Ludvík Baran, Jaromír Šofr, Marek Jícha, Daniel Souček
Czech Cinematographer School100 Years from the Foundation of the Club of Czechoslovak Fil Photographers
Czech Society of Cinematographers published this book on the occasion of
a 100 year anniversary of its existence.It hopes to show the origin and
foundation of a cinematographer's work from the point of view of Czech
cinematographers themselves, introduce it in a historical overview
ranging from the technical aspects to ethics, as it develops into a
full-fledged artistic discipline. The base of the book is a dissertation
by Daniel Souček about the founders and pioneers of Czech moviemaking.
Why can the work of Czech cinematographers be called a style or a school
and what exactly those words mean is what this book tries to explain.
Contents:
Salutation of Czech Cinematographers
Introduction - Marek Jicha
Camera is a Partner - Daniel Souček
Film Photography - Daniel Souček
Czech Cinematographer School - Daniel Souček
A New Methodology of the Term Czech Cinematographer School
Esthetic Features of the Czech Cinematographer School
Landscape as Captured Poetry of Reality
Love for the Beauty of Prague
Influenced by the Avant-garde
Looking for the Founders of the Czech Cinematographer School - Daniel Souček
The First Generation Czech Cinematographers from the Beginnings until 1929
Sound Film - Ludvík Baran
The Second Generation from 1929 until the End of World War II in 1945
Nationalised Cinematography - Ludvík Baran
The Third Generation from 1945 to the Early Sixties
New Wave - Ludvík Baran
The Fourth Generation of Cinematographers Actively Working in the Period from the Early Sixties to the Beginning of the So-called Normalization
Normalization - Ludvík Baran
The Fifth Generation from 1968 to 1989
The Onset of Democracy and the Collapse of the Film Industry - Marek Jícha
The Sixth Generation from 1989 to 2010
Digital Media Chaos Period - Daniel Souček
The Seventh Generation from 2010 to the Present
Creative Space: Vertical and Horizontal Evaluation - Marek Jícha
A Short Excursion into the History of ACK - Ludvík Baran, Jaromír Šofl, Marek Jícha, Daniel Souček
Film Image, Essence, Development and Possibilities - Jaromír Šofl
The Ethics of the Cinematographer's profession as a Living Attribute towards Both the Past and the Future - Marek Jícha
Conclusion - Declaration on the Czech Cinematographer School - Marek Jícha
Appendices - Photogallery of Cinematographers
Notes
Index of Cinematographers
Photographic Sources
Czech Society of Cinematographers, Prague 2020, 300 x 220 mm, 374 pages, bilingual - Czech and English, ISBN 978-80-907866-0-8