Course: Cine-camera and Shooting

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Course title Cine-camera and Shooting
Course code KSKA/MKAME
Organizational form of instruction Tutorial
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Durňak Milan, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
unspecified

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monitoring, Demonstration, Projection, Skills training
  • Practical training - 39 hours per semester
  • Contact teaching - 39 hours per semester
  • Individual project - 23 hours per semester
  • Independent critical reading - 18 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to familiarize students with the possibilities of using audiovisual media for documenting and presenting research, with distribution options, and with trends in the development of new technologies. During the course, students will learn practical technical skills in working with image and sound technology. They will also put their skills into practice by completing individual camera exercises.
Students will be able to use the digital camera as well as the basic post-production processes - edition, sound mix, and the final media procession. They will familiarise themselves with the film language as well as with the basic communication during shooting.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Home assignment evaluation, Creative work analysis

The course is taught in full-time and it is necessary to observe the compulsory attendance. There are 3 excused absences, which must be reported before the start of the course by email. Students will submit audiovisual 3-minute piece, where they will prove their technical ability to manage a shooting, conduct an interview and describe a simple plot by means of the film language.
Recommended literature
  • Barbash, I., L. Taylor. Crosscultural filmmaking. A handbook for making documentary and ethnographic films and videos. Berkeley, California, Los Angeles. 1997.
  • Ferrarini, L., Scaldaferri, N. Sonic Ethnography. Identity, heritage and creative research practise in Basilicita, southern Italy. Manchester. 2020.
  • Lapčík, R. Filmový zvuk pro nezvukaře 1. Praha. 2021.
  • Lapčík, R. Filmový zvuk pro nezvukaře 2. Praha. 2024.
  • Lawrence, A. Filmmaking for fieldwork. A practical handbook. Manchester. 2020.
  • MacDougall, D. The Looking machine. Essays on cinema, anthropology and documentary filmmaking. .


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