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Reflection of Historical Events in Croatian Film in the 1950s and 1960s
Janečková, Veronika ; Pelikán, Jan (advisor) ; Nedvědová, Milada (referee)
This thesis examines how the creators of Croatian Jadran film - especially in the 1960s - portrayed the events bound to known historical reality, how they artistically interpreted this reality, and which historical events in the surveyed period were in the focus of their interest. In my choice of films I followed mainly the production aspect, which is also the main criterion of Croatian film historiography for selection of films in the national cinematography. From the topical perspective, the predominant motives relate to the people's liberation war or the civilian stories taking place in the background of war events. The movie Nevesinjska puška, which treats more ancient historical events, is the only exception. The production can also be characterised by the manner of explicating a historical theme. It features film spectacle, lyrical parable, and film interpretation which can serve as a material for historical research and analysis, or for studying the mimetic period between a generally accepted and understood historical fact, and its artistic rendition. The last mentioned is often featured with pictures from the partizan milieu. Except for some rare cases, the pictures reflecting historical events limited by the end of the World War II are distinguished by a collective, vaguely-specified...
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Historical film as information source and the comparison to its literature rendition
Pospíšilová, Dita ; Vodrážková, Katrin (advisor) ; Šípek, Richard (referee)
The bachelor thesis focus on the definition of information (the importance of information in general, information in books), then it will consider the characteristics of the film and its historical significance from the perspective of the viewer. As the subject of examination, on which the thoughts and findings will be demonstrated, is chosen the important English King- Henry VIII., who has been depicted in many movies and about whom there were written many books as well. Primarily the bachelor work focus on the historical accuracy of the movies and books, the comparison of the importance of both the media (what information value both media provide). The bachelor thesis also aims on the general perception of movies and whether the examined work are quality and accurate source of information. In conclusion, there will be the comparison of the information value of these two selected media.
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Film and historiography
Poláček, Vít ; Dodova, Borjana (advisor) ; MRAVCOVÁ, Marie (referee)
Michael Haneke´s The White Ribbon, Bertrand Bonello´s L´Apollonide, The Girl with a Pearl earring by Peter Webber or The Silence of Joan by Philippe Ramos are European arthouse films, which could be seen as films based on history or historical events. In compare with mainstream films all these authors draws inspiration from changes in historiography in last fifty years to make their fictional worlds more credible. Except of concrete descriptions of their methods the thesis includes also the reflection of the audience perception of films based on historical events or the willingness of the audience to believe the presented image of history.
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Edvard Beneš as character in postwar cinema
Krajbich, Josef ; DORUŠKA, Tomáš (advisor) ; Fisher, Petr (referee)
Diploma thesis Edvard Beneš as character in postwar cinema deals with specific issue in relationship between feature film and history.
It is focused on the development of knowledge in historiography of science and gradually recognition of the film as a historical source.
President of Czechoslovakia Edvard Beneš was chosen as a laboratory sample for my research. The work looks into Beneš's image from the first normalization movies by Otakar Vávra till contemporary TV series České století.
The work is also trying to reflect my own experience with editing process of historical drama.
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True Legends of Bathory and Jánošík
Lévyová, Lívia ; VAJCHR, Marek (advisor) ; MRAVCOVÁ, Marie (referee)
The thesis focuses on two contemporary films that were created around the same period of time and both involve legendary topics. They both aspire to become central European epics. It situates them within the context of global cinema but simultaneously tries to analyze each as a unique work of art. They share many similarities as well as differences.
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Historic Film in Contemporary European Cinematography from the Viewpoint of the Producer
Kalandrová, Pavlína ; PRAŽSKÝ, Přemysl (advisor) ; BOBIŇSKI, Filip (referee)
Historic film genre serves here as a model example of a demanding film project in contemporary European cinematography. We want to explore the problems of development and financing of historic films. The basis of the research is the idea that historic films are mostly producer projects because of their commercial potential.
The genre of historic film is explained here from two different points of view: Film theory and film history. The concept of European cinematographic work and the ways of financing European co-production films are shortly presented. Further we describe what a producer follows and influences during his work on a historic film. The gained knowledge is then applied on five case studies. Reflections of the film producers form a part of these studies.
The result of the research is the statement that the quality and artistic value of a film go across the film genres just as the producer's or the director's approach to a film project do. To shoot arthouse oriented historic films is more risky from the commercial point of view. At the same time only in this way the film will be unique, can survive for decades and can really be successful all over the world.
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