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Procedurally generated video games as a humanistic platform of the future
Salaba, Petr ; Miesenböck, Julia (advisor) ; Krejčová, Kateřina (referee)
An intermedia analysis of "art video games" in the perspective of humanistic values inspired by the theory of neorealism. Italian screenwriter and film theoretician Cesare Zavattini argues that a truly humanistic and socially conscious film would not be based on a dramatic plot, but that it would rather come from a factual depiction of every individual value inherent to the filmed topic. In my work, I propose that such a non-narrative approach can be well executed in the context on the new interactive media, concretely in video games that are based on procedurally generated environment rather than on a linear script.
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Kiruna - The Limits of Observation
Stocklassová, Greta ; KRATOCHVÍL, Jaroslav (advisor) ; KLUSÁK, Vít (referee)
Bachelor thesis Kiruna – The Limits of Observation deals stylized observation
method used in documentary film focussing on production of bachelor movie
Kiruna 2.0 directed by Greta Stocklassa. The first part of thesis deals term stylized
observation and the Nichols’ diagram of relationship of fiction and nonfiction. Five
movies (Play, Involuntary, Turist, Fire at Sea, Into the Clouds We Gaze) lying on
the border between fiction and nonfiction are discussed, classified based on their
characteristics and placed in the modified diagram prepared by author.
Second part describes the preparation and production of the bachelor movie
Kiruna 2.0, it describes decisions and choices author had to make and dealt with
during filming. Advantages and limits together with formal ethical aspects of
observation are then discussed based on opinions of other directors and authors’
experiences. Last part is a brief manual for other future directors who will decide
to use observation in their movies.
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Values of the Velvet Revolution and the Film
Rousek, Jan ; KUBICA, Petr (advisor) ; Kratochvíl, Jaroslav (referee)
The Master’s thesis concerns with the most important audiovisual works that deal with the topic of the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia in 1989. The thesis compares their meaning with contemporary historical research of the values that the revolutionary society intended – democracy, socialism and non-violence. Through this comparison it measures the revolutionary character, authenticity, author intention and their impact on viewers. The representation of the values is the most visible in films made between years 1989-1990. The other films include just partial mentions, which is a prove of the ideologisation of those audiovisual works made from the time distance.
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The media arts centre FACT and a study on its collaboration with an artist on an example of the Separate Systém film
Kovandová, Alžběta ; TŘEŠTÍKOVÁ, Helena (advisor) ; KRATOCHVÍL, Jaroslav (referee)
FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology) is a charity media arts centre in Liverpool, UK. It is an institution where multiple art and creative activities take place. FACT consists of three galleries, a cinema, a video-production department and a café. Furthermore, many workshops and social activities take place here as FACT aims to engage local communities in its programme. This is achieved through collaboration with local artists, who create their artwork with the support of FACT, and who engage various demographic groups such as children, war veterans or the elderly in their work. One of those programmes is the Veterans in practice (VIP) which aims to help the veterans. In collaboration with Liverpool’s veterans and FACT, the director Katie Davies has created a film called The Separate System about veterans who have found themselves in prison after leaving the armed forces.
This bachelors’ thesis shows the history and operations of FACT and its respective departments. In the second part, it addresses the topic of war veterans and shows how the collaboration between FACT, the artist and the veterans works on an example of The Separate System film and activities of the Veterans In Practice programme. This thesis is based on not only literature and internet sources but also on interviews between the author and employees of FACT and the director Katie Davies.
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Contemporary music documentary trends in Slovakia
Maletzová, Soňa ; RŮŽIČKOVÁ, Alice (advisor) ; GOGOLA, Jan (referee)
This work is focused on the phenomenon of contemporary music documentaries produced in Slovakia. It explores four significant films made in the last decade - Steam On The River, This Is Not Me, Juro and Hrana. The work describes their content and style, the circumstances following their filming and their social and cultural context and impact.
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Natural History Film – What It Is and What It Should Be
Nováková, Hana ; RŮŽIČKOVÁ, Alice (advisor) ; ŘEZNÍČEK, Martin (referee)
In a form of essay and on a sample that encompasses all main documentary genres, the thesis tries to answer, how and why analyzed natural history films became canonical, and what 's the reason that most of other topical production of wildlife documentaries have no chance to raise any deeper interest. Finally suggests potential inspirations for the desirable paradigmatic shift.
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Gilles Deleuze "on" Chris Marker: Imaginary Rendezvous
Strejcovský, Jan ; BARTOŠEK, Pavel (advisor) ; PETŘÍČEK, Miroslav (referee)
Despite the fact that the French philosopher Gilles Deleuze has included many contemporaries, co-workers and friends of Chris Marker in his controversial writings on film, Marker himself is missing among the analyzed filmmakers. This thesis challenges the supposed passiveness between both authors assuming certain intersections between their thoughts, aiming to look at several of Chris Marker's emblematic films - indeed not comprehensively, rather naturally subjectively - through the key themes from some of Gilles Deleuze's books. Statues Also Die and Cinama II: The Time-Image; La Jetée and Bergsonism; Sunless and Proust and Signs.
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