Course: Film Seminar 1

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Course title Film Seminar 1
Course code PCH/BPSF1
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Manková Denisa, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Presentation of a selected series of films in a thematic line. The first part of the seminar is based on the presentation of the film. The second part of the seminar then consists of the focus groups method with an emphasis on the ability of introspection and its use in psychology - in this case working with film. Due to the length of the presented films and the subsequent discussion, the seminar has formed as block teaching on selected and agreed dates.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Observation, Projection (static, dynamic)
  • Attendace - 30 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of the seminar is to teach students to work with introspective processing of the viewed film material so that they are able to share their thoughts, feelings, and opinions in a group discussion and also be able to receive and process the views of other seminar participants. In the seminar, students learn to handle experiential material as a source of information usable in clinical and social psychological practice.
Using the introspective method. Analysis of qualitative narrative material. Kombination of introspective material with movie and documentation of film. Ability to think about the seen work from different angles.
Prerequisites
Interest in films and filmmaking Methodology I.- III.

Assessment methods and criteria
Seminar Work

Active participation in seminars and focus groups. Skills in introspective method and its application on working with movies.
Recommended literature
  • David Bordwell & Kristin Thompson. (2011). Umění filmu: Úvod do studia formy a stylu. Praha. Akademie múzických umění (AMU).
  • Miovský, M. (2006). Kvalitativní přístup a metody. Praha: Grada.
  • Murray Smith. (2022). Engaging Characters: Fiction, Emotion, and the Cinema (2nd edn). Oxford University Press.
  • Torben Grodal. (1999). Moving Pictures: A New Theory of Film Genres, Feelings, and Cognition. Clarendon Press.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Psychology (2019) Category: Psychology courses 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter