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Light like a dramatic expression tool in cinematography
Pavelek, Tomáš ; ŠPELDA, Josef (advisor) ; MACÁK, Jiří (referee)
This thesis focuses on the importance of light as one of the main aspects of filmmaking and as a main tool for creation of atmosphere in cinematography.
I mention some expressive cinematographer's styles in the history of cinematography and how different the work with light was in the context of the era.
I focus on realistic and logical way of work with light and on technical and technological cinematographer's tools
which enable this work and help him to create the light atmospheres and support the script to be perfectly visually translated.
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Means of expression in film noir and their use in the following development of world cinematography
Pospíšil, Petr ; SMUTNÝ, Vladimír (advisor) ; MACÁK, Jiří (referee)
This thesis describes the origins of film-noir genre, historical context of classic noir era as well as the influence of its film predecessors, emphasising the tradition of german expressionism. Each single aspect creating the characteristic film-noir look is analysed and described in detail, and illustrated using film stills containing such aspect. Following text summarises reasons and circumstances of the end of this classic era. The second part of my thesis is dedicated to the utilization of this noir aspects in later films all the way up to the present times. This part is also supplemented with practical examples of these elemets being used.
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Darkness as a Metaphor in Film Noir
Chromčáková, Petra ; Hájek, Václav (advisor) ; Řehořová, Irena (referee)
The thesis Darkness as a Metaphor in Film Noir explores the theme of darkness in film noir. Darkness is not merely formal, but also metaphorical communication vehicle, which works as a semantic framework and therefore when "reading" interpretive efforts have to be expended. In question of theory the thesis is based on Paul Ricoeur's living metaphor that transmute existing meanings and causes interpretive activities, as well as on conceptualization of the text openness towards the recipient, which is represented by theories of Roman Ingarden's places of indeterminacy, Wolfgang Iser's gaps, and Umberto Eco's open work. The hypothesis is the presumption that film noir can be understood in a way that it brings to viewers a change of perception, or a new visual experience, which was not present in cinema until then and which leads to the perception of "third sense". The thesis provides analyses of film noir movies and highlights their specific narrative and stylistic elements. The research also refers to the history of darkness in visual culture, while asking whether the traditional stereotypes can be separated from the inevitable sensual experience.
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Trains in Film Noir
Veljanoski, Antonio ; DOMINKOVÁ, Petra (advisor) ; DOLENSKÝ, Martin (referee)
In this Bachelor's thesis, I will pay attention to the specific use of trains and train stations in the specific film era of film noir. My goal is to analyze the various aspects of the use of trains in this film era and partly its predecessors. Actually this Bachelor's thesis will be oriented to the dramaturgical use of film language from sound dramaturgy until the work with mise en scène. I must note that I will focus on a couple of films that are different than the others and have their own specific features that are authentic, analyzing every film noir example in which trains appear is not my goal. Mostly I will analyze its function in various cases. Some of the films will be just named and explained why they are on this list. In that way I would like to show more of this topic.
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