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Sound procedures inspired by Nuri Bilge Ceylan films
Chrudina, Matěj ; SKALL, Vladimír (advisor) ; KUDLÁČ, Jakub (referee)
In my final thesis I am going to focus on the sound and music dramaturgy of the Nuri Bilge Ceylans movies. I choose to write about his work because he can think about the movie as a whole and always pays attention to the sound design. Ceylan often experiments with diegetic music and motives he uses are sometimes very unusual compared with conventional cinematography. Another reason why his work inspired me for my final thesis is the fact, that my approach to film sound is in many ways similar to what he is doing. Therefore I can demonstrate my view on this topic using the specific expamples of his work. I am focusing on all the movies he had done between 1997 and 2014. I am going to pick the most exciting sound moments from each movie. I am also going to highlight some of the elements that constantly repeats through his filmography, thus defining his style. As a result of my work I want to point out the examples proving that the film soundtrack should not only be viewed as support for visual but as an equal part of the narrative conveying the information which can be heard but not viewed.
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Dramaturgical overlap of Zdenek Liskas' film music
Voneš, Adam ; SKALL, Vladimír (advisor) ; KOPECKÝ, Pavel (referee)
This bachelor's thesis is a theoretical work of a student of Department Of Sound Design at FAMU. It is not a Zdenek Liska's memoir but the analysis of his film music composed with accent on dramaturgy; the major topic is a look on different functions, which the film music aims for.
The main part of the thesis focuses on analyzing the five most important Czechoslovakian movies' dramaturgy overlaps: The Cremator (dir. Juraj Herz), Marketa Lazarova (dir. František Vláčil), Settlement of Crows (dir. Jan Schmidt), Icarus XB 1 (dir. Jindřich Polák) and The Fabulous World of Jules Verne (dir. Karel Zeman).
The use of music, which is not only musical, is what is called a dramaturgical overlap: it can stand for a cultural reference, it can be carrier of its own meanings, or music can work as foleys, a soundscape or as a dialogue track. Each film discussed is followed by chosen excerpts on enclosed DVD.
The next part is a memoir, not written in a typical biographical way but from a professional's point of view: the topics cover a historical context of film music and Liška's contextualization in it. I discuss Zdenek Liska's cooperation with other crew members such as an editor, a director, other sound designers, musical dramaturge or his work with a symphonic orchestra.His own music composing is in consideration as well, with his very own working processes.
This thesis is for professional public in cinema and music industry.
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Film adaptations of theatrical productions in czech film
Hovorková, Barbora ; GREINER, Ladislav (advisor) ; SKALL, Vladimír (referee)
In this theoretical thesis I want to explore the interaction of theater and film. I do not want to be preoccupied with "filmed theater", but only with film adaptations of theatrical productions. Dramatic works became really often template for films, but what leads the creators of the movie to film the specific theatrical productions? How will the filmmakers be affected by existing artwork, and which path to take when theater and film have so many different ways of expression? What has the movie theater to offer, and what the film is able to borrow, take, or transform? And in this case,are there any rules?
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Audio-visual interpretation of a musical work
Kršáková, Leticia ; SKALL, Vladimír (advisor) ; KOPECKÝ, Pavel (referee)
Abstract
This thesis deals with an audio-visual interpretation of a musical work. It is an extensive issue because audio-visualisation of music accumulates in itself a range of art disciplines and it works with their resources. The general idea of a development line is captured in the general part of the thesis which is dedicated to music and dance and film as its transformations. The second part of the thesis presents the basic forms of such adaptations and some film music genres with theirs specific features and there are also described some typical and unusual authors' procedures and the functionality of their approach is evaluated from a viewer's-listener's side. The theoretical support for the conclusions presented in the thesis are drawn from available resources and domestic and foreign scientific literature. The conclusions of a general assessment of possibilities and difficulties of audio-visual interpretation are based primarily on the analysis and comparison of musical and visual components in the selected audio-visual works.
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AUDIOVISUAL COUNTERPOINT
Ženíšek, Martin ; Bláha, Ivo (advisor) ; Skall, Vladimír (referee)
The aim of the thesis is to organize and assess the various applications of
audiovisual counterpoint, an intentional discrepancy between the displayed scene
and the sound. The thesis focuses on audiovisual counterpoint from the
perspective of its function, psychological principles and dramatic and esthetic
effects in various genres of audiovisual production.
The first part of the thesis addresses the general theory of audiovisual
counterpoint and summarizes the various types of sounds in audiovisual
production.
The second part pursues the manifold combinations of audio and video
ranging from a mild discordance to complete contradiction. The various types of
audiovisual counterpoint are illustrated with sample film scenes.
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Sound Design in Czech Science Fiction Movies
Broum, Ivo ; Skall, Vladimír (advisor) ; Kopecký, Pavel (referee)
Many science fiction movies have innovative and creative sound design and music. Such topics as life in the future, space travel, groundbreaking science discoveries or a contact with extraterrestrial life provide and extraordinary creative platform.
This text deals with Czech science fiction movies sound design. The analysis of the most important films and movie clips on enclosed DVD should prove a truly specific approach of Czech and Czechoslovak filmmakers. I would also like to describe the most important factors that influenced this approach: important artists, topics, technical aspects, social demands and so forth.
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Sound Problems in Television Broadcasting
Čechák, Petr ; Moravec, Ondřej (advisor) ; Skall, Vladimír (referee)
The purpose of this work is to describe some of the problems connected with television broadcasting, to clarify the technological principles of transmitting sound and to name the differences between analogue and digital broadcasting. This work applies to sound formats, both analogue and digital. An important part of this thesis is the issue of signal measuring; it describes different ways to ensure a consistent loudness level in broadcast using either dynamic signal processors or modern technologies like Dolby metadata.
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