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Million Dollar Baby and American sniper
Jelínek, Martin ; ŠERÝ, Ladislav (advisor) ; Poláček, Vít (referee)
This diploma thesis analyses two films by Clint Eastwood Million Dollar Baby and
American Sniper. Its focus is aimed at the formal storytelling aspects, structure of
the storyline and plot devices in the screenplays. The first film is an example of
misusing these plot devices; the theme being euthanasia remains irrelevant from
the viewers perspective although it was meant to resonate strongly at first.
Analysis of the second film shows us the discrepancy of what the film "wanted" to
be and the actual message it implicitly presents to the audience. Instead of being
an objective reflection of the real events (in this case the war in Iraq) it is on
purpose misleading in presenting of commonly known facts and hence it becomes
propaganda. The analysis of the storytelling devices in this thesis can be also
applied on different films and cinema in general.
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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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The Language of Minimalism in Script of the Film and Film "The Son" by Brothers Dardenne
Poláček, Vít ; Mravcová, Marie (advisor) ; Vajchr, Marek (referee)
Summary of bachelor thesis
In the year 2002 new film called Le Fils (The Son) realized by brother duo Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne was presented in competition of Cannes Film Festival. The aim of this thesis is description of dramaturgical conception of this film, its interpretation and comparison of original script with the final form of the film. Additional scope is how this script was written, what it was influenced by, and why it is built the way it is. Moreover, subject of this contribution is the style of Dardenne brothers as film minimalism and the question what kind of minimalism can be found in history of music, in fine art, and in literature. And is it correct at all to call the style of these filmmakers from Belgium as minimalism?
The bachelor thesis is supported by translation of original script which is in supplement.
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Magic world. The territory, time and people of the story of childhood in the family of Prince Johann Schönburg-Hartenstein
POLÁČEK, Vít
Italian writer and nobleman Giuseppe di Lampedusa wrote significantly in his memoirs, that he wanted to describe the space of his childhood and people of which he was surrounded. How would the territory, time and people look like in the stories of eight children of last Austro-Hungarian ambassador by the Holy See, the prince Johann Schönburg-Hartenstein? What places formed their view of the world? How did their time flow? What people influenced them and what kinds of education methods were used in an aristocratic family on the end of the 19th century and in the first half of the 20th century? This thesis is attempting on untraditional view on history of childhood in aristocracy through the point of view of their children. There are used various sources like memoirs, correspondence, but also childish drawings or narration of the youngest daughter of Prince Johann Schönburg-Hartenstein, Sophie Carillo. For the education of noble children, there was typical to live in history, the care of tutors and governesses, bringing up to duties, the veneration of old traditions or periodical travelling. The thesis is using the knowledge of psychology for the reconstruction of motivations, relationships between brothers and sister, but also directly each person in the family, their dream worlds and games?
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