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The Screen of Laughter and Remembering: Cinematography and Post-Socialist Memory
Hladík, Radim ; Dvořák, Tomáš (advisor) ; Kusá, Zuzana (referee) ; Hanáková, Petra (referee)
THE SCREEN OF LAUGHTER AND REMEMBERING Collective Memory and Representations of State Socialism in Czech Cinematography This dissertation has very little to say about state socialism. Rather, it is a work about the memory of state socialism in the post-socialist Czech Republic, about the ways in which state socialism can be remembered in the present. From the perspective of collective memory, "it is not only the ancien regime that produced revolution, but in some respect the revolution produced the ancient regime, giving it a shape, a sense of closure" (Boym 2001, xvi). And there are indeed many, often conflicted modes of remembering this particular past. Françoise Mayer, for example, has identified several distinct types of remembering the "communism" in Czech society (Mayer, 2009). And her list is by no means exhaustive. At the centre of this treatise is the Czech post-socialist cinema. My dissertation thesis was prompted by the question of how cinematic representations bear on the collective memory of state socialism in the Czech Republic. . In the first chapter, I explore how cinema represents the past in comparison to historiography. In my work, it is evident that Czech cinema does not follow the epistemological criterion of referentiality that binds historians. A more important observation - and one...
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Transformation of the Cinema Infrastructure in the Czech Republic in 1989-2009
Mohoritová, Natálie ; Chromý, Pavel (advisor) ; Hupková, Martina (referee)
The presented thesis deals with the description of the infrastructure of the cinemas and their location in the Czech Republic in the period of 1989-2009. Special attention is given to the process of transformation of filmmaking and the course of privatization of the cinema industry. The second part is devoted to the development process in terms of number of cinemas, their concentration with regard to the regions and also the distribution of particular types of the cinema within the Czech Republic. Further, two specific types of cinemas are being compared - the cinema complexes and art cinemas. Comparison is made in terms of their general location, their placement within the city and their dramaturgy. On the map attached at the end of the thesis one can see the development and concentration of cinema complexes in the area of the Czech Republic beginning with the openning of the first complex and ending in the year 2009. Key words: art cinema, cinema, cinema complex, cinema distribution, cinema localization, cultural infrastructure, transformation
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The Metropolitan Opera: Live in HD in the Prague Cinema Aero. Description and Evaluation of the Success of Marketing Activities during the First Two Seasons
Dohnalová, Kamila ; Halada, Jan (advisor) ; Dolanská, Nora (referee)
The bachelor thesis on "The Metropolitan Opera: Live in HD in the Prague Cinema Aero. Description and Evaluation of the Success of Marketing Activities during the First Two Seasons." deals with the launch of a new product in Aero art-house cinema in Prague. The Met: Live in HD - series of live transmission of opera production from The Metropolitan Opera in New York - was launched in Aero as first world-wide successful alternative content. Success of the project is closely associated with the digitalization of cinemas in the Czech Republic and abroad as well. Principles of art marketing, by which we mean all marketing activities in the field of art and culture, creation and realization's background of the Met: Live in HD and profile of Aero Cinema and Aerofilms Film Distribution Company are introduced for better understanding of the topic. The operating methods was the study of the foreign and Czech literature, the contentual analysis of documents, the media monitoring, the qualitative observation and the description of product's marketing activities correlated with the visit rate of the transmissions and publicity. The literature refers to the art marketing, the non-governmental organizations marketing, the film marketing and strategies for art cinema development.
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Cinema point
Hrůza, Jiří ; Klubalová, Pavlína (referee) ; Brzoň, Roman (advisor)
The diploma thesis solves a theater with a cafe in the town of Humpolec in the Vysočina Region. It contains complete documentation for execution, assessment in terms of fire safety and in terms of building physics. Furthermore, the proposal ventilation for cinema, foyer and cafe. There is a cinema and a cafe, which is located on the second floor. Cinema is designed with a capacity of 196 seats, of which 5 seats are reserved for people with limited mobility. Screening is provided as 2D mode and 3D projection. The café is designed for moviegoers and the general public. The café seats 36 seats. The building is designed as a two storey with dissected floor plan with rounded shapes with no sharp edges with a protruding portion of the roof of cinema, which is located on the north side of the building and has the function division of the building into individual units. The building has dimensions of 39.15 meters x 29.45 meters. The supporting structure of the building consists of reinforced concrete reinforced walls and ceilings. In the southern part of the building with rooms Foyer café is designed glass facade of the LOP. Supporting roof structure over the cinema hall is made up of wooden trusses joined punched punched plates.
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From machine to icon:car in popculture from the 60s
Rybář, Václav ; Bednařík, Petr (advisor) ; Jirák, Jan (referee)
An automobile is one of the most important phenomenons of modern technology. Since its origins, it has profoundly shaped our physical, economic, politic, social, cultural and media habitat. The objective of this Master thesis is to analyze the evolution of the role of the car in the popculture from the 60s onwards and its dimensions, with a primary focus on Anglosaxon culture, with excursions to Asia and continental Europe, primarily Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic. The core foundation of the thesis lies in the analysis of the popcultural genres, selected films, TV series, computer games and comic books. The main purpose of the thesis is to reflect upon the identity and conceptual shifts of car, going from a mere transport machine through a vehicle of product placement towards the concept of the icon, a narrative hero of popculture. The hypothesis to verify is that the car has become an essential part of the popculture itself, reflected in many various dimensions: car as a toy, car as a friend, car as a status symbol, car as a narrative extension of the hero and finally, car as a hero and subject. The thesis is divided into five separate chapters, all including case studies. Following an introduction summarizing cultural, economic and historic factors of the car industry, the first chapter describes...
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The Gallery of Brno Grand Prix
Ježková, Tereza ; Boleslavská, Yvona (referee) ; Žalmanová, Petra (advisor)
The main purpose of the diploma project is to redesign an object of the Brno Grand Prix areal. The design case study is a second step after an urban project analyses created in the pre - diploma project phase. The main aim of the diploma design studio is to produce a new impulse in the whole nearby area of the Brno Grand Prix by finding a new purpose for the city's iconic areal and creating a decent and representative place for exhibition of the extensive history of Czechoslovak Motor sport.
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Social and shopping center in Třebíč
Plecitý, Karel ; Semrád, Antonín (referee) ; Štěpánek, Ladislav (advisor)
This diploma thesis deals about plan of the building Social and shopping center in the city Třebíč and about processing of documentation for this buliding as well. The building is situated in the city area called Borovina. In the building is located multifunction cinema, café and four shops, including their rear. Part of the building containing shops has two floors. Part of the building including café and multifunction cinema is designed as a single-storey. The supporting system of the building consists of monolithic reinforced concrete frame. Infill walls of the building is made by structural system Heluz. The building is covered with flat roofs. The building is designed from traditional building materials.
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