Iluminace, 2006 (vol. 18), issue 3

Deep-Focus Sound: Citizen Kane and the Radio Aesthetic

Rick Altman

Iluminace 2006, 18(3):5-42  

This study examines three areas of sound in Orson Welles' Citizen Kane: the particular properties of the soundtrack, understanding the nature of radio sound, and sound conventions in relation to depth-produced images. The results of the investigation lead to new insights concerning the role of sound in the history of the depth-of-field image, the influence of radio on Citizen Kane, and the importance of this work to the development of American film. A description of the soundtrack of the Colorado sequence of Citizen Kane is included as an appendix.

"The Narrator Has Your Ear": Orson Welles, Jane Eyre, and the Cinematic Influence of Radio Aesthetics

Jay Beck

Iluminace 2006, 18(3):43-64  

An analysis of Orson Welles' radio production of Jane Eyre and a comparison with film adaptations in terms of the structuring of the relationships between voice, sound and music, a characteristic educational feature of Welles' films.

Toward a Comparative Historiography: Radio, Film, and Gramophone in Interwar Britain, Germany, and France

Charles O'Brian

Iluminace 2006, 18(3):65-77  

A study of the ways in which radio, film and the gramophone interacted in Great Britain, Germany and France in the first half of the 1930s. The influence of these interactions on the film style of the cinema of the time. The position of radio in the media field of the early 1930s. Radio broadcasting in Britain. Germany: politics and censorship. The situation in France and national differences in copyright laws.

Radiojournal and Editing in the Thirties

Jiří Hraše

Iluminace 2006, 18(3):79-98  

A study of the beginnings of radio broadcasting and the formation of the shapes of individual programs. Radio and film - mutual relationship, personal connection of some creators who worked on both radio and film. Examples of film adaptations of radio plays.

Iréna & Karel Dodal: Pioneers in Czech Animated Film

Eva Strusková

Iluminace 2006, 18(3):99-146  

The study maps the life and work of husband and wife Irena and Karel Dodal, the founders of the first Czech studio for the production of animated films in Prague, IRE-film, shows the collaboration between radio and film at the time, and provides an overview of IRE-film's production.

Looking for the Star-An Introduction to the Document

Eva Strusková

Iluminace 2006, 18(3):167-168  

A Star Wanted... Introduction to the Looking for the Star Edition. Radio band

Looking for the Star of Animated Film. Radio Show

Jindřiška Boukalová

Iluminace 2006, 18(3):169-178  

The text of the radio programme Looking for the Star of Animated Film, which is a continuation of the Dodals' previous collaboration with Radiojournal. The programme was dedicated to the IRE-film and featured Karel Dodal, Irena Dodalová and their collaborators (presumably Hermína Týrlová and the composer Fritz Kerten).

Big Pictures: Hits and their Audience. An Interview with Peter Krämer

Pavel Skopal

Iluminace 2006, 18(3):147-165  

An interview with Peter Krämer about his work at the Department of Film Studies in Great Britain, projects and publications.

To Antiquities Fans

Anna Batistová

Iluminace 2006, 18(3):179-184  

Polish Library of Studies about crucial Films

Petr Mareš

Iluminace 2006, 18(3):185-187  

Reviews of several Polish publications dealing directly with specific films. These are, for example, films: Persona (I. Bergman), Knife in the Water (R. Polanski), etc.

Frontiers of Reality

Michal Pacvoň

Iluminace 2006, 18(3):188-190  

Review of the publication Frontiers of Reality.

Recent Acquisition of the NFA Library

Iluminace 2006, 18(3)

Czech-Moravian Film Centre

Tereza Dvořáková

Iluminace 2006, 18(3):191-193  

Presentation of the basis, main ideas and structure of the dissertation on the existence and demise of the umbrella institution of the Czech film industry during the period of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia.

Film Censorship in Czechoslovakia, 1919-1939

Tomáš Lachman

Iluminace 2006, 18(3):194-197  

Presentation of the basic ideas and structure of the dissertation Film censorship in Czechoslovakia 1919-1939.