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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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The seminar of film and theatre analysis is a propedeutic course in which students should develop form and possibilities of analysis of a certain film and play by using various approaches (structural analysis, dramaturgical analysis, analysis of genre and its concrete application). Besides these types the analysis of particular elements of film and theatre (acting, editing, music, time, space, narrative) is exercises. By the analytical praxis student should master methods and techniques exercisable in a future scholarly or publishing work. The course also offers the survey of theoretical approaches in the realm of film and theatre analysis. Theatre part: From the text to the performance - analysis of dramaturgical and directorial approach to the text. Comparison of two stage adaptations of drama Maryša (one directed by J. Grossman, another directed by Vl. Morávek). Film part: Neoformalistic analysis of chosen films (Kabinet doktora Caligariho, Sunset Buleward, The seven Samurais, The Beginning). Literature: Kristin Thompsonová: Neoformalistická filmová analýza: jeden přístup, mnoho metod. In: Iluminace 1998/1 . s 5 ?36. David Bordwell: Umění filmu. AMU, 2011.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
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Learning outcomes
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The seminar of film and theatre analysis is a propedeutic course in which students should develop form and possibilities of analysis of a certain film and play by using various approaches (structural analysis, dramaturgical analysis, analysis of genre and its concrete application). Besides these types the analysis of particular elements of film and theatre (acting, editing, music, time, space, narrative) is exercises. By the analytical praxis student should master methods and techniques exercisable in a future scholarly or publishing work. The course also offers the survey of theoretical approaches in the realm of film and theatre analysis.
Student will gain the knowledge in theatre and film construction in the context of art style and genre which he can use in his future professional praxis (criticism, programming etc.).
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Prerequisites
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The knowledge of basic elements of theatre and film structure and the orientation in key terms of theatre and film studies. The courses necessary to graduation: Introduction to film studies, Introduction to theatre studies, Proseminar of subject methodology.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Seminar Work
Active participation in the seminar, thesis of 7 standard pages.
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Recommended literature
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Bordwell, D. (1997). On the history of film style. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press.
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Gomery, Douglas - Allen, Richard. (1985). Film History. Theory and Practice. New York.
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Grossman, J., Holý, J., Pokorná, T., Havel, V., Holý, J., & Pokorná, T. (1991). Analýzy. Praha: Československý spisovatel.
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Pavis, P., Ubersfeld, A., & Jobertová, D. (2003). Divadelní slovník. Praha: Divadelní ústav.
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Thompson, K., & Bordwell, D. (1990). Film art: an introduction. New York: McGraw-Hill.
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