Miloš Mistrík – Communication Today https://communicationtoday.sk Media, marketing, communication Thu, 26 Jun 2025 13:37:18 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://communicationtoday.sk/wp-content/uploads/cropped-favicon-ct-32x32.png Miloš Mistrík – Communication Today https://communicationtoday.sk 32 32 Video and Theatre or a Hybrid Scene: The Case of Theatrical Mise En Scène Fanny and Alexander https://communicationtoday.sk/video-theatre-hybrid-scene-case-theatrical-mise-en-scene-fanny-alexander/ Mon, 20 Nov 2017 17:28:37 +0000 https://www.communicationtoday.sk/?p=1886 ABSTRACT:
Today’s theatrical art sometimes utilizes modern electronic technologies of visualisation that may be, especially if we use a certain amount of simplification, generally defined as “video”. This kind of technology consists of a complex set of devices: shooting cameras, recording devices, trick equipment, broadcasting devices, screens. Theatrical mise en scènes once used to involve film; however, mostly before the emergence and refinement of digital video technologies. It is beyond any doubts that compared to film, video has many advantages – one of the most significant of these advantages is the fact that video technology allows to provide simultaneous online streaming of both image and sound. In case creators and producers of a theatrical mise en scène decide to use such a technology, they tend to favour it over the theatrical elements, which may lead to a shift from mimesis towards virtualisation of the performed spectacle. On the other hand, classic theatre, along with its long-term tradition and solid forms, is a strong, persistent sphere of art; even the video is rarely able to prevail and change the scenic reality into a virtual, abstract electronic world. We have decided to discuss these theoretical notions in relation to the theatrical mise en scène Fanny and Alexander by Ingmar Bergman, which was directed by Marián Amsler and performed at the Slovak National Theatre in 2016. Our analysis reflects on the forms of hybrid convergence merging theatrical art and video art in this particular case. However, as the conclusion suggests, video art and its technological possibilities may have influenced the mise en scène’s overall setting, but the given theatrical work was able to preserve its own integrity without sacrificing any part of the true nature of theatre as such.

KEY WORDS:
Fanny and Alexander, film, Ingmar Bergman, live broadcasting on television, theatre, Slovak National Theatre, video

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]]> Discipline And Punish? https://communicationtoday.sk/discipline-and-punish-2/ Fri, 02 May 2014 07:03:13 +0000 https://www.communicationtoday.sk/?p=1013 Regulatory authorities in the whole Europe are moving within the limits of administrative law, so they have to ask the question about the objective of their work and the functions fulfilled by the sanctions. We are analyzing the most important ones. One of the most important functions of media regulation is a prophylactic one. The second very important is if something appears in the broadcasting stream more or less only for a short period of time, but it does not mean that it cannot have devastating impact on civil, political and sexual ethics. That because they have the function to name this case. The naming function may be meaningful not only for the audience, but also for those preparing the program and it could lead to a prophylactic function. The naming function is also linked to the function to orientate the audience in the value system. The statements made by the regulatory authority may in this way reach the education. For media education it is in fact critical to get people oriented in the world of media, and to teach them to stay detached, not to damage their own and social values. Last but not least we often see people turning to the regulatory authority with their complaints that are not specified in any way, they do not show any interest in a response, they simply need to moan at the right place. Organizations, management, or political entities also use this ventilation function sometimes. So, the ventilation function acts as a safety valve. Nobody expects broadcasters to behave voluntarily and without exceptions in a way that no sanctions would need to be applied to their programs. It is expected that it would happen, but the broadcasters would select authorities from among themselves for the correction, which would supervise compliance with the jointly selected principles. It seems to be less reliable to create regulation from the “bottom”. This system is really attractive, but it also has its own and not negligible risks. There would also be someone responsible for “discipline and punishment” from the “top”. It is mainly for this reason that the regulation authorities are here.

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]]> Discipline And Punish? https://communicationtoday.sk/discipline-and-punish/ Fri, 02 May 2014 07:03:13 +0000 https://www.communicationtoday.sk/?p=1015 Regulatory authorities in the whole Europe are moving within the limits of administrative law, so they have to ask the question about the objective of their work and the functions fulfilled by the sanctions. We are analyzing the most important ones. One of the most important functions of media regulation is a prophylactic one. The second very important is if something appears in the broadcasting stream more or less only for a short period of time, but it does not mean that it cannot have devastating impact on civil, political and sexual ethics. That because they have the function to name this case. The naming function may be meaningful not only for the audience, but also for those preparing the program and it could lead to a prophylactic function. The naming function is also linked to the function to orientate the audience in the value system. The statements made by the regulatory authority may in this way reach the education. For media education it is in fact critical to get people oriented in the world of media, and to teach them to stay detached, not to damage their own and social values. Last but not least we often see people turning to the regulatory authority with their complaints that are not specified in any way, they do not show any interest in a response, they simply need to moan at the right place. Organizations, management, or political entities also use this ventilation function sometimes. So, the ventilation function acts as a safety valve. Nobody expects broadcasters to behave voluntarily and without exceptions in a way that no sanctions would need to be applied to their programs. It is expected that it would happen, but the broadcasters would select authorities from among themselves for the correction, which would supervise compliance with the jointly selected principles. It seems to be less reliable to create regulation from the “bottom”. This system is really attractive, but it also has its own and not negligible risks. There would also be someone responsible for “discipline and punishment” from the “top”. It is mainly for this reason that the regulation authorities are here.

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