The latvian academy of culture

BA STUDY PROGRAMME

TV and Video Cameramen

B

Compulsory (Choice possible)	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	CXIII.Hours	Credit points	CXIV.Lecturer
The Fundamentals of the Photography	32:2 T	32:2 E						64	4	CXV.Lect. M.Kundziņš
Film Technology	16:1 E	32:2 E	32:2 T					80	5	CXVI.Ass. Prof. J.Milbrets
The Fundamentals of Composition	32:2 T	32:2 E						64	4	Lect. Ē. .Zalcmane
The Specific Features of the TV	64:4 E	64:4 E	64:4 E	64:4 E	64:4 E	64:4 E	64:4 E	448	28	Ass. Prof. M. Kanaviņš, Ass. Prof. A.Indriksons
TV Technologies	16:1 T	32:2 E	32:2 E	32:2 E				112	7	Ass. Prof. A. Ragovskis
Stage Design					32:2 T			32	2	Lect.I. Romānova
Copyright						32:2 E		32	2	Lect.I.Veikša
The Study of Colours						32:2 E	32:2E	64	4	Prof.K.Zalcmanis
The Fundamentals of Drama	32:2 T							32	2	Lect. L.Gundars
TV Journalism for Operators			32:2T	32:2 E				64	4	CXVII.Lect.A.Šēnbergs
Camerawork in a Staging					32:2 T	32: 2 E		64	4	Lect.Gorodecka
The Fundamentals of Film Direction for Operators				64:4 E				64	4	Prof.A.Epners
Editing			32: 2 E					32	2	Prof. A.Epners
The History of Latvian Art				32:2 T	32:2 E			64	4	Ass. Prof. T.Suta, Ass. Prof. M.Lapiņa
The History of World Music					48:3 T	48: 3 E		96	6	Prof.P.Dambis
Practical Seminar on Camerawork							64:2 I	64	2	Guest lecturer
Practical work	6 h	18h	15h	12h	12h	6 h		69
Annual Paper				2		4			6
BA Paper									10
Total	12	12	12	16	13	17	8		100

TV and Video Cameramen

C

Choice	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Hours	Credit points	Lecturer
The philosophy of the 20^th Century							32:2E	32	2	Prof.P.Laķis
Film Watching								6 terms	6
Cinema – Video Direction			30:1	30:1	30:1	30:1		120	4	Prof. A.Epners
TV Journalism			32:2T	32:2E				64	4	Lect.D.Dūze
Total			3	3	1	1	2		16

BA STUDY PROGRAMME Part A

Description of the Study Course

The Name of the Course: The History of the World Cinema: TheHistory of the Latvian Cinema.
The Scope of the Course: 64 academic hours (50 hours of lectures, 14 hours of seminars)

4 credit points

The type of assessment –an examination
The Authors of the Course: Lecturer Inga Pērkone, MA, lecturer Agris Redovičs
Preconditions for the Acquisition of the Course: Prior knowledge in the history of the world culture and cinema. Proficiency in foreign languages.
The Scope of the Course: The course characterizes the development of the Latvian cinema, introduces the trends of the national cinematography, films and their producers.
The Thematic Planning:

Theme	Week	Type of classes and hours
1. The Cinema in the territory of Latvia before World War I.	1.	L2;L2
2. The Formation of national cinematography in the 1920’ies. Newsreels, culture films, actor films. The film Lāčplēsis.	2.	L2, S2
3. The film policies and the repertoire in Latvia in between the wars. The appearance of the sound cinema. Eduards Kraucs.	3.	L2;L2
4. The cinema a state monopoly in the 1930’ies. The film Zvejnieka dēls.	4.	L2;S2
5. The Cinema in Latvia during 1940 – 1945.	5.	L2; L2
6. The Latvian cinema in exile	6.	L2;L2
7. The Cinema in Latvia before the year 1955. The system of the cinema. The film Rainis.	7.	L2;L2
8. The Latvian actor film and its producers in the 1950’ies – the 1960’ies. Leonīds Leimanis.	8.	L2,S2
9. The documentary cinema of the sixties. A. Freimanis, I. Seleckis, U. Brauns, H. Franks, G. Piesis.	9.	L2,S2
10. Latvian cameramen.	10.	L2;L2
11. The cinema from 1970 to 1990. The cinema repertoire. Film critics. Actor films and their producers.	11.,12.	L2;L2;L2;S2
12. The documentary film and its producers from 1970 to 1990. Telefilma – Rīga.	13.;14.	L2;L2;L2;S2
13. The Latvian animation cinema. Puppet films. Animated cartoon.	15.	L2;L2
16. The Latvian films after regaining the State independence. The system of the cinema. Films and their producers.	16.	L2;S2