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@article{1578716, author = {Kos, Martin}, article_number = {3}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/josc_00004_1}, keywords = {screenwriting history; Czech silent film; narrative poetics; Jan Stanislav Kolár; film reels; poetological analysis}, language = {eng}, issn = {1759-7137}, journal = {Journal of Screenwriting}, title = {Reel by reel : Jan Stanislav Kolár's poetics in the context of transition to feature-length format in Czech silent cinema}, url = {https://www.intellectbooks.com/journal-of-screenwriting}, volume = {10}, year = {2019} }
TY - JOUR ID - 1578716 AU - Kos, Martin PY - 2019 TI - Reel by reel : Jan Stanislav Kolár's poetics in the context of transition to feature-length format in Czech silent cinema JF - Journal of Screenwriting VL - 10 IS - 3 SP - 279-294 EP - 279-294 SN - 17597137 KW - screenwriting history KW - Czech silent film KW - narrative poetics KW - Jan Stanislav Kolár KW - film reels KW - poetological analysis UR - https://www.intellectbooks.com/journal-of-screenwriting L2 - https://www.intellectbooks.com/journal-of-screenwriting N2 - This article examines the screenwriting practice in Czech silent cinema in the late 1910s and 1920s. It focuses on Jan Stanislav Kolár’s narrative poetics as a case study of specific storytelling choices within the transitional era from one- or tworeelers to the feature-length format in the context of local technological restrictions in exhibition – inevitable breaks of changing film reels in single-projector cinemas. Poetological analysis of Kolár’s Řina (1926) with his other surviving scenarios and pictures shows that meant not only the necessity of adapting to these limitations, but also became a productive way of achieving particular effects on the audience. Semi-independent narrative acts, thrilling moments occurring at the end of the reel, or significant shifts in space and time between two reels were integral parts of his own original stories as well as adaptations of various novels. Nevertheless, the article outlines more general perspective in relation to film reels as structural narrative units and screenwriting practice among Czech filmmakers as well. ER -
KOS, Martin. Reel by reel : Jan Stanislav Kolár's poetics in the context of transition to feature-length format in Czech silent cinema. \textit{Journal of Screenwriting}. 2019, vol.~10, No~3, p.~279-294. ISSN~1759-7137. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1386/josc\_{}00004\_{}1.
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