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Application of Financial Analysis in a Company
Sedláčková, Vendula ; Cenek, Jan (referee) ; Konečný, Miloš (advisor)
The Master thesis deals with the use of financial analysis in company STABILA ČR, Ltd 2007 – 2010. Based on information drawn from the Company´s financial statements – balance shett, profit and loss account, cash flow and using appropriate methods, the data is processed ant the proposed options and recommendations to improve the economic situation of the future.
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Subjectivisation of Sound Perception in Film
Patríková, Michaela ; ČENĚK, Jan (advisor) ; Kozák, Dušan (referee)
The master's thesis deals with characterization of forms of subjective sound in film.
The thesis is divided into several main parts. The first part is concerned with
the principles of perception of sound and picture from the perspective of psychology,
physiology and technology. Next part focuses on subjectivity in film itself. The aim
of the remaining parts is to deal with subjectivisation of film sound, definition
of Point of Audition (POA) term, analyzing categories of POA and the use of POA
in the selection of films. Finally, a creative expression of POA is described
and discussed. The analysis is accompanied by a DVD with clips.
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Sound Design of Franco Zeffirelli's Stage-to-Film Adaptation of Hamlet
Badhan Nebeská, Jitka ; KUDLÁČ, Jakub (advisor) ; ČENĚK, Jan (referee)
Franco Zeffirelli (born in 1923) is a renowned director of operas and successful stage-to-film adaptations of William Shakespeare's plays - namely Taming of the Shrew (1967), Romeo and Juliet (1968) and Hamlet (1990). Detailed analysis of the last mentioned film - from the point of view of its film structure and sound design - constitutes the base part of the text. The next one devotes to particular elements of stage-to-film passage; there is also a reflection about the import of stage-to-film adaptation as a dramatic form and about the mutual contribution of film art and dramatic art.
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"Give me the ears to see"
Lapčík, Radim ; KUDLÁČ, Jakub (advisor) ; ČENĚK, Jan (referee)
In the field of sound theory, this is mostly a pedagogical work. It deals with sound classification in the audiovisual context, describing and comparing three existing views on this topic. Furthermore, it explores the shadow areas of sound classification and explains the related phenomena with knowledge borrowed from other disciplines.
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Sound in feature films without speech
Klusák, Martin ; ČENĚK, Jan (advisor) ; KŘÍŽ, Jiří (referee)
The main goal of this thesis is to describe the unofficial genre of films without speech and to analyze principles of the use of sound and film language in such films.
Initial chapters speak generally about the phenomenon of feature nonverbal cinema with the focus on its historical development and general film language.
The middle part presents, and briefly describes chosen films without speech, and suggests their sorting into sub-genres.
The last, vastest part of the work, is an analytic study of various approaches to reduce speech generally throughout film. This part leads into the final theoretical description of soundtrack in films without speech.
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Usage of sound distortion in film sound dramaturgy
Richtr, Jan ; MELCHER, Jiří (advisor) ; ČENĚK, Jan (referee)
This thesis deals with the phenomenon of sound distortion and its use in the film sound dramaturgy. With introductory historical excursus examines the genesis of its creation and transformation of perception of distortion in the context of world cinema. The next section shows on specific examples, the role of distortion in film aesthetics. It demonstrates its usage given either by technical capabilities or aesthetic intentions of the individual authors. The goal of this thesis is to outline the phenomenon of sound distortion, linked to recording and reproduction chain. It shows how initially unintended later intentional presence of this sound component affects film aesthetics and dramaturgy.
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Sound Design: Walter Murch
Broum, Ivo ; Moudrý, Jiří (advisor) ; Čeněk, Jan (referee)
Walter Murch is a film sound designer and editor who introduced the term "Sound
Design". His filmography is full of legendary movies such as The Godfather, Apo-
calypse Now, THX1138 etc. This text analyses the sound design of the movies he
had worked on and the work of Walter Murch in general.
Murch also invented the worldizing technology, became well known for his creative
work with film music, and was one of the pioneers of multichannel sound.
More space is dedicated to the explanation of the term Sound Design, its origins,
development and current meaning.
Video clips on the enclosed DVD demonstrate Murch`s artistic and storytelling
style.
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