech production system, planning of the production, connections of cinema to other media industries, external interventions to the cinema
- students will know how to use analytical tools necessary for analysing production systems.
Syllabus
  • The course will consis of meetings base on the frontal instructions, discusion about the obligatory literature and given tasks. The course will be divided in 6 topics:
  • - the cinema of small nation
  • - the mode of production
  • - planning of film production
  • - external interventions
  • - distribution
  • - connections to other media industries
  • Each of these topics will be given 2 sessions - first of them will combine frontal teaching and discussionm, second one will consist of discussion over the given reading and given tasks.
Literature
  • SZCZEPANIK, Petr. Konzervy se slovy : počátky zvukového filmu a česká mediální kultura 30. let. Vyd. 1. Brno: Host, 2009, 526 s. ISBN 9788072943166. info
  • The cinema of small nations. Edited by Mette Hjort - Duncan J. Petrie. Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press, 2007, vi, 250. ISBN 9780253220103. info
  • GRIEVESON, Lee. Policing Cinema: Movies and Censorship in Early.Twentieth Century America. University of Columbia Press. Los Angeles, 2004. info
  • Genre and Hollywood. Edited by Stephen Neale. London: Routledge, 2000, viii, 329. ISBN 0415026067. info
  • BARTOŠEK, Luboš. Náš film : kapitoly z dějin (1896-1945). První vydání. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1985, 420 stran. URL info
  • BARTOŠEK, Luboš. Muži za kamerou : historický nástin kameramanské práce v českém a slovenském hraném filmu. Praha: Československý filmový ústav, 1984. info
Teaching methods
Seminar lectures - lectures and presentations of homework.
Assessment methods
Obligatory attendance, activity during seminars, Final assessment - Written essay - 5 pages (9000 characters).
Language of instruction
Czech
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