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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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BIRTH AND IMPORTANCE OF THE DANCE PHENOMENON IN THE „CINE DE CABARETERAS“ WITHIN MEXICAN CINEMA
Garduňo, Rolando ; ČIHÁK, Martin (advisor) ; ČENĚK, David (referee)
Within the Mexican cinematography, exists a sub-genre type called cabaret, cabaret dancers or brothels cinema; this thesis seeks to do a revaluation of this sub-genre through analysis of its films, concentrating primarily in deeper understanding of the use filmmakers give to music and dance as part of film´s language. Since these narratives borrow elements of film noir and conjugate with extravagant and monumental dance scenes, giving origin to a particular aesthetic that is not possible to appreciate in any other cinematographic genre.
In spite of its short period of life –approximately eight years – it counts with a broad repertoire that includes more that fifty titles; since this study is not of monographic nature, a selection of film work was required which does not necessarily mean an anthology of the sub-genre; in some cases its importance resides in the contribution provided in the development and evolution of such and in others, the specific way in which dance was used.
Lastly another aspect that has been considered during the elaboration this work, is the breaking point that the cabaret cinema represents in the history of mexican cinematography that consists in a change of tendency in the productions of that period, in addition to the vast influence, up until today, that these films have in mexican‘s identities or better yet in their sentimental education.
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Landscape in Kelly Reichardt's movies
Jirásek, Jakub ; PAVLÍČEK, Tomáš (advisor) ; RAMPAL DZURENKO, Viktória (referee)
This thesis describes the work and inspiration of one of the most significant directors of the American contemporary independent cinema, Kelly Reichardt. The objective is to acquaint the reader with her work, especially with the use of landscape in her movies.
The analysis is provided on Wendy and Lucy, Meek’s Cutoff and Certain Women. These movies have been chosen to represent the most important parts of Reichardt’s career.
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Director of photography and his objectives
Adam, Daniel ; KOBLOVSKÝ, Petr (advisor) ; MACÁK, Jiří (referee)
The main purpose of this thesis is to focus on methods and potentials of a director of photography when working on a feature. It tries to define cinematographer's tools and approaches in the course of making a fiction film from early pre-production to final postproduction. It contemplates the role of movie photography and how it effects the overall movie quality.
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Pornography in french art cinema
Hrnčířová, Agáta ; BENDOVÁ, Helena (advisor) ; VLACH, Jiří (referee)
This paper discusses pornography in French artistic cinema. It firstly defines the term pornography and presents how it is perceived in this work. Furthermore, this work describes the history of pornographic films and contemporary film genres in France. The objective is the creation of a case study of three contemporary French films which have pornographic aspects. The accent is placed on the analysis of sexual scenes. The last part of this work reflects the influence of sexual explicitness on the reception of the films by critics and on the work of the producers and distributors.
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Have you heard (of) it?
Lapčík, Radim ; KUDLÁČ, Jakub (advisor) ; BAGDASAROV, Georgy (referee)
The goal of this work is to popularize certain sound theory issues (e.g. storytelling, interactivity/immersion, sound/image perspective, semiotics). It deals with the basic sound/image and diegetic/extradiegetic relations, compiling the works of various sound theoreticians. Despite being focused on narrative film, it discusses specific features of four most common semi-narrative genres and gives a hint of sound/image relations in non-narrative and interactive audiovisual media.
Apart from the sound/image/diegesis relations, this work briefly explains the synchresis phenomenon and the meaning of tight or loose sound/image synchronicity for tampering with the perspective and perception of the filmic time and space.
The appendices contain some information concerning related themes – a short combinatorics column, a column explaining the three basic sound planes, the use of sound as a signifier and a longer quotation of Michel Chion’s article on rendered sound.
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Film in the 1940s - 1960s in the USA and Czechoslovakia
Matějíčková, Simona ; Vít, Radek (advisor) ; Morgan, Craig Alan (referee)
This work deals with films made in the 1940s - 1960s in Czechoslovakia and the USA. It is concerned with the historic events during this period of time. Moreover, it describes the political background in the USA and Czechoslovakia at that time in order to find out if it influenced the film industry. This thesis focuses on a brief description of film genres during the 1940s - 1960s. Furthermore, it mentions the most famous actors, actresses and directors who became symbols of their time and it also provides research in form of a questionnaire which shows if university students are interested in the films from this period of time. Key words: film industry, 1940s - 1960s, actors, directors, history, the USA, Czechoslovakia, genres of films.
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