The thesis "Play and Layers of Playing in Animation" attempts to identify where in the world of animation we meet the phenomenon of a play and which kinds of forms it could have. We answer to this question through the analysis of the first film of the series "Pojďme pane, budeme si hrát" by Břetislav Pojar, "Potkali se u Kolína" and we discuss its general validity.

The aim of this thesis is to find common rules for making a film about a character, who can be called ?bad? from a regular moral point of view, to make the audience follow empathize and identify with him. And as a consequence make a successful film.

Cílem této diplomové práce je objasnit a lépe pochopit opakující se témata a symboly v hudebním průmyslu, která jsou chápána jako zlo a která jsou běžně spojována s nechvalně známým tajným společenstvím: Ilumináti. Dopad těchto témat a symbolů na podvědomí jejich diváků je významný. Toto umožňuje lépe pochopit budoucnost amerického hudebního průmyslu, který nemalou měrou ovlivňuje budoucnost společnosti. Práce začíná stručným popisem hnutí Iluminátů a jejich cílů, dále se zabývá historií použitých symbolů. Základem tohoto výzkumu je analýza několika videoklipů a záznamu živého vystoupení. Práce rozebírá jak tato videa ovlivňují veřejné mínění a náladu dvěma negativními způsoby: vštěpováním satanistické přítomnosti skrze rituály a posilováním sexuální perverze. V závěru je uvedeno množství témat a symbolů, které se opakovaně vyskytují v hudebním průmyslu, z důvodu jejich závažnosti by neměly být ignorovány. Nicméně spektrum hudebních videí, které mají tyto negativní vlivy, je vcelku široké a bylo by nad rámec jedné práce je všechny pokrýt. Tato práce si klade za cíl sloužit jako první krok v tak potřebném tématu zkoumání.

This postgraduate thesis called "Gender, Identity and Sexuality in Japanese Anime", will be dealing with the depiction and grasping of the meaning of gender, sexuality and identity and the overcoming of their traditional borderlines in Japanese anime. The meaning of the word "gender" in this thesis, is primarily referring to it's original meaning, typically used with reference to social and cultural arrangements of gender roles rather than biological differences between sexes, which is how the word "gender" is often misused. This thesis will primarily be an in-depth research of the diverse interpretation of gender, sexuality and identity in Japanese animated film from an anthropological point of view, incorporating history, tradition and social development in Japan, ranging from its very first mythological beginnings up to present day. Japanese animated film is characterized by its broad range of genres and it's diversity, which is derived not only from the richness of its own unique culture and way of thinking, but also by adopting western concepts, which are then moulded together and joined in a new original form. This manner of adopting certain aspects from other cultures and their uniting with Japanese tradition and culture created a rich fertile ground for growth of new concepts of gender, sexuality and identity. It is also thanks to this aspect, that Japanese anime has obtained a huge enthusiastic and devoted fan base all around the world. The aim of this thesis is to illuminate the background of the emergence of different concepts of gender, sexuality and identity in Japanese anime and to point out these aspects in individual film and series productions, which best depict these different concepts.

Cílem této práce je pokusit se zauvažovat o složitém procesu podání barev při filmové výrobě z pohledu kameramana a obajsnit tím význam barev v souvislosti s kameramanskou profesí a ustanovením oboru kameramanství jako jedné z podob umělecké formy.

My research focuses on complexities of film noir which stems from two ancient genres: danse macabre and revenant stories.

Importance of everyday life in construction of new film worlds on examples of Czechoslovak movies about 19th Century explores what everyday life actually means and how it is used. It analyses the different layers of everyday life in the movies Divá Bára (1949), Babička (1971) and Tisícročná včela (1983).

In film, the term “prologue” nowadays denotes almost everything that appears before the opening credits. The meaning of this word is not fixed. This thesis does not define the “prologue” phenomenon and does not wish to describe it in the historical context of art spheres. It deals with the opening scenes at the beginning of a film before the onset of the actual composition of the main story and addresses their functions in the entire dramaturgic structure of the work. To facilitate the apprehension and description of “prologue”, the thesis attempts to generalise the term and classify it into several groups according to defined criteria. It does not set itself the objective of forming a definition but of analysing the dramaturgic structure of a conventionally understood term “prologue” and initiating a discussion on all fronts of the film-making profession about this tool that can do more than just touching up the first few minutes of a film.

The purpose of this thesis is to define the term ,,magical realism“ and reveal its main features. Based on that I choose four films that differ both in time and place of origin but share common magickorealistic tendency. The most important aspect of this research is the approach to representation of the nature and natural elements in these movies.

Abstract The thesis Internal film logic analyzes the processes by which an audience is guided through visual signs. Film is conceived here as a type of communication. The text explores processes and relationships in the author-artwork-audience axis, and offers a terminological apparatus to philosophically work with basic questions regarding creative intention. The purpose of this work is to lead the reader-cinematographer towards awareness of organic structures within film alongside the commonly utilized technical frameworks. If an author can conceive of film as a communication process, then a film can come to life as a „dialogue“: to direct audience's thought paths, provoke their intellectual capabilities, and enliven their experiences against their expectations.