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Mockument
Gradovová, Irina ; KUBICA, Petr (advisor) ; ŠERÝ, Ladislav (referee)
Thesis The Mockumentary is dedicated to the issues of questioning credibility of audio and video messages broadcasted through audiovisual media. Mockuments are trying, through the methods of documentary and fictitous content, to uncover manipulative approach of audiovisual products and they are often mocking documentary itself. The represantation of reality is the most important common issue of the documentary and the mockumentary. Mockuments are questioning the credibility of archival materials as the source of truth about past or any materials which try to act as unprejudiced evidence of the reality. For the appreciatation of the mockument is necessary to have a spectator acquanted with historical, cultural and political context of the piece, the spectator which is capable to uncover its hidden content more tightly allied with the reality than with the fiction.
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Travel Documentary and Travel Show
Potočný, Tomáš ; KUBICA, Petr (advisor) ; GOGOLA, Jan (referee)
This master thesis deals with travel documentaries. It presents the genre's basic definitions and briefly describes its history from the beginning of cinematography up to now, with a special focus on current Czech and foreign TV series. Filming and post-production dramaturgical rules and production limits are described in the case study of television series Na cestě, and their resulting impact on the show's traits is analyzed. The outcomes of television rating and viewer satisfaction measurements are also dealt with; moreover, based on the available data, a viewer profile is outlined, attempting to deduce what his visions and expectations are. As a contrast with TV production, the paper includes two creative documentaries, which characteristics also fit the travel genre: Notebook from China, by Danish director Jorgen Leth, and Šimon Špidla's Into Oblivion. The study compares their style and ways of narration, draws a comparison with series' features, and aims to answer whether or not the conditions of TV series production enable creative travel filmmaking.
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Music ducoments of US and English scene
Maletzová, Soňa ; RŮŽIČKOVÁ, Alice (advisor) ; Kovarík, Martin (referee)
This research study deals with the anglo-saxon music documentary phenomenom. In the first part the direct cinema films from the sixties are explored, namely Don?t Look Back, Eat The Document and Gimme Shelter, in the second part contemporary music documentaries are analysed, namely I Am Trying To Break Your Heart and DiG!. The study explores style, substance, circumstances surrounding their creation, context and legacy of the films.
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Theatrical Distribution of Czech Feature Documentary Films
Kubečková, Pavla ; HORSKÁ, Tereza (advisor) ; DANIELIS, Aleš (referee)
This thesis aims to describe the current theatrical distribution capabilities of Czech documentary films in cinemas. The starting point is the description of the model of a theatrical distribution on the Czech market and also collected facts and statistics about the attendance of documentaries in cinemas in the period of the years 2000-2013. These are used for subsequent consideration of the potential of documentary films in cinemas, on the possible benefits of film festivals on the way of the film to the audience and also on which films are suitable for distribution in cinemas. The work also includes a case study and comparison of the distribution of two documentary films that were shown in the Czech cinemas in 2013. The aim is to reflect on the current situation and to find ways to improve the position of documentary films in the context of theatrical distribution. Another objective is to outline future prospects.
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Method of Errol Morris
Portel, Viktor ; KUBICA, Petr (advisor) ; RŮŽIČKOVÁ, Alice (referee)
The paper the Method of Errol Morris concerns itself with the inspirational approaches of this American director used when making films based on interviews. It reflects the traditions which inspired Errol Morris and uses specific examples from his films to present the inspirational moments of his work. Those are two - the unique method of recording "talking heads" with the aid of a device known as the Interrotron, and the similarly interesting form of director's cuts of the statements thus procured.
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Deception of people who appear in documentary films
Abramjan, Andran ; RŮŽIČKOVÁ, Alice (advisor) ; KLUSÁK, Vít (referee)
The thesis aims on how deception of people, who appear in documentaries, helps to reveal knowledge and issues, and how epistemic and dramatic potential of deception is handled by filmmakers. The epistemic aspect is discussed on the case of Milgram Obedience experiment and the dramatic one on the case of television entertainment (Candid Camera, Derren Brown: The Experiments). Four feature-length documentaries (The Advertisement, Czech Dream, The Yes Men Fix the World, The Ambassador) are then analysed, regarding the relation of both of the aspects of deception, as well as the information value of the films, language of film and limits caused by individual approaches. The question of ethics is discussed in the end.
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Trans narrative
Machajová, Dana ; BENDOVÁ, Helena (advisor) ; POSPISZYL, Tomáš (referee)
In my thesis I compare various trans* representations in fiction films, documentary films, TV series and video journals on the internet. I assume, that projections of trans* people differ in stories they tell, depending on media in which they are constructed. Most of the visible trans* stories in media are "being reborn to the right body testimonies (in opposition to the wrong body given at birth)". This is connected to the legislative rules one must follow if he/she wants to have his/her gender reassigned. Trans* activists in global context take steps closer to legislative changes that lead to bigger tolerance and freedom of gender expression. In analysis of characters of seven fiction films, three TV series, four documentaries, one reality show and work of three trans* video bloggers, I demonstrate, that the representation of trans* identities in mainstream media space is reductive and works within strict rules. These rules relate to pathological default setting of the trans* status. On the other hand, the more authentic the material is, the wider variety of stories we see..
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