Cultural Topography of Prague 2
| Code | Completion | Credits | Range | Language Instruction | Semester |
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| 311CTP2 | credit | 1 | 25 hours (45 min) of instruction per semester, 6 to 11 hours of self-study | English | summer |
Subject guarantor
Name of lecturer(s)
Jitka HEJTMANOVÁ
Learning outcomes of the course unit
Notion of Prague, its history and presence. Cultural insight. Learning more about potential shooting locations.
Mode of study
5 Prague tours per semester (from 9:30 a.m. till 2 p.m.):
Dates of our meetings in Spring:
Friday, March 10
Friday, March 17
Friday, March 31
Friday, April 4
Friday, April 21
Friday, April 28 (make-up class in case one of the previous is cancelled)
Students are informed by e-mail two days prior the tour about the meeting point and about the program.
Prerequisites and co-requisites
Basic knowledge of European history, awareness of WWI and WWII, familiarity with the history of the region since WWII. We will start the course with a short recap anyway.
Course contents
Students with the teacher’s guidance reveal the essence of the famous city and the culture that has formed it over the centuries to this day. They will leave the beaten daily paths to explore the urban jungle textbook of modern times in Central Europe. Gothic Prague, Renaissance Prague, Baroque Prague, Prague that tore down its walls to give rise to new settlements and finally Prague so remote that its inhabitants journey to see Charles Bridge.
From the structure of the city we move on to its particularities - houses, parks, events and suburbs, often neglected and falling apart.
Within one semester (two in total if students attend both the autumn and spring term courses) students may try to read the city and its structure to grasp the historical and social background of it as well as discover important artists/galleries.
Getting to know Prague in its variability helps students with location scouting for one's projects.
Recommended or required reading
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Assessment methods and criteria
Students are asked to take photographs during our tours and prepare a final visual-textual report on either one tour or the one semester of tours. Final reports are expected to be sent via e-mail to jitka.hejtmanova@famu.cz in ideally .pdf version or as downloadable web link. (I keep your works).
Note
Please get ready for a healthy dose of walking in any weather.
Have some money on you. We will need some refreshments at the end of each tour:-)
Please have a valid public transport card.
Read your FAMU assigned e-mail account, I am going to contact you this way.
Further information
This course is an elective for all AMU students
Schedule for winter semester 2022/2023:
The schedule has not yet been prepared
Schedule for summer semester 2022/2023:
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| Date | Day | Time | Tutor | Location | Notes | No. of paralel |
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| Fri | 09:30–13:00 | Jitka HEJTMANOVÁ | exact dates TBS | lecture parallel1 |
The subject is a part of the following study plans
- Academy Preparation Program - Cinematography (optional subject)
- Academy Preparation Program - Animated Film (optional subject)
- Academy Preparation Program - Directing (optional subject)
- Academy Preparation Program - Documentary (optional subject)
- Academy Preparation Program - Editing (optional subject)
- Academy Preparation Program - Photography (optional subject)
- Academy Preparation Program - Screenwriting (optional subject)
- Academy Preparation Program - Sound (optional subject)
- Production Team Studies (optional subject)