Diplomové práce / Master's theses

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Procházet Diplomové práce / Master's theses podle vedoucí "HUDAC, Nicholas David"

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  • Characters and Relationships through Food and Drink in Indian Cinema
    Naik, Barkha
    (Akademie múzických umění v Praze.Filmová a televizní fakulta, 2023)
    Datum obhajoby: 2023-06-09
    In India, an image of a person or persons eating can reveal significant information about their identity, their emotional status and the nuances of their relationships. This dissertation attempts to understand the different ways in which food, drink and associated practices, traditions, rituals, beliefs and behaviours are used in Indian films to depict identities like caste, class, community, religion, gender, and beliefs of characters, their emotions and the dynamics of their relationships. The thesis will analyse how Indian filmmakers use camera angles and movement, shot sizes, colour, props, lighting, performances, music and other filmmaking tools to convey this information in “food scenes”.
  • Constructing Meaning: Metaphorical Frameworks in Cinema
    Rios Rodriguez, Victor Alejandro
    (Akademie múzických umění v Praze.Filmová a televizní fakulta, 2024)
    Datum obhajoby: 2024-06-13
    This thesis investigates how metaphor contributes to the thematic depth and viewer's understanding of cinema through a mixed methodology based on Aristotle's definition of metaphor. The study focuses on motion pictures by Hayao Miyazaki, Andrei Tarkovsky, and Béla Tarr concerning metaphorical concepts from Paul Ricoeur, theories of unconscious and dreams from Carl Jung, and interpretation of space by Gaston Bachelard. The results reveal that metaphor in cinema functions beyond semantic or systematic ornamentation. Metaphor is a transformative tool during the creative process, beginning with the filmmaker's preceding observation. Then, the viewer experiences metaphor through the perception of time and space within a film. As a result, new and broader meanings emerge as a moment of exchange between the filmmaker and the audience.
  • Mythical Films of Theo Angelopoulos:
    Yang, Xueni
    (Akademie múzických umění v Praze.Filmová a televizní fakulta, 2023)
    Datum obhajoby: 2023-06-09
    Theo Angelopoulos establishes his film category with his distinctive long takes and epic storytelling. His films won international recognition with a strong mythical tone created through all aspects of character, cinematography, and narration. As a filmmaker in the 21st century, Angelopoulos sets an example of retelling regional traumas to the global audience with an unconventional style. By comparing Angelopoulos’ films with Bakhtin’s Greek romance, the thesis will analyze his approach to reshaping personal stories into modern myths. The correlations between his characters, cinematography, and narrations establish a surrealistic world rooted in reality. The struggle for self-identity and the passivity of an individual become Angelopoulos' primary concern. He further amplifies and externalizes them through wide shots, the long lens, and consistently moving long takes. Compressing several historical times into one sequence shot, he blurs the boundary between reality and memory, the past and the present, consciousness and subconsciousness. Emphasizing on the expansion of time, his stories contain flexible time and space that allow more influence of chance instead of a causal effect. With these artistic choices, Angelopoulos allows more ambiguity in his films and finds the collective memory and emotions shared by the global audience. He connects and encourages his audience by providing a common dream with space to fill and imagine.
  • The Contemporary Cinema of Lou Ye
    Li, Ruqing
    (Akademie múzických umění v Praze.Filmová a televizní fakulta, 2022)
    Datum obhajoby: 2022-09-30
    Among all the Sixth Generation of Chinese directors, Lou Ye is perhaps the most unique. Lou Ye has directed 10 feature films in the past thirty years. In this thesis, I have divided his career into three decades. Of all the films made by Lou Ye, I have chosen four of them to analyze, not only because these four films are the most well-known by the Chinese audience but also because they best represent the style of Lou Ye’s films. This thesis mainly focuses on the narrative characteristics and film technique in Lou Ye’s films and also addresses the contemporary meaning of Lou Ye’s works and his influence on the new generation of Chinese directors.