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The comparasion of the status of journalists in the American and the Czech audiovisual pop culture
Svoboda, Martin ; Láb, Filip (advisor) ; Malý, Radek (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to compare the use of journalists as characters in Czech and US audiovisual industry, primarily cinema. As expected, the work finds that Czech cinema cannot compare with American in volume. Also, different history has led to a completely different position of journalists in culture and popular culture in both regions. The thesis tries to introduce both systems and look for reasons of absence of journalistic characters in Czech cinema. It also examines the way in which cinema is able to communicate at all and what demands can we have on the dialogue between piece of art and us. The thesis deals with the transformation of journalistic profession into genre and archetype in American mainstream cinema. The ambition of the work, which in many respects compares the present with the absence, is to describe the space in which the observed presence and absence take place. The main difficulty in elaborating the topic is the marginal size of the Czech market compared to the American and even more marginal use of the journalist as a prominent figure in it. Therefore, the thesis tries to explain why the situation with the help of professional literature rather than mapping the explicit presence of journalism in narratives of Czech and Czechoslovak films. Since Czech cinema has in many...
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Comparative analysis of the visual component in the magazine Reportér and project Echo24
Weingartová, Michaela ; Láb, Filip (advisor) ; Turek, Pavel (referee)
The main goal of this thesis was to determine how projects Echo24 and Reporter work with journalistic photography using comparative analysis of their visual content. Both projects were found in 2014 as a reaction to a dramatical change of ownership of the Czech media. These changes also had an impact on journalistic photographers, because the new owners tend to save their costs on photography. This is also one of the reasons why I chose to analyze projects that started in 2014. To explain the broader context, in the first part of this thesis I describe the context of journalistic photography and the Czech media market development from the year 1989. In this work, I also describe other projects similar to Echo24 and Reportér. In the second part of the thesis, I use quantitative content analysis to describe the usage of the photographs in the printed version of Echo24 and Reportér. I also compare the collected data with answers from questionnaires with members of the editorial of the projects and photojournalists. In this paper, I found out that the project Echo24 represents the opposite approach towards photography than Reportér. Echo24, like other media, tends to save their cost on photography. Reportér on the other side can be defined as the protector of journalistic and photojournalistic values....
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Media Image of the Wives of Czech and Czechoslovak Presidents on CTK's Photographic Archives
Bártová, Petra ; Láb, Filip (advisor) ; Křemen, Pavel (referee)
The bachelor thesis Media Image of the Wives of Czech and Czechoslovak Presidents on CTK's Photographic Archives gives us picture of the first ladies from Czechoslovakia and Czech Republic. This thesis also analysis their media image through photographs since 1918 until 2019. The first part of this thesis introduces us the basic knowledge of photojournalism and overview of the lifes of all first ladies of Czechoslovakia and Czech Republic. Analytical part of this thesis introduces us research of development and differences in taken photographs of the first ladies. Results of research show us comparison of media output with consideration of historical, cultural and society wide evolution.
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Visual Propaganda of Kim Jong-un
Zangová, Clara ; Láb, Filip (advisor) ; Turek, Pavel (referee)
This bachelor's thesis focuses on the content analysis of photographs of the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. The aims of the thesis are to designate the means of visual propaganda used by Kim Jong-un, to describe how the DPRK is presented through photographs, and to try to compare these tools with the propaganda and the political communication of the great dictators of the 20th century - Lenin, Hitler, Stalin, and Mao Zedong. The content of the thesis is a brief overview of the modern North Korean history and a description of the country's actual situation, including the specifics of local propaganda. Further follows the determination of propaganda itself according to several theories, and a description of propaganda tools of the aforementioned leaders. The crucial part of the thesis is the content analysis of the photographs of Kim Jong-un published from June 2018 to February 2019, during the interval between two summits hosting Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump. The analytical part is amended with the exposition of the personality profile of the leader.
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A view of the current techno scene through photojournalism
Fialová, Karolína ; Turek, Pavel (advisor) ; Láb, Filip (referee)
The practical part of this dissertation presents the current techno scene in Prague, Czech Republic. Techno as a relatively new genre of electronic dance music has gone through a wave of popularity in Prague over the past few years, but without the influence of established promoters. The photobook covers events organised by three collectives of young people, with a more extensive focus on one of them. They capture the euphoria of the night and subsequent morning fatigue as well as behind the scenes shots. The enclosed photo book shows photographs mainly from parties organised by Cukr. This collective of three young people has been active on Prague's scene for the past few years and its founders regularly run techno events. They change the location for each party, but organising events in places such as churches, theaters, abandoned banks or warehouses carries a risk - and sometimes things don't go according to plan. The theoretical part focuses on the history of techno, its cultural and musical context and the characteristics of nightlife photography through presenting the views of photographers such as Wolfgang Tillmans or Dave Swindells. I also compare Prague's techno with the situation in Berlin or London. I explain that the scene in Prague, as it is now, is fragile - and can disappear along...
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Documentary photography: Branko's Bridge - One year in a band
Verner, Jonáš ; Géla, František (advisor) ; Láb, Filip (referee)
The objective of this bachelor thesis is to present an original point of view on the life within a band, mainly through a photo documentary of 55 pictures. It shows the ordinary situations as well as key moments in the band's life from the perspective of its member. The thesis is connecting documentary photography and concert photography through an interview with music journalist Ondřej Bezr, author of the book Fotografie, které hrají. Theoretical part of the thesis gives a bright insight on documentary photography as a genre and further focuses on music photography.
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