Chapters from the History of Film Editing 1

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Martin ČIHÁK

Name of lecturer(s)

Martin ČIHÁK

Department

The subject provides Department of Editing

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An Intersection of Montage & Humanities

Course Description:

Through exposure to a variety of readings, manifestos and screenings across the different

disciplines of humanities, students will immerse themselves in the interdisciplinary

possibility of film and specifically montage. Students will engage in stimulating

discussions that would broaden their horizons in understanding the potential of film. The

course also expands on the application of this intersection of montage and humanities on

their daily practical work and as a potential application to their theses. Group

presentations, screenings and writing exercises prepare students to acquire a deeper

analytical level.

Course Expectations:

● Students will collaborate with their classmates to research, and analyze the montage of a

short film in their midterm presentation.

● Students are expected to actively participate in class discussions and group presentations.

● Students are encouraged to show their work in progress to the class for feedback

Outcomes:

● Acquired skills to analyze technically and aesthetically short films.

● Understanding of how short films craft their stories.

● Enhanced critical thinking and visual literacy skills.

● Grasp over the film industry, specifically in the short films’ circuit.

Ressources:

https://www.locarnofestival.ch/media/vod/locarno-shorts-weeks.html

https://www.aflamuna.online/en/

Readings:

Reading assignments will be made available before the class.

Excerpts from: https://leidenshorts.nl/leiden-shorts/rewatch-reread/

Readings are attached to each week’s coursework.

Evaluation:

Professionalism and participation: 50%

Student Presentation: 50%

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Total: 100%

If a student fails to attend 60% of the classes they will have to submit a 500 word written essay

to be delivered on the final day of classes to margueritefarag@gmail.com

Please note that changes in the schedule, screenings, or readings are possible.

Class 1 - 15.02: Semiotics and Film

Class introduction and going over the syllabus

Screening:

• The Lamb of God (Fiction)

David Pinheiro Vicente, 15 min. Portugal, France, 202

• Warsha (Fiction)

Dania Bdeir, 15 min. Lebanon, 2022

Reading: Roberge, Gaston. A Contribution of Linguistics to Film Study: Metz’ Large

Syntagmatic.Web.

→ Announcement and distribution of the presentations

Class 2 - 22.02: Public Policy and Impact Campaigns

Field Trip: Kino Palestine at Display Gallery

Guest Speaker: Zaher Jureidini

Class 3 - 29.02: Ethnography, Direct Cinema, and Cinéma Verité

Reading: Maysles, Albert. The Documentary Manifesto. web

Screening:

• Excerpts from Albert & David Maysles’ Salesman, 1969.
• Excerpts from Jean Rouch’s Chronicle of a Summer, 1961 & Les maîtres fous, 1955.
• Taste of Orange (Documentary)

Minami Iizuka, 25 min. Czech Republic, 2023

Guest Speaker: Minami Iizuka

Class 4 - 07.03: Politics and Godard

Screening:

• British Sounds (Documentary)

Jean-Henri Roger & Jean-Luc Godard, 52 min, France & UK, 1968

• Ici et Ailleurs (Documentary)

Jean-Luc Godard & Anne-Marie Miéville, 53 min, France, 1976

Reading: Godard. Jean-Luc, What is to be done? Afterimage n°1, April 1970.Web

Class 5 - 14.03: Decolonial Editing and Deleuze’s Minor Cinema

Screening:

• Cairo as Seen by Chahine (Docu-fiction)

Youssef Chahine, 23 min. Egypt, 1991

• Excerpts from Youssef Chahine’s Alexandria Trilogy

Reading: Deleuze, Gilles. Cinema 2: The Time - Image. University of Minnesota Press

Minneapolis, 1997. pp. 215-224

Khouri, Malek. The Arab National Project in Youssef Chahine’s Cinema. The American

University in Cairo Press, 2009. pp.161-163.

Class 6 - 21.03: Film & Music

Screening:

• Excerpts from Jack Hazan & David Mingay’s Rude Boy, 1980.
• Excerpts from Don Letts’ The Punk Rock Movie, 1978.

Reading: Thompson, Stacy. Punk Cinema, Cinema Journal, Vol. 43, No. 2 (Winter, 2004), pp.

47-66

Class 7 - 04.04: Students’ Presentations

In this class, students who didn’t present yet will have the opportunity to do so.

Learning outcomes

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Prerequisites and other requirements

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It is not possible to register for the course 306KDSS1 and for the course 306KDSS in the same semester.

It is not possible to register for the course 306KDSS1 and for the course 306KDSS2 in the same semester.

It is not possible to register for the course 306KDSS1 and for the course 306KDSS3 in the same semester.

Literature

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Evaluation methods and criteria

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Note

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Schedule for winter semester 2024/2025:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2024/2025:

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The subject is a part of the following study plans

• Academy Preparation Program - Cinematography (Elective subjects)
• Academy Preparation Program - Animated Film (Elective subjects)
• Academy Preparation Program - Directing (Elective subjects)
• Academy Preparation Program - Documentary (Elective subjects)
• Academy Preparation Program - Editing (Elective subjects)
• Academy Preparation Program - Photography (Elective subjects)
• Academy Preparation Program - Screenwriting (Elective subjects)
• Academy Preparation Program - Sound (Elective subjects)